Ron Paul

[preeminence_]

Well folks, I know only about four people read this, but if one extra person finds out then it's worth it

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[unitedbiscuit]

I actually have to agree with you on this one. I think I would be okay with him winning, i.e. I wouldn't feel hopeless about the direction of the country. He's also an unregistered libertarian, which is a plus.

Now if only we can get him to universalize healthcare like any good modern country should...

[preeminence_]

Dr. Paul, being the only (serious) presidential candidate who has actually accepted medical insurance (Very briefly. He has since denied accepting Medicare/Medicaid and treats those patients for free), can attest to the fact that governments paying for health insurance does not work. Why? Because they pay what they want, and doctors get shafted. Regardless of what my dad (when he was still in practice) may have charged for a procedure, insurance companies/Medicare paid him what they wanted to, and he had no recourse. What needs to be changed is the private health insurance system.
The current system of doctors and hospitals getting paid by the procedure encourages lengthy hospital stays and unnecessary tests. What needs to happen is for car insurance companies to stop selling health insurance, and hospitals to start selling it. Paperwork and red tape would be virtually nullified as everything would be conducted by people in the same building. A hospital would have incentive to treat a patient quickly and make sure they don't

[unitedbiscuit]

as are the people under the government.

[unitedbiscuit]

and also, government workers have very modest salaries. if all doctors were to be in a government-funded healthcare system, they would be considered government workers, no? so how would they be getting shafted?