[Lazlo in PA]

...but Newt took Hillarycare off the table.

True, he did help with that, but then a couple years ago, he went around with her pushing the it would be more "efficient" if we let the Federales control our health records.

[Red Steel]

Santo endorsing his pal Mittens for president.

[JediJones]

Electronic health care records seems a lot more innocuous than Rick putting out this ad touting his writing federal land grab legislation with Barbara Boxer, legislation to censor video games with Hillary Clinton, and legislation to "make college more affordable for low income families" with Joe Lieberman. There goes that SNOB Rick again, thinking everyone should go to college and the rest of us should pay for it.

Rick Santorum, Mr. Bipartisan Compromise – and Mr. Pro Wrestling? {Praised Hillary/Boxer/Lieberman)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2848555/posts

[Gene Eric]

He does indeed go off the reservation exploring his “big ideas”; fair game that warrants criticism. That said, Newt is a Conservative legislator, and the ideas he ultimately puts into motion are those inline with small govt and Liberty.

[true believer forever]

he went around with her pushing the it would be more "efficient" if we let the Federales control our health records.

you need to understand something, the medical profession is either divided 50-50 over EMR or more of them want it than don't. It is a real timesaver, is sometimes a lifesaver, makes a physician's work, especially in acute care settings, much more effective and efficient.

There are, however, ways to go about. Newt would undo the govt part of it, as it is still wafting around out there, is so burdensome and egregious, that it's not yet totally been implemented, and doctors are fighting the layers of it. Newt would have someone in the private sector do it... with patient security as the top factor. He describes it as, if you are in Germany, and you want money from your bank acct in America, you get it in the same amount of time that you would if you were at an ATM next door to your bank, and there is never any security compromised because of the hugeness of the network.

That's what he wants for docs. Fingertip access with huge patient safeguards and done privately. He doesn't want a database in govt hands, he just wants a database, there is a huge difference. And, as with most of Newt's proposals, he wants the patient to have the choice of opting out.

You santorum supporters have got to stop this, if for no other reason than your own personal integrity. You are still going to have to live with yourself when the election is over. Stop telling lies.

[Sun]

‘...but Newt took Hillarycare off the table.’
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“True, he did help with that, but then a couple years ago, he went around with her pushing the it would be more “efficient” if we let the Federales control our health records.”

Newt has some crazy ideas sometimes, especially when he agrees with liberals.