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Edited by Mary Lou Seymour. To subscribe or unsubscribe to this
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November 21, 2002
Stop supporting government intrusion into health care
One of the biggest issues in the last election cycle was health
care: whether more taxpayer money should be used to support
health care, whether we should have a "single payer" system, etc.
And you can be sure that no matter what the results in this
election, the subject will come up again, and again, unless a large
number of Americans stop letting politicians set the agenda and
manage to free themselves from the perceived need for government
involvement in health care.
This week, let's start promoting various ways individuals can stop
supporting government intrusion into medical care, so that by next
election cycle, the issue will be on the back burner where it
belongs.
SimpleCare is one example of a market-based solution to the rising
cost of health care. Participating doctors, labs, etc. voluntarily
lower their fees for SimpleCare patients who pay in full at the time
of service. SimpleCare is NOT designed to be a "discount"
program. It is a program that allows doctors to charge a fair and
reasonable price for their service, and be reimbursed in full at the
time of service, without incurring the high expense of billing and
coding associated with most insurance and third party contracts.
The first step, of course, is getting YOUR doctor signed up to
participate in SimpleCare -- or to find a new doctor who will.
Another possible action you can take is setting up a Medical
Savings Account in conjunction with a catastrophic health
insurance policy. An MSA is not one of those flexible, use-it-or-
lose-it accounts offered by some employers, where you have to
predict your health care expenses for the year and run the risk of
losing your money. A contribution to an MSA is tax deductible and
withdrawals used for medical purposes are tax and penalty free.
Any unused funds can roll over to the next year. For information on
how to set up an MSA, see Americans for Free Choice in Medicine.
For an excellent article on why a catastrophic health care policy is
probably all that most Americans ever need, see "No Heath
Insurance? So What?"
One quick note here ... many health problems might possibly be
prevented or controlled by natural and holistic approaches. Check
out the Doctor Yourself website for information on how to take
charge of your own routine health care, and lower your dependence
on "allopathic" (drug- and surgery-oriented) medicine.
LifeSharers offers a market-based solution to organ donations.
LifeSharers members promise to donate upon their death, but they
give fellow members first access to their organs and tissue. Even if
you are already a registered organ donor, you should join the
LifeSharers network. By doing so, you will have access to organs
and tissue that otherwise may not be available to you.
(Membership in LifeSharers is free, and brochures are available for
download to help publicize this important new venture.)
The ultimate in government intrusion into health care has got to be
the state's insistence on vaccination ... whether you want it or not.
The most recent example of this is the current hoopla over possible
forced smallpox vaccinations. Vaccination Liberation provides
information on vaccinations not often made available to the public
so that one can make an informed choice and is offering a reward
for activism in disseminating anti-smallpox vaccine information.
The idea behind this form of activism is that individuals should
decide whether or not they want vaccines, not the government.
Vaccination Liberation also offers information on legal avenues to
take on an individual basis to "exempt" your children and yourself
from forced vaccination.
In our continuing activism to promote a culture where individual
liberty is the norm, let's concentrate our efforts this week on
individual responsibility for our own health care and freedom from
government dictates, as well as the decreased costs that will come
when the market rules medical care.
Til next week
For Freedom!
Mary Lou
Links
o SimpleCare
http://www.free-market.net/rd/714470540.html
o Americans for Free Choice in Medicine (AFCM)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/654049252.html
o No Heath Insurance? So What?
http://www.free-market.net/rd/479643754.html
o Doctor Yourself
http://www.free-market.net/rd/716760685.html
o LifeSharers
http://www.free-market.net/rd/823926419.html
o Vaccination Liberation
http://www.free-market.net/rd/717620748.html
o Reward offered for anti-smallpox vaccine activism
http://www.free-market.net/rd/719530851.html
o American Council on Science and Health
http://www.free-market.net/rd/237856585.html
o Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
http://www.free-market.net/rd/368299887.html
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