It is a meme I have seen over and over again. Someone doesn't have health insurance so they blame Ron Paul. This is a completely silly argument raised only to make Ron Paul look bad.
a good example is this blog
http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2011/09/15/for-ron-paul-health-care-question-struck-close-to-home/
The implication here is that Ron Paul's libertarian beliefs are is some way reponsible for someone not being able to get coverage because they had a pre-existing condition and libertarians would not force insurance companies to cover him. They go on to say that he had hundreds of thousand of dollars of bills and the Charity approach Ron Paul Favors only raised $30,000.
Ron Paul's idea of people helping each other with charities admittedly doesn't work when we are taxed so high most Americans don't have extra money to donate. If the govt. takes most of their disposable cash of course they can't donate it.
Remember that Ron Paul is 1 of 435 members of congress. Most of his ideals are in direct opposition to the big govt. bills that get passed.
You can blame a lot of people for the way health care is but don't blame Ron Paul.
Ron Paul favors no income tax and no social security. For most working Americans almost half their paycheck is gone before they even get it. Give that money back and they could spend it on healthcare if they choose.
Ron Paul favors a strong dollar backed by a gold standard. We don't have that and the result is inflation which is especially evident in health care.
Ron Paul doesn't support Medicare and Medicaid which leads to inflated medical cost because hospitals have to raise prices for everyone else to make up for their Medicare/Medicaid losses.
Ron Paul Doesn't support the FDA and other regulations on medicine and health care that raise cost.
Ron Paul doesn't support tax breaks for company's that offer health care. Resulting in less competition and greater costs.
Ron Paul doesn't favor govt. licensing which reduces competition and raises prices.
So you can speculate on what might happen under a Ron Paul administration but it is just speculation. If he gets elected and gets his policies implemented and in two years health care isn't less expensive, easier to get and better than ever then you can blame him.
Don't blame him now.
He is not the president
These are not his polices
He is not responsible for the Fed. Govt's interference, in fact he fought it every step of the way.
Blaming Ron Paul for healthcare issues makes you look pretty stupid.
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