Ganz Presidency - Platform Continues

Yesterday I announced my decision to think about deciding to run for President. (I already sound like a politician). As I stated in yesterday's blog I think anyone reading this should have some idea where I stand on the issues (now I don't sound like a politician. They never take a stand on anything except possibly on trying to keep their jobs.)

3. Healthcare - Now I have to disclose that there are lots of medical/dental people in my life and therefore I am totally biased in my opinion on healthcare. (Now isn't that refreshing, someone admitting they are actually biased) I really believe that our medical professionals are underpaid. If we can pay football and basketball players ridiculous salaries because they can try to hit a ball or sink a basket (understand that I used the word "try") then shouldn't we be paying our medical life savers the same millions to take care of our health and the health of our children? Shouldn't we make sure that our hospitals are the best they can be and are always available for us when we need medical care? Shouldn't medical care be available to everyone, everywhere and at anytime. Well, someone has to pay for this and I guess it's us. If I have to raise taxes to do this, I will. (Kind of crazy I know, raising taxes but someone will figure out how to avoid these taxes anyway so it's really no big deal.) Universal health care is a right not a privilege. If we can find money for all of the other nonsense that becomes part of the federal budget, then certainly we can find the money to pay for the lives of the people that make up our country.

We should make sure that there is oversight of the insurance industry so that profits are reasonable and the return on their investor's money is reasonable as well. There should be no windfall for these companies at the expense of our health. Spending $20,000 per year for a family of 3 for health insurance is nuts.

Our pharmaceutical industry also needs help. Not with making money, they do real well with that. Too well. What they need is for us to invest in new drugs and keep old drugs cheap enough for everyone to what they need when they need it. If this costs money, so be it. What better way to spend our tax dollars then on healthcare? If we get out of Iraq, stop waste in government, stop pork barrel legislation, shrink the government (how many attorneys do you really need in the justice department? Nobody is really doing anything I can see other than watching each others back so they don't get caught themselves in something illegal), allow imports from countries like Canada where we are probably getting most of our drugs anyway, allow competitive bidding by all agencies etc. we can pay for this and have money left over for lunch.

When it comes to healthcare we need to stop thinking politically and start thinking personally. It's amazing to me that we want to limit the amount of money a physician can make (everyone thinks they are so rich) until their own life is on the line, then of course the doctor and hospital are Gods. This is crazy. Unless those NBA ballplayers have someway to save my life, let's get our priorities straight. A great example of taking from the rich and giving to the poor. Think of the as the Robin Hood Healthcare Program. (RHHP - government loves acronyms)

Research - Another area where sanity needs to take hold. Stop cancer, provide funds for Stem cell research and let's get our population healthy. We've sent men to the moon, created IPods but we can't find a cure for cancer. We throw embryos in the garbage instead of using them for valid research because some nut thinks we one way of killing embryos is better than another. Let's try to make these nuts understand that using unwanted embryos for research with the possibility of saving lives is far better that having them taken away by our waste disposal personnel (aka Garbage men).

When I'm President you can be sure that healthcare will be my major priority. Afterall, I have my physician kids to think of....just like a politician.