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David Redick on Health Care

Republican Senate Challenger


Federally mandated health services just raise costs

As technology and medicines improve, people are living longer and often require high cost intensive care in their old age. Even young and middle-aged people may incur high expenses if costly new technology and medicines are needed. Federally mandated free emergency service at hospitals is often abused by illegal immigrants, or those that choose to not have insurance, and this causes higher per-day rates (to make up for non-payers) for those persons and insurance firms that do pay their bills.
    Dave suggests a four-point plan:
  1. Federal catastrophic insurance;
  2. higher co-pays on Medicare and Medicaid to give incentive to avoid unhealthy life styles and non-essential visits to the doctor,
  3. reduce costs by greater use of Medical Assistants so a doctor's time is not wasted on routine work the assistant can perform, and
  4. bring the lower price and higher quality benefits of competition, and consumer choice into health care.
Source: Campaign website, www.redick2006.com Jun 25, 2006

Institute federal catastrophic health insurance

Dave suggests a four-point plan: 1) Federal catastrophic insurance (100% paid after a high deductible) similar to that proposed by Reagan, 2) higher co-pays on Medicare and Medicaid to give incentive to avoid unhealthy life styles and non-essential visits to the doctor, 3) reduce costs by greater use of Medical Assistants so a doctor's time is not wasted on routine work the assistant can perform, and 4) allowing doctors to advertise their rates
Source: Campaign website, www.redick2006.com, "Issues" Feb 22, 2006

More consumer choice in health care

[We should] bring the lower price and higher quality benefits of competition, and consumer choice into health care by allowing doctors to advertise their rates and practice as members of private, non-government sanctioned, licensing groups. President Bush's `Ownership Society' is a step in the right direction, but includes excess Federal funding as cash subsidies and tax breaks.
Source: Campaign website, www.redick2006.com, "Issues" Feb 22, 2006

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