Wayne Shepherd: This is The Public Square®
with Dave Zanotti. Yesterday we talked about nationalized healthcare. It's
before Congress right now. Four key things we need to know about, Dave.
Dave Zanotti: Wayne, the critics will always come back and say,
"Well what's your solution?" As if they've got a bullet proof plan and the
rest of us are just a bunch of morons. There has been a lot of people studying
this for many, many years. And Wayne, we've got four basic principles that
you can build healthcare reform off of.
WS: Alright. Let's tick them off.
DZ: The first is: let the states go first (#1). Most of these
problems we can solve at the state level. And if there is going to be more
universal type systems, let a state run a universal system but not a national.
WS: But if the federal government is going to do it then the states
are going to back off.
DZ: That's exactly what will happen. You'll paralyze the best
answers. Everyone will be waiting for the feds to take care of it.
WS: Alright, number two.
DZ: Protect people's right to choose their healthcare plan (#2). The
single most important thing to people is to have the ability to choose to stay
healthy or to get healthy.
WS: It's not going that way right now. Is it?
DZ: Nationalized healthcare takes choices away. There's no other
option.
WS: Third key principle.
DZ: Put docs first (#3). Put the doctors first. They are the
people who care the most and can save us the most money. Wayne, this is
what you've got to remember. Doctors have the goal to get people healthier
quicker. Bureaucracy slows down the healing process.
WS: Always does.
DZ: Which raises the cost. Put docs first.
WS: Briefly number four -
DZ: Let Americans improve healthcare by sharing ownership in the
system. What you control by your choices, you adhere to more ardently and
more diligently and more efficiently. Let the American people be a part of
the process not be dictated to.
WS: I know these came really fast today, but they are really
important.
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