Ron Paul on Health Care

A medical doctor, Ron Paul has a front seat view of our health care crisis. He believes our “once great system” has been weakened as decisions are taken away from doctors and costs are rising. The problems with our health care system, according to Paul, are not the result of too little government intervention, but rather too much. Paul believes that government regulations created an extra layer of corporate control (HMOs) in our health care system.

Paul argues patients are better served by having options and choices, not new federal bureaucracies and limitations on legal remedies. These choices and options, according to Paul, will arrive only when we unravel the HMO web rooted in old laws, and change the tax code to allow individual Americans to fully deduct all healthcare costs from their taxes, as employers can.

As part of the solution Paul has supported the following:

• allowing families to claim a tax credit for the rising cost of health insurance premiums.


• to address the medical malpractice crisis that threatens to drive thousands of American doctors out of business, Paul supports a dollar-for-dollar tax credit that permits consumers to purchase "negative outcomes" insurance prior to undergoing surgery or other serious medical treatments.


• to make it more affordable for parents to provide health care for their children, Paul supported a $500 per child tax credit for medical expenses and prescription drugs that are not reimbursed by insurance. He also supports a $3,000 tax credit for dependent children with terminal illnesses, cancer, or disabilities.