The article’s title, “Republican proposals put needs of patients first” had the sound of a true healthcare plan in name only, beginning with the “patients first” ring, only to quickly degrade to just another program driven by what republicans really put first when your health is on the line – cost.
From the opening paragraph about struggling with rising costs, to their commitment to implement cost-saving measures, to the “hidden health care tax” to the ending part about making healthcare more affordable, the republican health plan is not about “care” at all - with Republicans, its all about business, dollars, profits and again in your case and mine, its all about cost to them.
JG Excerpt:This is the key difference from what the democrats “Healthy Wisconsin" plan offers. In my interpretation, Healthy Wisconsin is all about relieving a participant of those heavy cost burdens and concerns when they cross over into that “patient” world. The last thing a person needs tied around their neck during a life or death crisis is the idea that the care they need is limited by what their savings account can afford or whether they fulfilled consumer shopping or wellness incentives concocted by health care insurance lobbyists. But Healthy Wisconsin leaves the care decisions and choice up to the patient, where it belongs. At this stage, Healthy Wisconsin only needs tweaking and safeguards against abuse.
The cornerstone of our plan is that patients, not politicians and bureaucrats, should be in charge of their health care dollars and decisions.
If Republicans are truly committed to a plan that turns no one in need away, they must leave the costs in the hands of the competitive “free markets” they so often boldly defend and adopt the care prescribed in the “Healthy Wisconsin” plan.
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