Reform health care

- Paul Hsieh, M.D.,
Co-founder, Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine

http://www.WeStandFirm.org

Mandatory insurance does not solve our underlying health care
problem, which is government interference in the free market.

This approach has already been tried in Massachusetts
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/us/05doctors.html
and has led to long waits, skyrocketing costs and frustrated patients
("Individual health policies leave many in the lurch," Cover story,
News, Thursday).

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/insurance/2008-07-16-
healthcoverage_N.htm

Instead of government-imposed "universal health care," America needs
free market health reforms -- reforms such as eliminating mandatory
insurance benefits, repealing laws that forbid purchasing health
insurance across state lines, and allowing individuals to use health
savings accounts for routine expenses and low cost, catastrophic-only
insurance for major expenses.

Such reforms would respect individual rights, allow patients to
choose from the best offerings from all 50 states, lower costs and
make health insurance available to many who currently cannot afford
it.