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Drug costs |
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Medicare solvency |
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Prescription drugs benefit |
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Nationalized health care |
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Sue HMOs |
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Backs universal health care plan to cut bureaucracy, costs |
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Supports fusing Medicare, Medicaid into tax-based plan |
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Backs universal health care plan to drop costs, up benefits |
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Advocates universal single-payer, income tax-based plan |
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Universal plan would resolve issues |
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Allow purchase of low-cost prescription drugs from Canada |
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Competitive bidding for services; cheaper drugs to lower costs |
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For comprehensive, meaningful, affordable benefit for seniors |
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Insurance for all through 22; make it cheap to buy federal insurance |
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Against subsidizing HMOs by forcing people to join, lose options |
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Supports re-importation of prescription drugs from Canada |
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Guarantee Medicare funding for retirees |
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Supports benefit legislation pending in Congress |
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Add programs to expand coverage, not full nationalization |
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Dismisses this issue to focus expanding health coverage |
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Supports re-importation of prescription drugs from Canada |
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Simplify enrollment and control costs |
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Supports adding drug benefit to Medicare |
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Proposes health insurance coverage for all children |
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Supports right to sue HMO decisions after appeal |
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Bring low-cost generic drugs to market sooner |
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Protect patients; amend reimbursement rates for doctors |
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For Medicare benefit that does not rely on private insurers |
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Tax credits to employers; expand public and private entities |
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Fully supports patients to sue negligent insurance providers |
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Backed bringing low-cost, generic drugs to market faster |
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Would target fraud and abuse in Medicare, expand coverage |
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Pushed universal benefit with no deductible, govt. co-pay |
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Backs multistep plan to extend govt. programs to uninsured |
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Offered compromise health plan that included right to sue |
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Close loopholes; financial incentives to lower drug costs |
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Fund all health care by rescinding tax cuts, cutting waste |
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Tighten rules on drug companies; focus on seniors, vets |
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Let people buy into govt. system, fund by reversing Tax cuts |
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Allow patients to sue HMOs, collect money for damages |
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Regulate drug prices, drug company profits |
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Preserve Medicare; get bulk discounts; target HMOs if needed |
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Help seniors; keep prices low with stable, affordable drug benefits |
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A universal privately delivered, publicly financed system |
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Action against HMOs putting its profits ahead of patients |
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Backed bringing low-cost, generic drugs to market quicker |
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Do not force seniors to HMOs, but fix public system |
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Supports adding drug benefit to Medicare |
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Supports advancing availability, new MediKids program |
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Supports a patient's bill of rights to allow HMO lawsuits |
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No public position available |
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No public position available |
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No public position available |
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Favors a national, government-funded single-payer plan |
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No public position available |
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Supports reducing drug costs for low-income patients |
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Introduce private sector competition to reduce costs |
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Supports adding drug benefit to Medicare |
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Favors improving current system over government-based system |
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Would place limits on patient lawsuits against HMOs |
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Drug costs |
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Medicare solvency |
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Prescription drugs benefit |
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Nationalized health care |
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