Ron Pollack
Ron Pollack
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What the president is proposing is warmed-over, stale soup but with a recipe that is going to be harmful to the majority of Americans.
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When you are dealing with drug prices increasing two, three times the rate of inflation, the impact is extraordinary, especially for a population that is living on a fixed income,
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This is undoubtedly a public relations blitz by Wal-Mart. They're trying to fend off state legislation, so this sounds like rather empty rhetoric. For a company that's virtually larger than any company in the world to be crying that they don't have the resources, I don't think too many people are going to give much credence to that.
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This is an historic precedent that creates a partnership involving the public and private sector, as well as employers and individuals.
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The most important protections should be part of a real patients' rights bill -- and I stress the word 'real,'
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Republicans have to decide: Do we create an issue in 2000 or do we provide what people want: real patient protection,
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People who need healthcare the most, those with serious health conditions, with illnesses and disabilities are going to be potentially harmed in a very significant way by this proposal.
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If we moderate prices, it's not the research and development budgets that would be the first to go down. The profit margins, which are three to four times the profit margins of other Fortune 500 companies, they might go down somewhat -- not research and development,
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He didn't even try to make a defense for how well it's working or how it's going to improve. He was silent about it, and that spoke volumes about how the failure is being perceived in the White House.
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The large and increasing number of uninsured Americans is no longer simply an altruistic concern on behalf of those without health coverage, but a matter of self-interest for everyone, ... The stakes are high both for businesses and for workers who do have health insurance because they bear the brunt of costs for the uninsured.
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I have not seen a system proposed that realistically provides the subsidies necessary to make an individual mandate work. I'm not crazy about employer-based systems, but that's what we've got, and I would like to strengthen rather than weaken it.
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The continued prohibition against such bargaining will not only hurt seniors but will fleece the American taxpayer,
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I'm glad (the president) is making the health affordability crisis a priority. But this proposal, unfortunately, will make the affordability crisis worse.
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I'm glad he's making the health affordability crisis a priority. But this proposal, unfortunately, will make the affordability crisis worse.