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Edwards' first shot at Clinton

Posted: Thursday, September 20, 2007 8:14 PM by Mark Murray

From NBC/NJ's Carrie Dann
DAVENPORT, IA -- Edwards just took his first implicit shot at Clinton, whose health care plan he's slammed for giving too much wiggle room to insurance companies.  He says that lobbyists and insurers "stand between Americans and the health care they need ... We desperately need a president who's actually willing to stand up to them."

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Edwards just needs to stop talking. Hillary is the only one capable of getting this healthcare pass.
John Edwards will stand up to the DC lobbyists!
Hillary won't! - and will be a role model for other Dems to continue taking bribes from DC lobbyists who influence legislation that favors taxpayers funding the corporatists.
We need a moral role model - and Edwards will be that president.
Aidyn, NY, NY

I hope that crack your smoking is good!
Biden said it right when he asked the question why does anyone think that she can get anything done on health care if elected, when she failed so miserably in 93.
Why Aidyn? She has not been the main sponsor of any major piece of legislation in the Senate that has passed both the House and Senate, or even just the Senate. At least Edwards was able to get the patients bill of rights through the Senate, where it died in the House. Dodd and Biden have shown that they can get legislation passed, they have shown they can work with the other side to build a coalition. If you believe Hillary can get GOP support, you're nuts. And don't point to her margin of victory in her 06 race. Anyone with a modicum of political knowledge knows she didn't have any real competition. It was as close to running opposed as a candidate could get. Frankly instead of touting the GOP districts that she won that Bush carried in 04, the real question you should ask is given her lack of real opposition, and the obscene amount she spent to win by a rout ( so she could claim in 08 that she has shown she can win in GOP areas, how dumb does she think Democrats are? Apparently pretty dumb!), why didn't win every county in NY?
OK, everybody, Hillary care, is simple, affordable
health care means, federally mandated healthcare, or
basically it will be a law for every american to buy
health care, which means,,,billions of dollars more
in the insurance companies pockets. Goto AHIP.ORG ,
American Health Insurance Plans, basically the Health
Care Industry Organization that all the health care
agency's belong too. AHIP wrote Clinton Care, or should
I say Hillary adopted the Insurance Industries
Universal Health Care plan, pass a law to mandate
every american has to buy health insurance. Watch out,
if you can't afford it, then you the US Government will gladly automatically take any of your tax refund and help use it too pay for your federally mandated health care. The sad thing is,,,,if you are poor, unemployed, homeless, can't afford to make any mandatory premium payments, guess what,
you still have no health care, and when she says that everybody should be able to have the same insurance that congree and senators have,,,,go look at the Federal Govt Insurance palns, where the govt pays for normally 75% of the premium, and candidates pay 25%, sure they can make it where anybody can buy it, but of course is the govt going to pay your 75%, I don't think so, the premiums will run 800 - 1200 a month for a family of 4. And don't forget, Hillary's campaign has received more money from the Health  Care Industry than anybody else, and I guess you also believe Hillary when she says, It doesn't matter that I take their  donations, I have fought for universal health care for a long time, well the NEW UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICA was written by the insurance companies, so who do you think will come out ahead,,,americans or the insurance companys. Before you start bashing me, take a little time and do a little research on the net, you will see the only thing Hillary Care does, is make the insurance companies richer, lowers the standard of health care, creates a mandatory law that you have to buy health care insurance, just like paying taxes, which will increase of course, and you get no tax refund check anymore. If americans want real universal health care, go google HR676, Dennis Kucinich co sponsored the bill, but the congress and senate will never pass it of course. If you think socialized medicine is so bad, go ask the 48 million adults who don't have any healthcare and see if they would rather have no health care or socialized health care. Remember even with socialized health care, if a person wants to pay to have better care at private hospitals or doctors you can always do that.

God Bless America  


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