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All right, my agenda is really Tort Reform, but that is not a realistic goal until we can assume that every human being walking within the bounds of this country has access to health care.

Of course, hard choices must be made, but there are only a few ways to stop the uncontrolled ascend in health care costs:-

1. limiting lawsuits
2. higher deductibles (e.g. first $2500 - $5000 of costs should be paid by the patient every year)
3. reasonable end-of-life decisions (heirs of the estate should make such decision)
4. deregulating medical professionals (we should be able to import cheap sous-doctors from other parts of the world.)

It is unacceptable that American families face financial ruin over unexpected illnesses. It is unacceptable for the health care system to be used as a cash cow for trial lawyers. It is unacceptable for a ponzi scheme health care system, namely Medicare, to exist.

It is also unacceptable for people to be discriminated against based on their income. Any plan to subsidize health care costs of low-income earners amounts to excessive social engineering.

Furthermore, companies should not be given tax-breaks for providing health care benefits because individuals should be incentivized to make health care choices themselves.

I am confident that a well-run universal health care system will cost less to the taxpayers.