Forbes Magazine: on Health Care
Beto O`Rourke:
Protect existing priorities, then expand Medicare & Medicaid
Beto O`Rourke said, "The goal has to be that every single one of us can see a doctor, take our child to a therapist, afford our prescriptions to be well enough to live to our full potential," speaking in a Radio Iowa interview. O'Rourke rattled off four
key priorities:- "The quickest way to get there in my mind is to ensure that we protect the safeguards that we already have."
- "Expansion of Medicaid in those states that haven't done it."
- "Allow people to buy in to
Medicare who are not already covered by employer insurance."
- "Ensure that there is an effective guarantee, so that even if you have insurance but are unable to afford the co-pay,
that we guarantee you that you are going to get the care, or the medication that you need."
Source: Forbes Magazine, "Medicare," on 2020 Democratic primary
Mar 17, 2019
Eric Swalwell:
Keep private insurance; allow public option
He's for allowing Americans to have a choice between private healthcare coverage and government-run health benefits. Swalwell told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he's opposed to Medicare for All proposals supported by other Democrats running for
President that would bring an end to private insurance. "I support coverage for all, which would be a public option that would drive down the pressure on the private insurers," Swalwell said.
Source: Forbes Magazine, "Coverage," on 2020 Democratic primary
Mar 19, 2019
Jim Oberweis:
Not a fan of ObamaCare, but it helps healthcare businesses
Q: Do you worry about [investing] back home? Do you worry about the environment for small businesses?Oberweis: I think I'm as worried as anyone else on the direction of the country. I think we've got a long way to go. Part of the reason we started
investing in China and investing internationally is that we're--this was six years ago--we were worried about the direction the U.S. was going. That said, you don't have to invest in "America," per se. We can invest in HMS Systems down the street that
audits Medicare and Medicaid plans for insurance billing and fraud. Am I a big fan of nationalized healthcare, even healthcare reform? No. Is it going to help HMS's business? Absolutely. It'll be terrific. So I think you have to be a niche player.
You've got to find smaller ideas that are going to benefit in the conditions as they are. You can change the conditions and always try to find ways to make money in the conditions as they exist.
Source: Forbes Magazine interview on 2014 Illinois Senate race
Jan 5, 2012
Kanye West:
Vaccines are the mark of the beast
On vaccines: "It's so many of our children that are being vaccinated and paralyzed. So when they say the way we're going to fix Covid is with a vaccine, I'm extremely cautious. That's the mark of the beast. They want to put chips inside of us,
they want to do all kinds of things, to make it where we can't cross the gates of heaven. I'm sorry when I say they, the humans that have the Devil inside them. And the sad thing is that we all won't make it to heaven."
Source: Forbes Magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls
Jul 8, 2020
Steve Forbes:
Allow opting out of Medicare via private doctors
A Court of Appeals ruled that the elderly can indeed be treated outside of Medicare for procedures the government deems "unreasonable"- that is, procedures that the Medicare bureaucracy believes medically unnecessary.
For services covered by Medicare, alas, Congress' prohibition remains in place. Congress should repeal this poison pill and allow patients, if they so choose, to be treated outside of Medicare.
Source: Fact and Comment, Forbes Magazine
Nov 15, 1999
Tom Del Beccaro:
More taxes & regulations loom with ObamaCare
We are arguably headed for difficult economic times given ObamaCare's looming implementation, proposed tax increases, and ever more in the way of regulations. Congressional Republicans should pick out significant government programs that are not working.
Obviously, that will be incredibly easy. Then they should lay out specific cost savings from those failed programs. For the next two years, the Republicans should hold a monthly press conference on the Capitol steps wherein they explain:
- The original purpose of the Non-working Program
- Who was originally supposed to have benefited from the Non-working Program
- The GOP's Reformed Program
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Why the Reformed Program is better for the Nation
- How much the Reformed Program will save taxpayers
Source: Forbes Magazine column for 2016 California Senate race
Nov 28, 2012
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