The Citizen's Council on Health Care sponsored a great forum today- excellent speakers offered common sense solutions to begin moving our health care towards a patient-centered free market system.
Speakers included:
Sue Blevins of the Institute for Health Freedom
Richard Dolinar, M.D. of the Heartland Institute
David Gratzer, M.D. of the Manhattan Institute
MN State Representative Tom Emmer
Gratzer has a book available at Amazon: The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care (Click here for info on The Cure).
Highlights included discussion of the failings of the Canadian health care system- manifested in wait lists of 6 months to two years for even basic procedures like MRIs. The result of single payer systems: rationing. In response to the poor quality of care available through the government system, private systems are beginning to pop up in Canada.
It seems a little ironic that as politicians like HRod and Edwards are touting single payer government run health care programs, citizens of countries who have had to live with a single payer system are beginning to move towards privatization.
The participants also discussed the need to move from an employer-based system to one in which individuals purchase their own insurance in the same manner individuals purchase home, and car insurance. This transition may be one of the most important changes required to save the American health care system.
Clearly our health care system is plagued by a growing number of problems. United Statesians need to begin aggressively pursuing real health care reform that embraces a free market approach to care delivery. We must work quickly to stop any further progression towards expanding government programs.
While we must not allow people with severe disabilities to fall through large cracks in a private system, we should not force all people to accept a lower quality of health care to ensure that a system exists for a small percentage of people.
Thanks to The Citizens' Council on Health Care for sponsoring such a great event.
Speakers included:
Sue Blevins of the Institute for Health Freedom
Richard Dolinar, M.D. of the Heartland Institute
David Gratzer, M.D. of the Manhattan Institute
MN State Representative Tom Emmer
Gratzer has a book available at Amazon: The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care (Click here for info on The Cure).
Highlights included discussion of the failings of the Canadian health care system- manifested in wait lists of 6 months to two years for even basic procedures like MRIs. The result of single payer systems: rationing. In response to the poor quality of care available through the government system, private systems are beginning to pop up in Canada.
It seems a little ironic that as politicians like HRod and Edwards are touting single payer government run health care programs, citizens of countries who have had to live with a single payer system are beginning to move towards privatization.
The participants also discussed the need to move from an employer-based system to one in which individuals purchase their own insurance in the same manner individuals purchase home, and car insurance. This transition may be one of the most important changes required to save the American health care system.
Clearly our health care system is plagued by a growing number of problems. United Statesians need to begin aggressively pursuing real health care reform that embraces a free market approach to care delivery. We must work quickly to stop any further progression towards expanding government programs.
While we must not allow people with severe disabilities to fall through large cracks in a private system, we should not force all people to accept a lower quality of health care to ensure that a system exists for a small percentage of people.
Thanks to The Citizens' Council on Health Care for sponsoring such a great event.
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posted by Susan Shogren Smith at
11/15/2007 07:50:00 PM
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