Ron Pollack
Ron Pollack
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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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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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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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This program, with such large expenditures, is only adding a small number of people to drug coverage.
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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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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'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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The continued prohibition against such bargaining will not only hurt seniors but will fleece the American taxpayer,
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They wanted lots of different plans, none of which would have the bargaining clout to get prices down.
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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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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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This is an historic precedent that creates a partnership involving the public and private sector, as well as employers and individuals.