Its bad enough as it is with all of the government intrusion into free market principles.
Take a walk, and take your Communist beliefs and other liberal trash followers with you.
Posted on 02/01/2006 6:08:31 AM PST by Gopher Broke
What About the State of Our Health Care?
Dear Friend,
George Bush may have had an election year conversion about the importance of health care, but as I listened to his State of the Union Speech tonight, it's clear he still wants to take us in the wrong direction.
I can tell you from the people I have spoken to, and the thousands of stories you have sent me concerning your health care struggles, that few Americans, if any, would find relief from the Bush assortment of flimsy band-aids and "private account" gimmicks.
George Bush and his Republican allies want us to think they share our concerns about making health care more accessible. But the reality is, they offer nothing but more of the same - help for those who need it the least, and everyone else is left out in the cold.
As Rose from Johnstown, NY wrote me: "If this administration has botched up the Medicare RX plan, making it so confusing, what will they do to a health care plan? I shudder to think of it. Whatever they attempt to do becomes a disaster except for helping their wealthy friends."
It's time to have a real conversation about health care. What kind of country do we want to live in? I believe in an America where every single person has the best possible chance for a healthy future.
If you agree, join me in calling for an open debate about one of the most important issues we face as a nation.
http://www.HillaryClinton.com/discusssolutions
For the sake of Democrats, Republicans, and all Americans, we can and we must do better at helping people get the health care they need.
Jill, in Minneapolis, who suffers from Graves Disease, wrote me to say she can't find coverage for any of the medications prescribed by her doctors. "My health issues are not my fault," she writes. "I've done nothing to give myself a chronic disease. Why am I being punished for having it?"
We can't allow our fellow Americans to be punished any longer. The time for this discussion is right now. No more backroom deals with insurance companies. No more health care decisions behind closed doors that place the special interests over the interests of ordinary Americans.
We may not control the levers of power in Washington, but we can make a powerful statement by showing our strength in numbers. Please join me in calling for an open discussion on health care now.
http://www.HillaryClinton.com/discusssolutions
We have already succeeded in getting health care back on the front pages. That's why the Bush Administration was forced to throw together a plan which essentially tries to do with health care what they failed to do with Social Security.
The President can talk all he wants about caring for America's seniors, but we know the true beneficiaries of his policies are the insurance companies and the well to do.
Health care decisions must be made for the benefit of all Americans.
When drug and insurance companies spend $140 million lobbying Republicans on the Medicare drug benefit, and the result is that Medicare is barred from negotiating lower drug prices for seniors; safe, affordable drugs from Canada are blocked; and there is a back-door $22 billion giveaway to insurance companies. It's no wonder the American people have lost confidence in the ability of this Congress' to make common-sense decisions for the public good.
I've had my own experience in working for health care reform, and I know it won't be easy. But I also know we can never address this issue until we are willing to have an honest conversation - not behind closed doors - but through an open discussion.
http://www.HillaryClinton.com/discusssolutions
Together, we can jumpstart this conversation and start finding solutions. I'm ready to speak out for health care, and I hope you will join me.
Thanks for your friendship and for all you do.
Sincerely,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
P.S. This is not a partisan issue - the need for health care impacts all Americans. If you agree, please sign on at http://www.HillaryClinton.com/discusssolutions - and ask your friends, family, and colleagues to do the same.
Now that is a discussion I appreciate!
You can trust me. I'm not a lunatic.
bwaaaaa
I'm surprised Reuters would run a photo like that, being the Clinton arsekissers they are.
Another "We can do better" talking point. No plans from Her Heinous here.
If there's one thing you can count on a liberal for,
it's to kick each other while their down.
I was surprised to see it.
Reuters is in the same cess pool as AP re being pro liberal and hostile to our President and our side.
Did you see her ugly sour puss when Bush made that joke about him and her husband being 60 years old. What a Beeyatch!
Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't Hillary's claim to fame as Mrs. President heading a Health Care Task Force in 1993 that turned out to be an utter disaster and debacle? That same Hillary? Now talking about the same Health Care?
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