The Best Health Care Plan You've Never Heard Of

Washington is in the midst of yet another scandal -- but not the kind you'd read about in a gossip rag. Congressional dilettantes are willfully ignoring health-care reform ideas that would cut costs and provide high-quality care to all.

Sound nuts? It shouldn't. By refusing to even consider consumer-driven health care (CDHC), congressional leaders are proving that they're more interested in putting the government in charge of Americans' health care than in actually improving patient outcomes. Decades of evidence show that CDHC-style reforms can achieve the stated goal of would-be health reformers: high-quality care at low cost.

All the reform plans under consideration in Congress fail to address the biggest problem with our health-care system: third parties, like insurance companies or the government, pay for just about everything. Consequently, Americans have no idea how much the medical services they consume cost.

How much is a visit to a primary care doctor? Or a trip to a specialist? The average patient has no idea. Third-party payment shields people from the truth about how much they're spending at the doctor's office. As a result, most folks have no incentive to manage their health-care expenditures, so make little effort to do so.

Consumer-driven health plans address this problem by putting medical decisions in the hands of patients and doctors, not insurers or the government. Typically, CDHC arrangements couple high-deductible insurance plans for catastrophic care with either health savings accounts or employer-funded health reimbursement accounts.

Holders of health savings accounts can deposit money tax-free into their accounts and use the proceeds for whatever medical expenses they choose, from routine care to elective procedures like laser-eye surgery. Best of all, patients own the funds in their accounts forever. A deposit made today can be spent 50 years from now…….

It is true, if the dems were really interested in reforming health care they would seriously consider and adopt some of the republican ideas which really are REFORM efforts, but it is NOT about that, it is about POWER AND CONTROL, nothing more! That photo of Soros above pulling the puppet strings is accurate. People are starting to figure that out and we need to get that idea out as much as possible, ALL They are trying to do has to do with POWER including stimulus, and Cap and Trade. NOTHING is about or for the people—they want to control us-Obama woudl jump at the chance of being a DICKtator. I feel sorry for the people that think Obama is going to give them things for free and that is why they like him, not only do they retard their ability to grow as a person by living off the government and not working as GOD INSTRUCTS US TO DO IN THE BIBLE, but in the4 end they won’t be getting anything, they were used to get their votes. What sad people they are and they must also be unGodly because as I said those that know the Bible knows that God does not like those that disobey his commands and were commanded to work!

You’re absolutely right! A plan such as the one described in the article would take all the power and control of health care away from the government and put it in the hands of the American people.

The folks in Washington are scared to death of the American people.

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