An earlier "phony flap" over Paul's views on desegregation was bad enough, but it's becoming increasingly evident that plenty of people in Kentucky will do anything to sink Paul's campaign. Paul says he was just living his libertarian principles — ha! Paul's "secession" from the established medical board squares nicely with his libertarian belief that no bureaucracy should be able to tell him what to do, says Alex Pareene in Salon. He's "obviously well within his rights to get mad," "write cranky letters," even establish his own rival board.
But he can't expect a pass when he claims he was certified by the nationally recognized board, even though he wasn't. Rand Paul's crusade against board certification". Skip to header Skip to main content Skip to footer Opinion Brief.
Watch Rand Paul — dressed in scrubs — discuss health care last year This qualification cover-up is a question of trust: Politicians should know by now that dodging questions "is a bad idea," says Joseph Gerth at the Louisville Courier-Journal , because it appears they're hiding something. It just gets in the way of productive research. It might be tempting to ignore this "fringe" candidate who has never reached above the single digits in any poll of the early presidential primary states and who has little to no chance of winning the Republican presidential nomination -- at least according to the conventional wisdom.
But Dr. Paul's views have won a following. He has attracted far more campaign donations and support than many of his better known rivals.
Indeed, on Nov. The one-day total set a record for GOP candidates. Even before that, his campaign had more money on hand than Sen. John McCain R-Ariz. Joe Biden D-Del.
Chris Dodd D-Conn. Mike Huckabee. Paul is one of 12 physician members of Congress -- two in the Senate, 10 in the House of Representatives. If his campaign succeeds, he'd be America's first physician president. Physician influence in politics has ebbed and waned over the years. In recent years, cardiac surgeon Bill Frist R-Tenn.
He believes in higher Medicare deductibles and moving to a premium support system. In a interview, Dr. Paul said "You want to have more participation by the person who's receiving the entitlement. By that I mean that they need to be more involved with some sort of economic transaction every time they use their entitlement, and that means they have to bear more of the burden," according to Bloomberg Business.
Paul supports a premium support system for Medicare, which would give seniors the ability to choose between traditional Medicare and private insurance on an exchange, according to Vox.
Paul supports vaccines, but believes they should be voluntary. Paul said, according to CNN. I think they're a good thing. But I think the parents should have some input. His comments on Ebola have also garnered media attention. Paul shared the following comments: "[The Obama administration] has downplayed how transmissible [Ebola] is.
They say it's the exchange of bodily of fluids. It's very difficult to catch. Paul continued. Paul believes medical marijuana is a state's rights issue, not a federal one. He recently teamed up with two Democrats to introduce a bill that would protect medical marijuana buyers and sellers from federal prosecution in states where marijuana is legal for medical and recreational purposes.
He has also supported lessening the sentence for nonviolent marijuana offenders. Leaders: Stop doing these 3 things and improve engagement Hospital consolidation squeezing out executives Dr.
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