Ron Pollack
Ron Pollack
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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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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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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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For an administration that frequently provides inaccurate information, the use of the 25 million enrollment figure breaks new ground in misleading propaganda. The only real number that is worth focusing on is the approximately 4 million to 5 million who now have prescription drug coverage who did not have it prior to the start of the program. Unfortunately, the administration is trying to mask that failure with an exaggerated number that has nothing to do with new people who gained coverage.
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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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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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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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The drug companies are simply trying to make a profit, ... They are not trying to tell us what the best thing is for our health.
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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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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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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 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.