August 26, 1988 http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FRon-Paul%2Fe%2FB001I9TTX6%3Fqid%3D1278222385%26sr%3D1-2-ent&tag=doc06-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=932 Watch the full interview: http://thefilmarchived.blogspot.com/2010/09/ron-paul-on-running-for-us-president.html
Ron Paul rejects universal health care, believing that the more government interferes in medicine, the higher prices rise and the less efficient care becomes.
He points to how many people today are upset with the HMO system, but few people realize that HMOs came about because of a federal mandate in 1973. He also points to the 1974 ERISA law that grants tax benefits to employers for providing insurance but not individuals; he prefers a system which grants tax credits to individuals. He supports the U.S. converting to a free market health care system, saying in an interview on New Hampshire NPR that the present system is akin to a “corporatist-fascist” system which keeps prices high. He says that in industries with freer markets prices go down due to technological innovation, but because of the corporatist system, this is prevented from happening in health care. He opposes socialized health care promoted by Democrats as being harmful because they lead to bigger and less efficient government.
Paul has said that although he prefers tax credits to socialized medicine, he would be willing to “prop up” the current systems of Medicare and Medicaid with money saved by bringing troops home from foreign bases in places such as those in South Korea.
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@connoisseurodg I …
@connoisseurodg I guess when you stand for the constitution your policies never change. Love him or hate him you can’t deny his reliability to stand for the constitution. I agree Ron Paul 2012
@Kikkankleiven its …
@Kikkankleiven its a fact. usa has higher cancer survival rates overall than uk. (not just the rich, everyone.)
@richardcadbury is …
@richardcadbury is that a fact or just a word on the street?? i didnt think poor people would get any treatment for cancer in the usa.
@Kikkankleiven uk …
@Kikkankleiven uk poor ppl with cancer more likely to die than usa poor ppl with cancer. “really fare”
Awesome to see Ron …
Awesome to see Ron Paul in his earlier years. Its amazing how much sharper he is today in his old age. Everyone I know his age is lucky to remember what they had for lunch.
Is this guy …
Is this guy Nostradamus????
Ron Paul 2012
usa the richer you …
usa the richer you are the better life you get. really fare
Amazing that this …
Amazing that this guy thinks there’s a free-market in medicine. This is in 1988, and we still hear that same argument today. Nothing changed…
His take on abortion is weak. I guess he hasn’t figured it out 100%, or is otherwise unsure. But personally, I believe that while the fetus maybe has rights, the mother has them also. And for the government to infringe upon the mother’s rights is appalling. So the question is, does the government has the right to do anything about it? No. They do not.
this man should …
this man should have been our president.