Potential National Healthcare
Information gathered by the American Policy Roundtable
National Health
Care Defined:
A
system of health insurance administered by the
government that insures all citizens. The
government serves as the single insurer
(single-payer) and sets all fees for hospitals,
physicians, and other health providers.
Examining National Health
Care
We
have a safety that no other country in the world
has…if you need health care, If you’re in a
emergency situation and you need health care,
you have a broken arm, you’re in a car accident,
something terrible happens to you, and you don’t
have insurance, you don’t have the ability to
pay, and you show up at the emergency room – you
have to be treated in this country. – David Zanotti
Whoever controls your health care controls your
life. - David Zanotti
We don't just need candidates to have a plan.
All of them have plans. We need a movement. We
need people to make this the number one voting
issue in the '08 election. – New York Senator,
Hilary Clinton
If
I want health care that runs like the Post
Office, I should trust the politicians, right? –
David Zanotti
It
always costs more when the government does it. –
Dr. Chuck McGowen
The solution to the problem is, let’s empower
doctors, not government. – David Zanotti
If
you oppose national health care, you’re not just
showing a lack of compassion right? – Wayne
Shepard
If
you support national health care, you are
dooming people to a poor quality of care…It’s
going to become medical slavery – David Zanotti
The American
Policy Roundtable on the President's Healthcare
Plan
In a press release dated January 22, 2007,
David Zanotti, President of the American Policy
Roundtable issued the following statement:
“The President is
proposing a new tax increase. The plan will tax
people with company paid health care. It will
begin by only taxing those whose health care
exceeds the average cost of a family policy. But
that is where all new tax policies begin. This
plan is the first step to taxing all company
paid health care benefits.
This is wrong on so
many levels. The last thing any American family
needs is higher taxes. Many families make
significant career and lifestyle sacrifices to
keep jobs with good health care benefits.
Congress and the President should respect those
sacrifices, not seek to penalize families who
are taking care of their health care needs. This
high-end tax is just the beginning. There is
little doubt the President's plan will open the
door to all company paid health care benefits
being taxed by Congress.
In addition, the
President is introducing an artificial price
control mechanism into the insurance market
place. By dictating how much health care a
family should need and what it should cost, the
President's policy will force the health care
industry to conform to artificial political
standards. History proves the more government
gets into private business and family decisions
the less productive the marketplace becomes. The
last thing the health care industry needs is
more government interference, regulation and
bureaucracy. The Roundtable is urging all
citizens to contact the White House and ask the
President to drop his plan to tax health care
benefits.” (More) |
