The problem with healthcare is that there's so much government intervention in the market that they broke the price mechanism, causing an inflationary spiral. If they want to lower cost, they'll have to end some of the intrusions. Rolling back the power and scope of the FDA would be a great start. They should also end medical licensing and prescription requirements for drugs. It essentially is a mechanism that transfers income to wealthy doctors by artificially decreasing the supply of The problem with healthcare is that there's so much government intervention in the market that they broke the price mechanism, causing an inflationary spiral. If they want to lower cost, they'll have to end some of the intrusions. Rolling back the power and scope of the FDA would be a great start. They should also end medical licensing and prescription requirements for drugs. It essentially is a mechanism that transfers income to wealthy doctors by artificially decreasing the supply of healthcare providers while artificially increasing demand. Collaboration can only save so much money, but collaboration could help ease us into a situation where we could do away with the prescription because our pharmacist could have access to our health records. This would mean they could warn us about taking certain medicines because they might interact with medicine we are currently taking. This job is currently done by doctors. Patents last too long (20 years), but it might be best to use lowering the patent duration as a bargaining tool to get other countries to do the same. healthcare providers while artificially increasing demand. Collaboration can only save so much money, but collaboration could help ease us into a situation where we could do away with the prescription because our pharmacist could have access to our health records. This would mean they could warn us about taking certain medicines because they might interact with medicine we are currently taking. This job is currently done by doctors. Patents last too long (20 years), but it might be best to use lowering the patent duration as a bargaining tool to get other countries to do the same.
I'd like to say, as a member the the tea party movement (not the tea party express) that most tea party members who understand what these things are do not want these things cut. Also, the Tea Party Express has been shunned by much of the tea party movement, anyway. This is coming primarily from the "old guard" republicans. Tea party members primarily want cuts in areas like the department of agriculture, education, commerce, housing and urban development, entitlements, etc. Libertarian (as opposed to conservative or moderate) members like myself also want cuts in defense.
The problem with healthcare is that there's so much government intervention in the market that they broke the price mechanism, causing an inflationary spiral. If they want to lower cost, they'll have to end some of the intrusions. Rolling back the power and scope of the FDA would be a great start. They should also end medical licensing and prescription requirements for drugs. It essentially is a mechanism that transfers income to wealthy doctors by artificially decreasing the supply of The problem with healthcare is that there's so much government intervention in the market that they broke the price mechanism, causing an inflationary spiral. If they want to lower cost, they'll have to end some of the intrusions. Rolling back the power and scope of the FDA would be a great start. They should also end medical licensing and prescription requirements for drugs. It essentially is a mechanism that transfers income to wealthy doctors by artificially decreasing the supply of healthcare providers while artificially increasing demand. Collaboration can only save so much money, but collaboration could help ease us into a situation where we could do away with the prescription because our pharmacist could have access to our health records. This would mean they could warn us about taking certain medicines because they might interact with medicine we are currently taking. This job is currently done by doctors. Patents last too long (20 years), but it might be best to use lowering the patent duration as a bargaining tool to get other countries to do the same. healthcare providers while artificially increasing demand. Collaboration can only save so much money, but collaboration could help ease us into a situation where we could do away with the prescription because our pharmacist could have access to our health records. This would mean they could warn us about taking certain medicines because they might interact with medicine we are currently taking. This job is currently done by doctors. Patents last too long (20 years), but it might be best to use lowering the patent duration as a bargaining tool to get other countries to do the same.