GOP candidate Hunter blasts 'Hillarycare'

Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter says Hillary Clinton's second universal healthcare plan would be a "disaster" for America.

Senator Clinton (D-New York) officially unveiled her new government-run health care plan yesterday in Des Moines, Iowa. The $110 billion program would require every American to have health insurance. Among other things, Clinton said she would repeal some of President Bush's tax cuts to pay for her plan.

In an interview with OneNewsNow, Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-California) said Clinton's plan would result in poor medical care. "Socialized medicine will be a disaster for this country," says the GOP presidential candidate. "And the more space we put between the people who consume our medical services and the people who pay for it, the more expensive it's going to be."

The California Republican shares an experience supporting his argument. "I'll never forget having a lady come to my office and show me a little [plastic] wrist brace ... that she'd been given [and had been] told not to worry about the price because government was paying for it -- and the price on that plastic wrist brace was $525. If we have socialized medicine, we're going to have a lot of $500 wrist braces -- and poor medical care."

Hunter says he likes the idea of freedom to buy health insurance across state lines – which people in America do not currently have the right to do. He also likes the concept of using four or five hospitals as pilot programs to use new technological systems and protocols that are less expensive than the "ancient" ones currently being used.


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Duncan Hunter (on Iraq/Healthcare) interview:

http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=7f04aa1d-7c48-486a-b8af-9858007c082b&f=34&fg=rss

Audio flashback: Reagan on national health care

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861120/posts

“One step closer to socialism...” - Duncan Hunter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUz-AgMGLQA

A “Nationalized health care” plan is not a new concept, as you can hear Ronald Reagan speak of it in 1961 originating with the socialists of the 1920’s.

Duncan Hunter’s plan is to allow purchase of healthcare plans across state lines, allowing competition which lowers prices for everyone. That’s free market conservatism at work, not government mandated socialism that some seem so eager to support.

There is no guarantee of healthcare written into the US Constitution, but if that appeals to you there’s always Cuba, Canada or Europe.

Here’s a MUST SEE interview:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2007/07/06/beck.web.clip.nugent.cnn

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