GOP Ignores America’s ‘Health Care Crisis’ During Convention
GOP Ignores America’s ‘Health Care Crisis’ During Convention
During a town hall event last month, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) declared that the American health care system was “in crisis” and lamented that “if it were not for the energy crisis, we’d be talking a lot more about health care issues”:
There is a health care crisis in America. We would be, if it were not for the energy crisis, we’d be talking a lot more about health care issues. And we have to reform health care in America. And we have to make insurance available and affordable for all Americans. [New Mexico Town Hall, August 20, 2008]
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And despite skyrocketing health care costs and millions of uninsured and under-insured Americans, almost all of the prominent speakers at the Republican National Convention ignored the “health care crisis.”
Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK), Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR), Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY), and Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) never addressed health care. Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) only discussed “health insurance” in passing.
On Tuesday, Huckabee, a long-time advocate of wellness and fitness, “said his health care remarks were cut for time restrictions.”
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You can’t drill your way out of an energy crisis, but you can’t even pretend to drill your way out of a healthcare crisis. The Republicans have nothing to offer in the way of solutions to the problems facing Americans today.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:36 pmIf “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” is the answer for high energy costs, why aren’t Republicans proposing “Build More (hospital beds), Train More (Doctors), Pay Less”?
Because both are fictions. Neither is a true free market. Both industries take long lead times and massive investment to impact supply. Prices in both industries are relatively inelastic, that is demand doesn’t vary much with price.
Republicans aren’t talking about healthcare because they want to dump responsibility for health insurance on the average citizen. That doesn’t sell well during an election.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:16 pmMcCain just lied about his health care plan in his acceptance speech. Sorry sack!
September 4th, 2008 at 10:40 pm