PrintAugust 20, 2009
Health care reform that actually works!
"Where's the Republican plan?"It's one of the red herrings that apologists for Obamacare pull out of their bag of clichéd talking points when pressed to justify Democrats' attempt to grab control of 18% of the nation's economy.Well, here's a modest proposal. Rather than looking to Massachusetts or Tennessee for examples of health care reform, why not look to Texas?The Lone Stare state has its problems, but in recent years it has made major progress in improving health care availability, especially in predominantly poor and minority regions. Being Texas, the solution wasn't budget-busting, either. Their answer? They got rid of the lawyers.Not literally. But they did take on that perennial pillar of the Democrat Party, the trial lawyers.In an Op-Ed published in the San Francisco Examiner earlier this month, Texas Governor Perry points out that in 2003 the state implemented laws that shielded health care providers from trial lawyers "anxious to make a quick...(Read Full Article)
