America Votes: The Health Care Issue, Part I

As a physician and American citizen this upcoming presidential election has utmost importance, especially since health care is a hot button issue. We know that over 47 million Americans have no insurance coverage. So, on day one for the newly elected president of the

It is not a Republican or Democrat problem! It is not a Black, White or Hispanic problem. It is an American people problem. I truly hope when individuals cast their vote (and hopefully you will), they will be objective and vote based on the proposed solutions each candidate offers, not based on sex, race or political party: not whether you are a supporter of John McCain, Mitt Romney, Barak Obama, Hilary Clinton, Mike Huckabee or any other candidate.

Here are a few questions to consider in evaluating a candidate and casting your all important and critical vote.

1. How will the presidential candidate’s program be paid for: Raising federal or state taxes, tax businesses more, tax big tobacco companies more, high deductible policies?

2. Who will pay for their own policy and what income and other guidelines will be set forth?

3.  Will the federal or state government be in charge of administering the health care program or will it be privatized?

4. How is your insurance program different from socialized medicine? What is your definition of universal healthcare?

5. How will universal health care affect the way private insurance companies write their policies, compute their policy premiums, or determine who they will turn down because of availability of a universal insurance program? Will they “cherry pick”?

6. How will a universal healthcare program affect administration or inclusion of the Medicare and state Medicaid programs?

7. Will there be tax deductions or tax credits for employers in your program?

These are not questions to take lightly. The candidate you select may be the one to shape health care in

Check out this Link about Health Care and the Candidates: www.presidentialrx.com/what.html

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