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Docs 4 Patient Care Texas Chapter leaders, Jane Hughes, MD, and Kris Held, MD, independently produced this short video which refutes the claims made by Democrats that US Representative Paul Ryan's plan to save Medicare will hurt America's senior citizens. As we've demonstrated throughout this website and our social media pages, the only legislation that will weaken and destroy Medicare "as we know it" is the president's PPACA (Obamacare). As the doctors explain in this video, Obamacare calls for the cutting of $575 Billion out of the Medicare program and places unaccountable healthcare decision-making in the hands of the new Independent Payment Advisory Board.

D4PC finds this video provocative and informative and we are proud to promote projects that re-introduce the healthcare reform discussion and which provide the public with the viewpoint and perspective of the nation's "practicing" physicians. 

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Welcome to D4PC "Morning Rounds", your daily review of healthcare news and information from Washington, DC and around the nation. These briefings will keep you up to date on recent developments and our effort to replace the PPACA with patient-centered reforms that protect the doctor-patient relationship and preserve individual freedom of choice.  

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Contrary to the political talking points emanating from Washington, D.C., there are politicians of both parties who have looked at Medicare's finances and determined that the current path is unsustainable. Responsible politicians, both Democrats and Republicans, have proposed reforms to curb the growth in spending of this vital program.  In fact, Avik Roy writes for Forbes that the cuts proposed by both parties "would impose comparable reductions in the growth of Medicare spending." 

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Double Deference and the House GOP’s Fair-weather Federalism

The Republican call for national tort reform, although commendible, is somewhat of a concern. If the Federal goverment can regulate malpractice, why can't it mandate ways to cover healthcare costs, like it is doing under the new healthcare law via the individual mandate? The Commerce Clause is a sword that carves out more control for the federal government and is a dangerous weapon to wield.

Constitutional scholar Randy Barnett confirmed our fears in the two above pieces on this subject. 

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Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, wrote a commentary this week in support of House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan's proposal to implement premium support for Medicare. She makes the case that, "Ryan is working to save Medicare with his proposal to begin modernizing the program through premium support."

"Opponents of the proposal have charged that Ryan is planning to voucherize Medicare. But that shows a misunderstanding of the proposal. In contrast with vouchers, premium support allows for more flexible subsidies that can be adjusted and targeted to seniors based upon financial status, age, health status, or other considerations."

Read her full commentary here. 

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