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I'm delighted to answer that question. In fact only a Democrat could possibly read that statement of mine and assume that I wanted government to set those premiums on that basis. Absolutely I don't want government to set the premiums. I…
We gave them the right to choose it. And half the managed care plans provide mammogram reimbursement for women of all ages.
How would I improve Medicare? I would improve Medicare by allowing all Medicare patients in all States, not just 15, to have access to the Medicare Program that is a managed care program, and for the same premium gives you prescription…
No, three things do. There are lots of things about holding costs down. First of all, the cost driver is the increased ability to diagnose and treat illness. We know a lot more about diagnosing. We can do a lot more tests and treatment. I…
Listen to this. In the community health center, they pay according to a sliding scale. For the insurance they would pay on their own, unless they were low income, and then they have vouchers to help subsidize the cost. So we provide…
I will give you the insurance. The Republican side introduced the first bill that would have exploded the infrastructure to guarantee all 37 million of those uninsured access to our good community health systems, and, in addition, we…
People have choices of what plan they buy. My reform legislation guarantees that choice in the public and private sector.
Small businesses today have doubled the cost of health insurance since 1985. Smaller businesses today spend 35 percent more than the larger firms for health care.
That's right. The uninsured rate, my colleague, is 8 percent. Connecticut's is 7.6 percent. For one-half of 1 percent why is it necessary to impose on the employers of Connecticut a mandate that you know will cost jobs in the short term…
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