Posted on 07/26/2009 11:04:21 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has a frank prescription for the health care plan making its way through Congress: Scrap it.
"I think it's monstrous," Paul said.
"I don't think it will improve medical care in this country. I think it's very, very costly and we don't have any money. And they don't have any way of paying for it."
The libertarian GOP congressman and physician was in East Grand Rapids today for a private reception for what was touted as a "conservative comeback luncheon."
Paul is skeptical of estimates that peg the 10-year cost of the plan backed by President Barack Obama at $1 trillion. He puts it much higher.
He noted that cost estimates for Medicaid and Medicare are often below the mark.
"On average, it's two or three times more expensive than they say. This is going to be incredibly expensive."
Paul has introduced a bill that would provide tax credits and medical savings as a means of expanding health insurance coverage.
Paul believes Republicans must return to core principles if they are to resurrect themselves from their losses in 2008, an election that saw the Democratic Party seize the White House and both houses of Congress.
To Paul, that means less government, at home and abroad.
(Excerpt) Read more at mlive.com ...
-
-
Expense! How about the lives they mean to destroy and deny care to?
Ping
***He noted that cost estimates for Medicaid and Medicare are often below the mark.***
I read somewhere that LBJ predicted Medicare would cost less than $10 billion by 1990. In reality, it cost more than $60 billion. I don’t trust any government estimates.
Heck, just look at predicted unemployment put out by the Obama administration when trying to scare everyone into passing the “stimulus” package. Actual unemployment was higher than their predictions with and without the “stimulus”.
We never learn.
OMG, what a radical idea. And from a Republican, yet.
I love it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.