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Ben's Health Plan

Ben H

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My idea for lowering health care costs involves reducing government, not increasing it. I believe we need to say goodbye to America's "cheap food policy" and eliminate all farm subsidies. Stop having consumers putting a down payment on certain food ingredients with their tax dollars. Allow consumers to pay the real cost of producing food and put everyone on a more level playing field. I believe we need to stop looking at ways to pay for the treatment of our health problems, and look at what is the underlying cause in the first place. Sure the lack of physical activity has a lot to do with it, but I think our cheap food policy is very responsible. You are what you eat. I feel nutrition is often over-simplified by looking only at low fat, low calorie or "points."
 

Ben H

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Ok, so this is a bump, I'm looking to feel what people think about the correlation between our cheap food policy and the cost of treating what we are treating in this country. Senator Collins mentioned on the radio the other day that 70% of medicaid and medicare costs are treating preventable illinisses. Things caused by poor lifestyle choices. Tonight on the radio I heard about a study where Japanese women had an increase in breast cancer when moving to America. I think this cheap food policy is a problem. Who is fighting for it? Who profits from it? I would say Cargill, Monsanto and probably DuPont. Who suffers? We do.
 
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Anonymous

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Ben H said:
Ok, so this is a bump, I'm looking to feel what people think about the correlation between our cheap food policy and the cost of treating what we are treating in this country. Senator Collins mentioned on the radio the other day that 70% of medicaid and medicare costs are treating preventable illinisses. Things caused by poor lifestyle choices. Tonight on the radio I heard about a study where Japanese women had an increase in breast cancer when moving to America. I think this cheap food policy is a problem. Who is fighting for it? Who profits from it? I would say Cargill, Monsanto and probably DuPont. Who suffers? We do.

I will agree with you 100%. Let the energy companies keep us going and finding alternate energy. They have the knowledge and infrastructure to do it. The only cost that needs to be born by the US governement should be the standing military, executive branch. supreme court. Senators and Congressman should be paid by states that sent them to Washington. Send them there and pay them per diem when congress is in session. All other times they need to in their home district. Farm subsidys should be done away with if you cannot compete then get out. On healthcare. I have worked when healthcare was not available for anyone but the government workers. At that time a doctor did not charge as much because he had to look at the person he was treating for payment. Then along came insurance and the insurance company neogiated his fee he would charge. Took the patient out of it. Patient never knew what his healthcare cost was. Our Son was born in 1961, nine doctors visit at $10 each. Two days in the hosipital for mother and Son $250 dollars. This is only being posted to show what was happenening then and what it cost. And another thing to add my take home pay was $65 a week. You could not save enough money to by tires for the car so you swapped it when tires were needed. Payments would be maybe $5 more a month. First new car we bought cost a little over $1300. 1963 Ford Fairlane. Payments $36 dollars a month. Did not care what interest was charged as long as we could make the payments.
 
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Anonymous

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Problem is- with food, health, energy, and now the financial/investment industries-- the industries haven't stepped up to the plate- and have shown when unpoliced/regulated they instead focus on short term profiteering over long term viability and long term good for the nation... :(
 

Big Muddy rancher

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Oldtimer said:
Problem is- with food, health, energy, and now the financial/investment industries-- the industries haven't stepped up to the plate- and have shown when unpoliced/regulated they instead focus on short term profiteering over long term viability and long term good for the nation... :(

They always had the government to bail out the primary producers.
 
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