GOP Lawmakers Introduce Health Care Bills
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Grapevine, introduced two bills Wednesday they believe could save the state a significant amount of money and produce "healthy patient outcomes." The duo repeated those words throughout a press conference in the Capitol, flanked by stakeholders from the Texas Medical Association, the Texas Hospital Association and House Public Health Committee Chairwoman Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham.
"We don't have health care in America — we have sick care," said Dewhurst, who cited studies from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice indicating that the state could save up to one-third of its health-related ...
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Mark Paulson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
No kidding. The Obama bill which they screamed they didnt have enough time to read (6 months later) is apparantly one that they never read(now 1.5 years later), or else they would understand that healthy patients are the entire goal of the bill that already passed, which eventually reduces everyones premiums. Catastrophic care costs many many times more than preventative care, duh. Bringing in healthy pools also helps drop costs more and makes everyone pay for their own healthcare, as it should be.
Funny enough, most of the proposals in the current bill were original ideas, such as end of life care (Palin's death panels) that was introduced by Senator Isaakson (R)-Georgia.
Mark Paulson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Oops, I meant to say most of the proposals inthe bill were originally proposed by Republicans. Later they went with the flow when the right denied it and went with death panels, government takeover, rationing(what is happening before the bill passed), socialism and all the other lies.
Mary Lynn VanZandt Neill via Texas Tribune on Facebook
That just means preventive medicine and not deliberately messing your body ( up).
Bob Brown via Texas Tribune on Facebook
So if you reward doctors based on patient outcomes, why would they treat cancer patients and others with questionable prognosis? Or would you require them to take every patient that walks through their door?
While I agree with the sentiment I don't see how it is practical. It sounds like our insurance rates are going up...again.