Comments on: Ron Paul Agrees with Dubya on Health Care

By: Catron

Catron — Sun, 20 May 2007 20:57:37 +0000

Actually, he doesn’t vote “no” every time. He voted “yes” for government price fixing, as I discuss here, and this would have been one of the most anti-libertarian pieces of legislation in a decade. I think a better name for him would be “Dr. Faux.”

By: Richard Rider

Richard Rider — Sat, 19 May 2007 06:11:27 +0000

Nice try — pulling a couple of quotes without looking at the two men’s positions and VOTING Record. Checking their past pronouncements and votes, we find that Bush and Dr. Paul DISAGREE on health care.

Ron Paul wants the federal government to get out of subsidizing patients and regulating the health care industry. He sees no role for government in health care. He would close down the FDA, and rightly so.

Rhetoric aside, Bush would never seek to pull back from the quasi-socialist medical care system we have today. He wants to tinker with the system, while, if anything, EXPANDING the number of people’s health care paid for by the taxpayers.

Dr. Paul will vote for the occasional positive tinkering, such as health care IRA’s. But, given a vote on the federal involvement or funding of health care, he votes NO every time. That’s why they call him “Dr. No.”

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:10:26 +0000

I don’t see how this is that interesting. First of all, your first example is an exaggerated similarity. Bush says he is absolutely opposed to it, Ron Paul says the solution is not outright socialized medicine. There is a big difference there. Ron Paul doesn’t say there should be no socialization, he says it shouldn’t be outright. Bush says he is absolutely opposed to national health care.

Furthermore, I think most of the things mentioned are the types of things most republicans/conservatives would agree on, even those who have major philosophical differences in other areas.

Finally, the conclusion you draw from Ron Paul’s vote to allow negotiation for drug prices is wrong. He is did not vote for government interference in health care, he voted for the already intervening government to be allowed to negotiate prices for drugs so they might get them at a more fair price. It is decidedly socialist to disallow negotiation for price on a product.