David Thomas: “I am pleased this is uninsured week, that we are focusing on that problem of uninsured folks. I think it is a great…”

“I am pleased this is uninsured week, that we are focusing on that problem of uninsured folks. I think it is a great thing that we ought to be doing. There are some alternatives that we can pursue. I have been particularly involved in the rural health care aspect, being from Wyoming where, of course, almost all of our health care is rural health care. We have had good results in our Medicare bill that was passed last year. We have equity pay for the providers in that bill. We have assistance for those serving underserved areas. We have a number of things that are very necessary. I am pleased they are there. We have been focusing on Medicare, of course, because that is the Government's responsibility directly. We have made some good progress on that. Among other things, we seek to help seniors with pharmaceutical costs. I am a little disappointed the minority leader is nothing but critical of it. It is out there and we ought to be trying to make it work now rather than trying to oppose it for political reasons. I think that is a mistake.”