To WOD
participants:
A formal WOD candidate
forum does not appear to be feasible, but it is possible to submit questions to
candidates at all levels and participants in general. It would be useful to
submit questions that cover topics that have received inadequate attention in
other media or that have not in your opinion received fair coverage.
To get the ball
rolling, Paul Double has submitted the following questions on health care to
candidates for state legislative offices. Anyone should feel free to provide
responses to the questions.
Roy
Nasstrom
Question State
Legislative Offices
Healthcare
Some have proposed as
Single Payer System modeled either after Medicare or the Canadian
System.
What are the benefits
between each or end result other than simply placing government price controls
on all providers?
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Using the current model
of Insurance driven healthcare and given the fact that 20% of the cost is
directly related to administrative overhead.
How would you see
working within the existing model providing “immediate cost reductions” and do
you see wellness programs and best practices as Trojan horses to divert
attention from “immediate” cost reductions?
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Given the statistical
fact that there is a Wal-Mart store located 15 miles from 90 percent of the U.S.
population.
Who do you believe
could provide the quickest solution to reducing healthcare costs within 12
months, if it became a public mandate, Wal-Mart or the Federal
Government?
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Accepting the premise
that whatever the solution those at or making less than the “Living Wage
Formula” will need to be provided with free health care and that all taxpayers
will pay for it in one way or another.
Would it be better for
the government to simply issue a Medicare card to those families who qualify
leaving the rest of the healthcare market as is and if not why not?
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Paul Double
