(Thanks, E. :)
Reader E. writes:
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What does Congress not understand about the word REPEAL?
I heard a few months back one lone Congressman suggest a one line bill as follows: “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care act (aka Obamacare) is hereby repealed.”
Now that would take about an hour to process and pass. But what comes next? Here me out, please. This is short and sweet. Here comes the REPLACE part of the equation.
1. Ban Insurance companies and Government (Medicare) from writing Health Care Policies. The milking by the health care system of these behemoths has caused every aspect of healthcare to skyrocket costs.
2. Each State should immediately define a tax point system of all items that get applied, ingested, injected or inserted into the human body and tax them according to their positive or detrimental effects on the human body. Broccoli for example would have a very small tax unless it was organic, then it would have zero taxation. This would raise the price of non-organics up to be in more par with the high quality healthy organic produce.
A Hostess Twinkie would have a mega tax vs. an all natural date and nut bar with zero tax. A Mountain Dew would be mega taxed vs. a Pro-biotic Smoothie with no tax, and so forth. After all, it is these unhealthy products that are producing the high demand for health care is it not? Well?
Not long after the implementation of this new system, the whole of Americans would probably be much more conscious of healthy eating and in turn their overall health would increase and demand for health care would decrease accordingly. In the meantime, this money would be available to each State to allocate for their State citizens well being. A competition between each States rating system would in no time flat produce a system that worked for most every State with little change from State to State.
A slight gasoline tax would take care of traffic accidents which cause so much trauma care and its associated costs.
Medicare, aka Government Insurance Inc. would have to be dissolved to make this work. The healthcare system has to be weaned. This same fund each State operated would also need to cover our Seniors and less fortunate.
I am starting to wonder what the tax on metal laden vaccines would be once this was analyzed by a truly independent citizen sponsored health rating agency.
3. The true magic would come with how the funds are allocated. As with Christian Health Share Groups, a pool of money would accrue for each State and be balanced by the necessary rate charges; in this case, taxation on unhealthy foods, spirits, tobacco, cosmetics or any item that could effect human health.
When someone got sick, trustees of the fund would assist the patient with the billing process and analyze the charges. Negotiations of pricing by this group directly with the health care provider would level out Health Care charges to a reasonable level in a prompt and direct manner.
Free market must prevail with no limits being set or other socialistic or draconian methodologies. The free market would go back to working again and health care cost would go back down to the levels before the Government started getting involved (pre-1940’s). Maybe, just maybe Doctors in the near future can start to have the freedom once again to sincerely practice their Hippocratic oath and have the freedom to utilize health promoting practices.
Free Market Health Care! - Imitation Single Payer.
Everyone gets covered. Everyone gets healthier. No more insurance policies, COBRAS, pre-existing definition issues. Everyone is covered with a system that promotes healthier lifestyles while healthcare pricing is reduced dramatically. Think about the TAX you are paying by using the Obamacare method. This new systems costs/taxes would be high for a short time but wane as the process rolled along as the system healed itself. Everyone is now paying into the system except those who are mega pure and you probably won't be seeing any of those seeking treatment for diabetes.
If you do not want to pay any taxes, you don’t have to. Just don’t eat processed foods, sugar, tobacco, alcoholic beverages, etc. Who can complain? That’s another discussion. Anyone?
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