The Big Ideas Project

We need to educate humans to the severe human overpopulation problem we have and how it contributes to constant competition, inequity and wars over resources, land, space, etc. as well as the impossibility of enough food and healthcare. Adults should get large tax breaks for not having children as well as for adopting and fostering children that are already here. Also, strict limits on the number of children a family has as well as free birth control and abortions available for all women.

Submitted by Violet R. M.A. in Health Jan. 4, 2015, 4:10 p.m. 1

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#1362

102 votes

Federal funding and outreach resources for HIV/AIDS research and education.

Submitted by Jeffrey J. from AL in Health Dec. 9, 2014, 1:01 a.m.

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#1370

100 votes

More government funded research into causes and cures of cancers

Submitted by lefty in Health Jan. 5, 2015, 6:42 p.m.

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#1412

94 votes

Start REAL Health reform by cleaning up the utterly corrupt FDA and monopolistic AMA

Submitted by David L. from WI in Health Dec. 17, 2014, 4:32 p.m.

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#1412

94 votes

Stop "CARE CREDIT" as payment for Dentists or other medical services. Older patients do not always understand that they are signing a credit card application demanding full amount to be paid to the dentist in advance. This credit card and its charges cannot be disputed due to off shore origination.

Submitted by no in Health Dec. 19, 2014, 8:25 p.m.

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#1426

93 votes

Restore a long term care plan to ACA. Only 20% of our population enjoys the benefits of a pension. The recession has wiped out the savings of many of those in the dramatically increasing numbers of persons reaching retirement age. This combination of events creates a looming crisis. Include in the long term care plan tax benefits for multi generational families that include senior citizens.

Submitted by Rcf in Health Dec. 19, 2014, 8:02 a.m.

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#1426

93 votes

Insist that drug companies keep track of and openly share information of the cost of new drugs from inception through final approval. Then cap what they can charge for the drug based on the cost of that information plus manufacturing costs, subtracting the amount provided by NIH help in research, so that we end the gouging of customers.

Submitted by Henrietta in Health Dec. 19, 2014, 9:38 a.m.

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#1426

93 votes

Install COPPER bedrails in all hospital intensive care units. Contact with copper destroys microorganisims and will prevent infections transmitted by hand contact, reducing hospital-acquired infections.

Submitted by Susan S. from MD in Health Dec. 19, 2014, 7:39 a.m.

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#1426

93 votes

Breastfeeding Saves Lives & $$billions. It prevents illnesses from SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) to diabetes and cancer Implement actions in Surgeon General's Call to Action on Breastfeeding. Require ALL pediatricians (and other Drs and Health care professionals to be educated on how to help moms breastfeed. Ban Formula company "education"

Submitted by Carol Tenneriello, RN, IBCLC in Health Jan. 5, 2015, 1:12 a.m.

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#1447

91 votes

Follow the Montana model and create NHS-style no-co-pay health clinics for all federal employees and retirees staffed by salaried providers to end the fee-for-service cost model. These clinics are much cheaper than paying providers in the marketplace (and the insurance companies to manage the claims or keep their cut). Eventually expand these clinics to all Americans as a better, cheaper way to provide health care than fee-for-service through Medicaid, Medicare and Obamacare subsidies.

Submitted by Dan Johnson in Health Jan. 3, 2015, 2:32 p.m.

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#1463

89 votes

Spend more 8 billion on education and family planning to keep developing nations from becoming worse sink holes of overpopulation hunger, malnutrition, terrorism, and dysfunction. This can be done without busting the budget by cutting spending on nuclear weapons and weapons in general at the Pentagon, whose budget is a bloated subsidy of arms purveyors.

Submitted by Malthus2 in Health Jan. 4, 2015, 12:27 p.m.

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#1486

86 votes

As with cigarettes, establish advertising restrictions and tax junk food like soda, candy, snacks and dessert foods, including the table sugar and artificial sweeteners used to produce them, and use the funds to provide public education and promote healthier dietary choices. We've cut cigarette use in half. We can cut obesity and Type II diabetes as well. Through education.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Health Dec. 31, 2014, 11:51 a.m.

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#1493

85 votes

Change federal law to accept not only the allopathic MD monopoly of health care, but that of Naturopathic/wholistic doctor's as well. People should have a choice in the type of doctor they want to work with. Obamacare currently doesn't include wholistic doctors.

Submitted by Cindy D. from CT in Health Jan. 6, 2015, 9:32 p.m.

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#1501

84 votes

Federal Government take on Lead in legalizing Medical Marijuanna. Follow Colorado's lead and begin researching all medicinal uses of Marijuanna and FDA quickly approve. Federal Government needs to take steps to remove all previous, negative stigmas associated.

Submitted by James S. from CA in Health Dec. 18, 2014, 9:10 p.m.

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#1504

83 votes

The average American consumes 75 lbs of sugar per year. All forms of sugar need to be regulated like any other food additive (list % of DV). Tax policy should be formed to encourage reduction of use. It is creating a health crisis.

Submitted by Jamie in Health Dec. 10, 2014, 5:40 p.m.

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#1504

83 votes

STOP ERISA laws which prevent disabled workers from being paid partial salary until retirement age. Insurance companies have created laws which make it impossible to collect and have high powered attorneys to fight cases. i.e. INSURANCE companies hire docs to see a claimant and ignore their opinion if it does not agree with theirs. Insurance companies force claimants to apply for SSDI then demand return of money paid on SHORT TERM DISABILITY.

Submitted by no in Health Dec. 11, 2014, 9:01 a.m.

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#1524

81 votes

Provide free treatment to cure millions of people with hepatitis C. We can now do it and we only need the commitment to eradicate this disease.

Submitted by Edib K. from MD in Health Dec. 12, 2014, 10:51 a.m.

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#1528

80 votes

Ban high fructose corn syrup based soda.

Submitted by Ethan J. in Health Dec. 19, 2014, 2:47 p.m.

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#1528

80 votes

mandatory full medicaid and private insurance coverage for maternity care with any state licensed birth provider of choice and setting of choice-home, birth center, hospital. Out of hospital birth have significantly lower c-section rates. Make hospital maternity services humane and caring and evidence based and woman centered.

Submitted by karen in Health Dec. 18, 2014, 10:30 p.m.

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#1549

78 votes

A law that will require the commitment of 5% of the federal budget to biomedical research. While the military is fighting endless wars abroad, US citizens are suffering from countless diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and AIDS. The enemy is within, and we still do not have the tools to defeat it.

Submitted by Professor of Microbiology, University of the Pacific, San Francisco in Health Dec. 18, 2014, 11:06 p.m.

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#1605

72 votes

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