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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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 Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 8:58 pm Post subject: Patients Choice Act of 2009 |
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Here is a summary of the Patient's Choice Act put together by a few Republican Senate and House members. Agree or not with what it contains, alternative proposals by Republican legislators is certainly better than simply opposing Democrat-proposed legislation.
A few tid bits from the summary:
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Prevention largely requires individuals to adopt healthy lifestyles and
behaviors. This can be accomplished without creating more government agencies and programs, but by providing science-based
recommendations directly to individuals.
Under this Act, CDC will ensure the establishment of a web-based prevention tool that would create a personalized prevention plan
for individuals based upon personal health and family history, body mass index, and other individualized health factors.
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Seniors who adopt healthier behaviors would be rewarded with lower Medicare premiums.
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States that demonstrate the greatest progress in reducing disease rates and risk factors and also increasing healthy behaviors could be awarded federal �Wellness Bonus Grants.�
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Additionally, �junk food� that does not meet nutrition standards would be prohibited for purchase under the federal Food Stamp Program.
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Americans would get an individual tax rebate to purchase health insurance. The �Medi-Choice� rebate, worth about $2,300 for individuals and about $5,700 for families, combined with higher wages would give individuals a wide variety of health care options. The Act would require transparency from employers regarding the value of health benefits that could equal higher employee wages. |
And so forth; the summary is reasonably long. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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alternative proposals by Republican legislators is certainly better than simply opposing Democrat-proposed legislation.
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I don't have a quarrel with the above, but I sure didn't see much in the way of real proposals in the list provided. (Not enough time to read the link yet.)
I'm not sure how setting up a web page with info that can already be gotten on the web...and a lot of other places, will go very far in fixing the health care problem. It isn't a terrible idea, but just fails to address the problem. Everyone's sky-high prices are the result of people living a bad lifestyle? I don't think so. That is more 'blame the victim' thinking. |
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