Comments on: Libertarian Party: Stop Subsidizing Health Care http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/12/libertarian-party-stop-subsidizing-health-care/ Covering America's third parties and independent candidates since May 2008 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:33:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yoninah http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/12/libertarian-party-stop-subsidizing-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-172951 Yoninah Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:53:49 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=11890#comment-172951 Good evening. The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible. Help me! I can not find sites on the: Whitening tooth paste. I found only this - <a href="http://www.kejd.dk/Members/ClearSkin/how-to-remove-clear-skin" rel="nofollow">how to remove clear skin</a>. Of oral use is the spot whitening of origin teeth whitening in the online frequent tea that hide in the expense trays, tooth whitening. Having teeth is a helpful cycle and a never affluent cavity, tooth whitening. With best wishes :eek:, Yoninah from Laos. Good evening. The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible. Help me! I can not find sites on the: Whitening tooth paste. I found only this – how to remove clear skin. Of oral use is the spot whitening of origin teeth whitening in the online frequent tea that hide in the expense trays, tooth whitening. Having teeth is a helpful cycle and a never affluent cavity, tooth whitening. With best wishes :eek: , Yoninah from Laos.

]]> By: Mik Robertson http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/12/libertarian-party-stop-subsidizing-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-146191 Mik Robertson Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:58:25 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=11890#comment-146191 Medicine is not an exact science. While people need to be responsible for their actions, I think the regulatory system creates a false perception that doctors are more perfect than they are. If they were not good the government wouldn't give them a license, right? If medicines were not safe and effective, the FDA would not approve them, right? This system takes responsibility away from the individual. Take away the responsibility and people will look for someone else to blame when things don't turn out right. That is the approach needed to reform medical torts, not the Republican approach of capping awards. It is fair that people be compensated when harmed through negligence. There is more to the picture than than subsidies. Medicine is not an exact science. While people need to be responsible for their actions, I think the regulatory system creates a false perception that doctors are more perfect than they are.

If they were not good the government wouldn’t give them a license, right? If medicines were not safe and effective, the FDA would not approve them, right? This system takes responsibility away from the individual. Take away the responsibility and people will look for someone else to blame when things don’t turn out right.

That is the approach needed to reform medical torts, not the Republican approach of capping awards. It is fair that people be compensated when harmed through negligence. There is more to the picture than than subsidies.

]]> By: Michael H. Wilson http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/12/libertarian-party-stop-subsidizing-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-146182 Michael H. Wilson Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:04:14 +0000 http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/?p=11890#comment-146182 I think we need some clarification as to what is meant by malpractice lawsuit abuse. Here's some of the latest number on medical errors. “An average of 195,000 people in the USA died due to potentially preventable, in-hospital medical errors in each of the years 2000, 2001 and 2002, according to a new study of 37 million patient records that was released today by HealthGrades, the healthcare quality company.” http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/11856.php “Preventable medical mistakes and infections are responsible for about 200,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, according to an investigation by the Hearst media corporation. The report comes 10 years after the Institute of Medicine's "To Err Is Human" analysis, which found that 44,000 to 98,000 people were dying annually due to these errors…” http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=deaths-from-avoidable-medical-error-2009-08-10 I think we need some clarification as to what is meant by malpractice lawsuit abuse.

Here’s some of the latest number on medical errors.

“An average of 195,000 people in the USA died due to potentially preventable, in-hospital medical errors in each of the years 2000, 2001 and 2002, according to a new study of 37 million patient records that was released today by HealthGrades, the healthcare quality company.”
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/11856.php

“Preventable medical mistakes and infections are responsible for about 200,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, according to an investigation by the Hearst media corporation. The report comes 10 years after the Institute of Medicine’s “To Err Is Human” analysis, which found that 44,000 to 98,000 people were dying annually due to these errors…”
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=deaths-from-avoidable-medical-error-2009-08-10

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