Access, Affordability And Quality Achieved through Abundance

Obama Cares

He says we have to buy health insurance

(and you don't)

False dichotomy:

Government Health Care or.....

Not everyone can have all they need under government-provided medical care

Limited resources require limits

Government: Cost containment Cutting services Top-down central planning Mandated value choices Free Market: Greater productivity Lower prices Innovation Personal value choices

Winners
<26 year olds Children no PreX Women Older, Sicker Big Insurance, Big Pharm, Big Hospital Medicare - Donut hole Low income & Poor Free healthcare

Losers
All - Premiums Premiums for All Men Young, Healthy Small business; Ind. physicians, patients Taxpayers Taxpayers; All - costs All - Premiums , Taxes

Child Only policy

Fairness
Equality before the Law = Level Playing Field = Justice
Examples: 1. Equal tax for ALL healthcare 2. Limited regulatory power 3. Physician-owned hospitals 4. Gvmt doesnt pick Winners & Losers

Compassion
Meaningful Access vs. Meaningless Coverage

Community
Freedom of Choice = Voluntary Exchange
Examples: 1. Freedom of Contract 2. Cooperation 3. Charity
HI benefits, Prices, Liability Choice; Competition

NOT COERCION
Cooperation: Win/Win
Competition: Win/Lose

Access
Step #1
Making medical care affordable
Affordability comes from an abundance of resources

Access
Step #2
Safety Nets that Empower: Defined contributions Examples: 1. Pension model 401K 2. Food Stamps - no shortage of suppliers, quality 3. Medicare - expanded choice and control 4. Medicaid Block Grants

Progress and Affordability through a Free Market

Health Security
Plentiful Affordable Reliable Unleash the creativity of medical entrepreneurs Control Regulation Uniformity

Progress at the speed of government

Which saves more lives?

Age of Accelerating Medical Excellence

Daniel Kraft TED talk

Innovative Delivery Systems

2012 Georgia Health Insurance Reform

American Ownership Society

It doesnt matter how well he spends my money

Educating doctors-in-training on free market health reform

Medical Student Surveys

1. Huntoon, KM, et al, Plos One, Sept. 2012

80% support ACA ~50% not sure if quality will improve

2. Winkleman, T, et al, Arch Int Med Sept. 2012

48% support ACA 40% dont understand it

3. Yurkiewicz, I., Sci Am, Aug. 2012

80% support ACA ~40% dont understand it ~50% not sure if quality will improve

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Training Doctors To Lead The Health Care Debate

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But along with the genius of our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution, and our Bill of Rights, is the equal genius of our economic system. Our Founding Fathers endeavored to create a moral and just society like no other in history, and out of that grew a moral and just economic system the likes of which the world had never seen. Our freedom, what it means to be an American, has been defined and sustained by the liberating power of the free enterprise system.
June 12, 2012, St. Louis