What I know fellow Republicans know about health care.

[hmorehead]

I read in another journal about a woman who died from not recieving medication on time. It speculated that the death was almost murder. It was that or reckless endangerment resulting in homicide. Or criminal indifference. NO ONE will face a charge or a civil action. So there is no culpability and no repercussion except in a ledger and as a fraction of a fraction of a penny difference in the rich coffers of the health industry. Tort reform is not the problem. Doctors in the hands of the pharmicutical industry and at the beck of insurance company are a problem. Profits made by death panels rationing health care at the insurance companies are the problem. Reform the regulation of insurance companies? By the companies that will not be regulated who are protected by elected officials that will be bought. And Executive Branch over-seers who somehow neglect to oversee and enforce. Some people forget. FDA was introduced by T. Roosevelt, not FDR. EPA was brought in during Nixon. The voting rights ammendment came then also. Its not about parties. Its about doing the right thing now.

I remember talking against Medicare in the '60's and it was the topic one debate club year. I was wrong and as a Republican I cannot believe how out of Republican hands the GOP has gotten. Pat Buchanan bought the Indendent Party and the NeoCons hijacked the GOP. And it is killing people every single day. AIG went down while buying jet aircraft and giving tens of millions to Democrats but mainly to "Republican" legislaters.

We rank and file Republicans just like 70% of every other American want the President to take the initiative and replace what refuses to be fixed.

I voted for two Bush three times. I voted for Bill Clinton's re-election (Bill is one of the best pro-business moderate REPUBLICAN Presidents of all times after you overlook the perjury thing), I voted for Sen Kerry, I voted for President Obama. I'm more of a typical Republican than you might think. Nixon and Reagan could never have had thier majority election without a lot of Democratic voters.

[stray cat]

1. The libertarian doctors I know who lean republican have a better plan than our leaders

Single payer to drive down costs but an opt out for those who want profit based insurance, malpractice reform to prevent needless tests done to prevent lawsuits, more money paid out of pocket for procedures to prevent unnessary procedures because they are free, no more making the doctor both the advisor and beneficiary of fee for service procedures

[YewNork]

2. One problem with that..

Single payer to drive down costs but an opt out for those who want profit based insurance.

The problem with that type of scenario is the the profit based insurers would cherry pick only the
youngest and healthiest customers and dump anyone who became sick, or who had any probability of becoming
sick into the single payer system. There would have to be a requirement for private insurers to take
anyone who applied. Of course, they'll only be willing to do that if there's a mandate for everyone
to have insurance.

The malpractice reform part is good, however.

[hmorehead]

3. They already cherry pick

The President is right, no prior conditon exemption on insurance. But thats just a start. I like the French system. Doctors are paid right away and the insurance payment maze no longer exists.

[YewNork]

4. But they'd cherry pick even further