Free Our Health Care Now! (and some more stuff)
Our brilliant health care policy center director Linda Gorman alerted me to a couple great health care links. First off we have the Free Our Health Care Now online petition, that some 732,000 plus people have already signed. Let’s help spread the word to our elected officials that we do not want a government takeover of our health care, as much as some may want to see doctor’s offices resembling the DMV, I prefer that didn’t happen.
Secondly, we’ve got the Conservatives for Patient’s Rights website, which has a large amount of important links and resources.
And of course don’t forget our Patient Power Now blog, written mostly by health care policy analyst Brian Schwartz, with special guest appearances by Linda Gorman herself. Be sure to check out the John Goodman Health Policy Blog where Linda is a featured writer.
BONUS! Linda just sent me this awesome cartoon by Ramirez outlining the “47 million” uninsured… (click to enlarge)
I’ve heard and seen in many places that Republicans / Conservatives have no alternatives for National Healthcare as written. As we can readily see from the illustration above, the truly healthcare needy exist, though in much smaller numbers. It is very obvious that the Libs have no real concern for them. The most glaring omission is that there is NO tax benefit for a Healthcare Professional donating services to those in real need of care. Many, if not most, providers would donate care for as little as a 30% tax credit of the worth of the services. Significant ‘Bang for the Buck’ return! I sincerely believe that even long term care and catastrophic needs could be addressed through tax credits / subsidies. This will also preserve the Doctor/Patient relationship since those in need of care can choose from a list of providers who wish to be available. Possibly, even for-profit insures might be willing to subsidize the truly needy if they could obtain a significant tax consideration.
Libs NEVER seem to consider how to permit / encourage the private sector to address a significant problem through rewarding (tax credits) the desired outcome.
-Doc Hudson-
26 Jul 2009 at 12:37 pm