Do You Like And Trust Rand Paul

Is Rand Paul related to Ron Paul?

Rand Paul is the son of Ron and Carol Paul.  Both have simular political beliefs and both are among the only politicians that I trust.

Why is Rand Paul endorsing Donald Trump?

Rand Paul is, like many former candidates this year, hedging. He is using the non-binding (legally speaking) loyalty pledge he and others signed to explain his support of Donald Trump on the technicality that he is the nominee. This is smart because many of those voting for him in his senate race are likely to be Trump supporters and he needs their votes. However, he risks damaging his brand as the sole libertarian in the party if he positively endorses Trump since their beliefs are pretty much at odd with each other (Paul favors a small government and peaceful foreign policy while Trump is largely pro-entitlements and pro-aggression). It’s also quite possible Paul personally dislikes Trump for the way he was treated by the businessman during the early season debates (being memorably mocked for his hair on at least one occasion). Time will tell if Paul, Kelly Ayote, and others will benefit from this “intend to vote, but not support” strategy.

What are the issues with Rand Paul's healthcare plan?

I have spoken to Rand Paul about this personally.First, forget the liberals lies, no one wants people not to have health care. That is a bloody obscure lie.Now let’s think about home owners insurance. If your house burns down it pays. If your water heater goes out, it does not.Think car insurance, if you have a wreck and total it, it pays, when your tires wear out it does not.Insurance SHOULD cover things that are catastrophic (big expense) and unforeseen (Car crash, home burning). If you know something is coming, say death, you save money for inheritances and funeral expenses. UNLESS death comes early and you have not had time to save for kids college, pay off a home, etc, thus you use TERM insurance to cover you until you no longer need life insurance.So in health care, routine check ups are not unforeseen or catastrophic. Asking the insurance company to cover them is just pre-paying for those services and giving the insurance company a profit for administering the billing. Same goes for getting the flu, or stomach bug. While these things are difficult, they are not totally unforeseen or catastrophic.This is how Rand Paul sees health insurance, and I agree with that view. I pay for check up with my civilian doctor each year because I don’t trust the VA (I have VA benefits as a combat veteran). I also carry coverage via a health reinsurance ministry. It will not cover any incident that cost less than $500, but covers EVERYTHING that cost more than $500. It’s only $150/month, and no network, no limits on who I get care from, and no cap on coverage. But I have to be responsible, it won’t cover drug rehab, or abortions, or smoking related illnesses. I have to agree not to use alcohol in excess, and do other things that are rather reasonable and do not increase my risk of needing health care.If these concepts were incorporated into health insurance policies prices would crash, excessive testing, over treatment, and the like would largely disappear and health care would be much more affordable, making insurance much more affordable.Yes, there are outlying situations, folks with pre-existing conditions and the like. There were, and can be again, health reinsurance pools that provided benefits in those cases. But instead of treating EVERYONE like they have a pre-existing condition we treated just those with a pre-existing condition as having unique needs and addressing their individual coverage needs.