Withdrawn / Paul on Health Care
Words: Paul argues that managed care hasn’t worked and is too expensive. “We need to get the government out of the way. … We don’t have enough competition. There’s a doctor monopoly out there. We need alternative health care freely available to the people. They ought to be able to make their own choices.”
Actions: Paul voted FOR tax-exempt medical savings accounts (1999), AGAINST banning assisted suicide (1999), AGAINST subsidizing private insurance for Medicare drug coverage (2000), AGAINST capping damages in medical lawsuits (2003), FOR allowing the import of prescription drugs from Canada (2003), AGAINST limited drug benefits for Medicare recipients (2003), AGAINST limiting damages in medical malpractice suits to $250,000 (2004), AGAINST denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay (2006), and FOR requiring negotiated prescription prices for Medicare (2007). The American Public Health Association has given Paul a rating of 56%.
