There were a few tweets in the #debatehealth stream during the last debate and more people used it on Tuesday night.
Health policy wonks unite! RT @jasonmillman: For a second, I thought Candy said”IPAB.” Nope, iPad.
’ Hisham Rana, MD (@hrana) October 17, 2012
Health Care Costs Will Exceed Average Household Income By 2030 #ACA aims to address this. #DebateHealth #debate2012articles.businessinsider.com/2012-03-15/new’
’ Mark Ryan (@RichmondDoc) October 17, 2012
Healthcare for all means a healthier workforce=productivity. Preventive care matters! #debatehealth
’ Adriana linares (@linares150_a) October 17, 2012
All the healthcare folks in that particular conversation seemed to be fans of both the President and Obamacare.
@rgbmd maybe the #RealRomney job plan is keeping docs in business by worsening air pollution? #debate2012 #DebateHealth
’ Mark Ryan (@RichmondDoc) October 17, 2012
MT @atychen: Thanks to #Obamacare, a whole lot of #medstudents have health care while becoming doctors. #DebateHealth #meded
’ Vinny Arora (@FutureDocs) October 17, 2012
RT @elizabeth_wiley: Obama has improved access to #meded through #pellgrants and federal direct lending #debatehealth #medstudents
’ Kate Michi Ettinger (@k8ethics) October 17, 2012
Where’s the right place to find conservative healthcare professionals on Twitter? Recommend a hashtag or a group of people to follow so we can highlight their comments also.
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Free healthcare for all is not a supportable doctrine. I'm sure everyone would like to have free or reduced-premiums healthcare but someone has to pay for it. There are not enough monetary resources to pay for all of the programs that the current administration favors. No one wants cutbacks in any program but they just aren't sustainable given the current debt we've accumulated under this administration. A conservative president (note that conserve means to save, protect, safeguard) would bolster the economy by prudent fiscal oversight and that is what we need in this country. Get the economy going again and tackle healthcare with a plan that makes sense and doesn't bankrupt the country.