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Can you tell me why, when the Democrats control the Presidency and the Congress & with support of 70% + of democratic voters, the best "health care" plan we can get is a watered down public option that, as currently written, will serve maybe 10% of the uninsured/under-insured?
Asked by: Dawn Suter from Iowa City, IA. Received 12 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ)
"I don't know. I don’t know. I said I was disappointing and I think given what the situation we are going through with the House it is a mistake for us to go in with a weaker plan in conference. You know I don't have a good explanation as to why. We were at almost 200 plus members that wanted. I wish more would have been done to try to bring those other ten fifteen over. But they held out and Blue Dogs held out and to some extent they had a great deal to say about what we ended up with and it is disappointing to say the least."
Answered on Nov 3rd, 2009 More
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Equal access to health care and insurance coverage should be a right, not a privledge. When is this country going to stop the way health care is managed and provided in this country? What do you plan to do to address this inequity in our country and make the playing field equal for all?
Asked by: Sheryl Yates from Casper, WY. Received 17 Votes.
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Well first of all we don’t have a health care system in this country. Hopefully that’s one of the things that will happen with the new president. When you talk to small businesses, large businesses, people that have their own business, they all agree, most of the people I talk to agree, that we really do need a health care system in this country. Hopefully that will be started on this next year, and we can get it accomplished, but its gonna take a little while to make it happen. Reporter: What about the whole question of cost, which your Republican colleagues will definitely bring up?
Answered on Sep 25th, 2008 More
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Equal access to health care and insurance coverage should be a right, not a privledge. When is this country going to stop the way health care is managed and provided in this country? What do you plan to do to address this inequity in our country and make the playing field equal for all?
Asked by: Sheryl Yates from Casper, WY. Received 17 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. John Mica (R-FL)
Well as someone who had a family situation where my dad did not have health insurance, I had to drop out of college and go to work; I have a strong personal opinion that we should mandate some sort of health coverage, but I’d like it private with choice. I think right now we really have some of that, but I think some folks without health insurance end up using the system, maybe not paying for the system. But everybody should have access to health care in this country.
Reporter: Do you think the government has dropped the ball on it?
Answered on Sep 15th, 2008 More
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WHY is it acceptable to put our country in trillion dollar debt for war,but it is unacceptable to borrow a few billion to provide free healthcare for all citizens? Our national system's are broken, why not fix America first?
Asked by: Emily Heartsong from Columbia, MO. Received 5 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)
The first and foremost role of the federal government is to provide for the national defense. And that’s what we’re doing in Iraq. I think the caller was absolutely right saying we need the troops to come home as soon as possible, but we need to do it in a responsible way. The December 08 change in mission is right in line of what the Iraq study group recommended from more of a combat to a support role. If we immediately withdraw, there would be total chaos, the Middle East would be a fireball, it’s not a problem you can run away from.
Answered on Feb 20th, 2008 More
