{"id":14030,"date":"2007-12-24T13:15:20","date_gmt":"2007-12-24T18:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/14030.html"},"modified":"2007-12-24T13:15:20","modified_gmt":"2007-12-24T18:15:20","slug":"richardson-decries-role-of-doctors-in-us-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/richardson-decries-role-of-doctors-in-us-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson decries role of doctors in U.S. healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slowly but surely, Bill Richardson’s campaign has made it more and more difficult to respect his agenda. As if his frequent talk about a silly Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution weren’t annoying enough, over the weekend, Richardson endorsed “holistic and spiritual<\/a>” medicine in his healthcare plan.<\/p>\n

Responding to a question Saturday at a living-room gathering in snowy Des Moines, the first-tier-wannabe candidate touted his state’s expertise with nontraditional methods of healing.<\/p>\n

“In my state, New Mexico, we’ve got more holistic healing than you do. I appreciate that kind of medical care. I appreciate dietary supplements. I appreciate oriental medicine. I think we have to open up health care delivery and access. You know how the doctors are. They want to keep it to themselves,” he said. Under a Richardson administration, government health programs would pay for alternative therapies, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, to hear the governor tell it, part of the problem with healthcare in the United States is that we rely too much on doctors<\/i>? Richardson believes we have the resources to invest in reality-based healthcare and<\/i> an alternate system of “spiritual” medicine that isn’t peer reviewed, isn’t subjected to scientific testing, and isn’t backed up by evidence?<\/p>\n

I can appreciate the fact that Richardson wants to help differentiate himself from the top-tier candidates, all of whom emphasize their own universal healthcare plans.<\/p>\n

But this really<\/i> isn’t the way to do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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