A respectful counter-proposal on health care

Everyone says don't post on political issues or religious issues.

I've never been one to follow what everyone says to do. 

So here's my counter proposal on health care to the concepts currently under discussion.

No one asked me but I'm saying...

There's no problem with healthcare

Our healthcare is excellent

There's a problem with income and affordability

That's easily solved with true (not Bush) conservatism

You cut taxes on all small business

You build up small communities, local communities

You believe in communities and individual persons rather than bureaucracies

You give people tax incentives for behaviors which lead to health

You give small communities money to build community health centers

You pay for medical school and require all people you pay for to serve in the community health centers for 4 -5 years for room and board and a small stipend.

You drop caps on all malpractice

You punish insurance companies and severely limit their power

You severely limit government interference in any and all health care

You get the government out of the bedroom, the living room, bathroom, board room, dining room and TV room

You dramatically reduce the amount of money any Union can spend politically

You bring retired doctors (and those forced out through other means) back into the fold and pay them as mentors

You give prescription privileges to psychologists

You give money for people to be trained in all modalities of health care - massage, chiro, body work, hypnosis, psychotherapy

You expand the power of PA's and Nurse Practitioners who in effect are as good as MD's on about 80% of all the reasons people go to the doctors

You make most of the less problematic drugs available without a prescription and let a pharmacist work with people

I could go further but you get the point.

From Washington Ridge high above the South Yuba River

- Dr. Max

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