Here’s an copy of an email message sent by Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw.
ObamaCare Would Not Be Improved By Including Alternative Health Care
We think that ObamaCare is currently an even greater threat to an unusually long healthy life than the FDA — and we have spent a large fortune of our own money suing the FDA on health freedom issues.
We are dismayed that some of those who believe they support freedom of choice in their health decisions would be willing to support ObamaCare — the exact opposite of freedom of choice — if it were altered to include (e.g., to pay for) alternative health care, including dietary supplements and herbal supplements. (more…)
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By TEVI D. TROY AND JEFFREY H. ANDERSON | Posted Monday, August 31, 2009 4:30 PM PT
Decades of data confirm a simple truth: If we want to lower health costs, we need to put consumers back in charge.
Only two basic ways exist to cut costs: putting consumers in charge and letting them pursue value; putting the government in charge and letting it ration care.
Many people now feel like second-class citizens when they enter the doctor’s office. That’s because everyone in the office knows that the patient isn’t really the payer — that the patient doesn’t hold the purse strings. (more…)
President Obama on Wednesday answered questions on rising costs, taxing benefits, and many other issues during an ABC News special on health care reform, “Questions for the President: Prescription for America.” Cato Institute scholars Michael D. Tanner and Michael F. Cannon respond to Obama’s claims. Learn more about health care reform at http://healthcare.cato.org
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