Dr. Scott Noren
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New York Democrats for Change
Better Health Care Access without Furthering National Debt
- Affordable, quality, accessible health care.
The State of the Union Speech by the President was positive but here is one item that he mentioned that is not consistent with the facts.
He stated that the health care legislation would save $1 Trillion dollars over the next two decades. When you add up the numbers below in my website, we are currently losing over
- $147 Billion per year in obesity related costs (CDC)
- $157 Billion per year in smoking related costs (CDC)
- $700 Billion per year in unnecessary medical tests (CBO)
He quoted the CBO and so do I above. We need to keep these facts in their proper perspective in relation to his claim of savings of less than 1/20th of the above numbers over 20 years.
While we debate health insurance reform, how does New York State allow (by their votes) their own Senator (Schumer) to say he supports the President with Insurance reform and yet is the highest recipient of Insurance Lobby money in the entire US Senate?
Will New York state put up with the fact that Kirsten Gillibrand is the highest recipient of Commercial Bank Lobby Money in the ENTIRE Congress (Both Houses)?
Most New Yorkers and United States citizens do not want the Federal Government to be overly intrusive in their health care. Some people would prefer the Government plan and some do not. If we have a Government plan, it needs to be no-frills, and demand better compliance by individuals regarding weight loss and smoking. I know of a couple who spend $780 per month on their cigarettes and have 4 children. This is unsustainable and they are part of the problem.
Those who prefer a private plan want affordable premiums, lower deductibles, and providers want to be fairly compensated. The only way to do this is through Federally mandated rules for all insurance companies.
My plan is not paid for by massive inflationary spending. It is paid for by the insurance companies through forced lower premiums.
The public plan does not address private costs of medical school or medical liability insurance costs for providers.
It is rushed and poorly planned in many aspects. We have a current shortage of primary care providers.
Get rid of profit and shareholders from the insurance industry!
The bottom line is that we need to regulate the Insurance industry much more intensely immediately! You can't do that if you have lobby money in your pocket!
See where Schumer and Gillibrand are at OpenSecrets.org
Preserve our Constitution...
See Dr. Noren's Proposed Senate Bill
- Campaign finance reform.
We need candidates to get together from different states and run without Lobby money or even individual donations from Insurance, Gas/Oil, Pharma, or Banking/Financial areas. That still leaves an awful amount of money to be donated by people that don't influence votes in the same way.
The only way to a Lobby-free US Senate is to create a block of elected Senators this way; I intend to lead the way.
- Job creation and retention well after the stimulus package goes away.
Innovative job creation is possible for all states using L3C models. We also need to incorporate more robotics and automation to compete on a global basis. We need to revamp the manufacturing model of the past and bring it to the 21st Century.
- Dr. Noren's position on the New York and National issue of Fracking (Hydrofracturing for deep natural gas deposits).