Ron Pollack
Ron Pollack
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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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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'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.
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What that says to an HMO is, well, heck, we'll just delay and delay and deny and deny, because the worst thing that could happen to us is we'll have to pay for the service we originally denied,
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The seniors who need it the most are the ones facing the biggest obstacles.
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The survey underscores the fundamental flaws of the new Medicare legislation. Those flaws are producing bewilderment and confusion among seniors and will result in a far more costly program for America's seniors and taxpayers.
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There's no doubt that it is becoming a huge political issue and may have a substantial impact on control of both houses of Congress.
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Year after year, as drug prices rise much faster than inflation, more and more seniors are forced to go without much-needed medications. The millions of low-income seniors, who subsist on Social Security checks that rise no faster than inflation, can no longer afford skyrocketing drug prices. Congress must act now to provide real relief to them.
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I don't believe there's any serious likelihood the private plans will come close to matching the prices that the VA has achieved,
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Seniors across the country will be absolutely bewildered by the choices they are confronted with and they are going to have a very difficult time navigating those choices.
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Of all the policy issues going on right now in Washington, this is probably the most important.
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My guess is the deadline will change. The more fundamental changes will have to await another president because President Bush is so strongly opposed to these.
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For all the hullabaloo and all the expenditures, they've only added somewhat more than 3 million people. That's horribly disappointing.