May 10, 2011
Reducing the use of EDs for nonurgent health problems may generate much lower cost savings to the health care system than is commonly assumed.
Rand Paul
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Rand Paul is an American politician and physician currently serving as the junior United States senator from Kentucky, a position he has held since January 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he is known for his strong libertarian views, advocating for limited government and individual liberties. Throughout his tenure, Paul has focused on issues such as healthcare reform, fiscal responsibility, and civil liberties, often challenging both Republican and Democratic leadership on various policies.
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May 10, 2011
Private enterprise is always more efficient than government, just as a matter of fact.
May 10, 2011
Our job should not be to expand wasteful government programs but to get government out of the way of true charity.
May 10, 2011
I think it goes against the spirit and actually probably the letter of the law with regard to the Hyde amendment.
May 10, 2011
Charity encourages help in times of need, but does not encourage the perception of lifelong entitlement.
May 10, 2011
I don't see you as a partisan, you are trying very hard not to be a partisan, but Planned Parenthood is a partisan, politically and otherwise.
May 10, 2011
I would first like to thank Chairman Sanders, Senator Paul, and members of the subcommittee for inviting me to come and give testimony
May 10, 2011
Do we really need to be duplicating services that are available in the private sector?
May 10, 2011
If you believe in a right to health care you are believing in basically the use of force to conscript someone to do your bidding.
May 10, 2011
Our plan ought to appeal to you as the free clinics would operate with no tax dollars at all. This is limited government.
May 10, 2011
I do agree, as a physician I have seen it first hand, that ER visits are much more expensive than primary care visits.
May 10, 2011
I know advocates of increased welfare mean well, but in the end good intentions must also be paired with fiscal responsibility.
May 10, 2011
I thank Chairman Sanders, Senator Paul, and members of the subcommittee for inviting me to come and give testimony about how we in my community have begun to lower ER visits, decrease healthcare costs, and improve the health of our …
May 10, 2011
I see no reason whatsoever, if you are wanting 68 percent increase in your budget, that you can't own up, stand up and tell us, 'Yes, we are doing the same thing Planned Parenthood does.'
May 10, 2011
Obamacare expands entitlements at a time when entitlements are already stretched beyond solvency.
May 10, 2011
When you use force to transfer money from those who work to those who don't, that is not charity, that is redistribution of wealth.
May 10, 2011
I think her story is incredible. I think that we really have gotten to the point in our society where we do not differentiate between charity of the heart, really giving voluntary, and people who are simply working for the government.
May 4, 2011
Osama bin Laden applauded the 9/11 attacks. Such an act of deliberate killing of innocent lives deserves retribution. It is good that bin Laden is dead and justice is served. Targeted retribution is far superior to wars of aggression and…
Apr 14, 2011
it is amazing to me to be lectured to and hear about how awful the tea party is from folks who have never been to a tea party to hear what the tea party represents. Come on down. Bring your Huey Long rhetoric that there will be a chicken…
Apr 13, 2011
Let us say within a month we will get them to the floor and we will vote on them.
Apr 13, 2011
Pollution is much better than it has ever been. Air quality is much better than it has ever been.
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