The Alliance of Texans Against Government Controlled Healthcare
NotInTexas.org

1. States need to regain control over healthcare. The Constitution and federal law support this idea.
   1. The Tenth Amendment of the Constitution states that if the federal government does not have the Constitution power, then that power belongs to the States or the people.
   2. The McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945 (15 U.S.C.A. § 1011 et seq.) gives states the authority to regulate the "business of insurance" without interference from federal regulation.
2. States can then undo costly and redundant state and federal legislation.
   1. The state government’s only role is monitoring the marketplace for fraud, and the federal government will play no role in healthcare.
3. States will pass legislation recognizing mediation and arbitration agreements as binding contracts between doctor and patient.
4. States establish Healthcare Charities
   1. These organizations will not be run by the state or federal governments, nor will any money from the government be used to establish or maintain them.
   2. Since they will be not for profit organizations, anyone can give money to them and have it tax deducted against their federal return.
      1. This allows for doctors and hospitals to be more effective at treating the patients that cannot pay. No more cost shifting, because the doctors and hospitals are able to use tax advantages to help low income patients.
      2. Over time government programs will end, and citizens will have more money to help with these charities.
   3. Since these charities will have no government involvement, marketplace and giving will dictate how they will be effectively used.
   4. The states should be responsible to use the current outlets of programs to advertise these charities and make people aware that they are out there to help them.
5. The states will then start the process of phasing out redistribution of wealth programs that neither the state nor federal governments can continue to sustain. This must been done slowly to allow for individuals to take more responsibility and for the charity system to become more established.
   1. SCHIP
      1. Place this program inside Medicaid. This is perfectly fine to do inside the current federal legislation, and no state would lose federal money in doing so.
   2. Medicaid
      1. The first step in phasing out this program will be to require citizenship to receive money.
      2. Then after a 5 year period we will limit the program to pregnant women and children only.
      3. Then two years after that we limit it only to children.
      4. Then after another three years the program is to be eliminated.
   3. Medicare
      1. Medicare is an agreement between the federal government and its citizens with the states in the middle.
         1. What the states can do is offer an opt out period for anyone who wants to drop out of the Medicare program.
         2. Put a limit in their state that says that a worker has to be over the age 55 in order to be able to remain in the Medicare program.
      2. State will then immediately get rid of the Medicare tax on payroll.
6. This is not an easy process, but the current system cannot be sustained and is heading straight for a government controlled system unless we act bold and fast!

We are open to your suggestions!

If you have an idea on health care reform, contact John Stacy at Johnatnotintexas@yahoo.com


Nullification Rally 1/16/2010