Posted on 10/08/2004 6:48:46 PM PDT by TWohlford
ffordable, high-quality health care will keep our families healthy, our businesses competitive, and our country strong.
Over the last three years, family premiums have increased by more than $3,512 and prescription drug prices have grown four times faster than inflation. These skyrocketing costs have hurt our economy and forced many families into bankruptcy.
We deserve a president who understands that in America, regular check-ups shouldn't empty family checkbooks - a president who will put people ahead of insurance and drug companies.
John Kerry and John Edwards have a plan to address soaring premiums and cut Americans a break. Their plan will lower family premiums by up to $1,000 a year, cut waste from the system, lower the cost of prescription drugs to provide real relief to seniors, and use targeted tax cuts to extend affordable, high-quality coverage to 95 percent of Americans, including every child. And because John Kerry and John Edwards believe that everyone's health is equally important, they will provide all Americans with access to the same coverage that members of Congress give themselves.
To make affordable health care a right - not a privilege - for every American, John Kerry and John Edwards will:
Cut Your Premiums John Kerry and John Edwards will cut family premiums by up to $1,000. That's $1,000 in real savings people can use to buy groceries, pay the bills, and save for their children's future. And that will mean more jobs and more competitive American businesses.
Cover All Americans With Quality Care The Kerry-Edwards plan will give every American access to the range of high-quality, affordable plans available to members of Congress and extend coverage to 95 percent of Americans, including every American child. Their plan will also fight to erase the health disparities that persist along racial and economic lines, ensure that people with HIV and AIDS have the care they need, end discrimination against Americans with disabilities and mental illnesses, and ensure equal treatment for mental illness in our health system.
Cut the Cost of Prescription Drugs The Kerry-Edwards plan will reduce prescription drug prices by allowing the re-importation of safe prescription drugs from Canada, overhauling the Medicare drug plan, ensuring low-cost drugs, and ending artificial barriers to generic drug competition.
Cut Waste And Inefficiency Today, approximately 25 percent of health care costs are wasted on paperwork and administrative processing. The Kerry-Edwards plan harnesses American ingenuity to cut waste, save billions, and take new steps to ensure patient privacy.
My premiums are not a problem. Get out of my pocket so it stays that way, Mr. Kerry
He just said heis plan would allow people to "buy into the same plan that Senators and Congreemen have." What would be the COST of BUYING into this plan?
B-b-bu-t-tt, he "has a plan". All kidding aside, JohnEfnsKerry never explains what or how he will do things, only "I've got a plan". When will the "undecideds" figure this guy out?
My Blue Cross plan costs in excess of $9,000 a year. I'm thinking that's the starting point.
WELCOME TO JOHN KERRY -- ZERO SUBSTANCE, ZERO PLANS, ZERO EVERYTHING, ZERO AMERICANISM, ZERO ON MILITARY, ZERO ON DEFENSE, ZERO, ZERO, ZERO....
I think y'all are missing the point. He doesn't have to deliver a plan at this stage of the game. This is not an issue where Sen. Kerry is trying to sway the undecided; this is red-meat for the Democratic base.
The health care issue in my view boils down to a simple question: do you have health insurance or not? If you do, you don't care about the issue. It's not on your radar screen. If you don't have health insurance, anyone who promises to get it for you for a reasonable amount of money, or better, free, comes up on top.
Here in NY, my family plan costs my employer $11,500/year with 12-15% increases each year.
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