Health Care
Pags- Public Option component of cost reduction. Admin costs need to be reduced through centralized data.
Brown - goes after Capuano (who sweated the week out in DC fighting not talking about health care reform - my edit)
If you have Medicare "you should be scared" if you have Cadillac coverage "you should be very worried". Why should we want to subsidize other people's health care? You can go to jail if you don't take the plan they want you to take.
Robinson - 12 pt plan jackerobinson.com "Romneycare" in Massachusetts highest premiums in the country - Scott voted for that plan.
No medicare cuts because my 84 year old mother would never let me. Public option - one of the worst bills in history.
Khazei - family health care providers. HC is a right not a privilege. Rolling out a health care plan in western MA tomorrow. Khazei wants to tax the CEO health care plans, we should not subsidize them...people who can;t afford it should be subsidized. Bangs on the lobbyists and health insurance industry 6 lobbyists for every Congress person. Only candidate from purely citizen contributions.
Ok R's how do you feel about the AMA endorsing the public option?
Brown - we have great plans in MA. We should not subsidize other states...doesn't answer the question. Dr.s in MA are against the public option according to Brown. The executives work hard and deserve to not be taxed on their plans.
Robinson - we have not solved univeral coverage at a low cost. Romneycare too expensive....Scott is enamored with Romneycare.
Khazei - (difficult to hear) - he needs to speak more forcefully. Has mastery of the subject...citing studies in other regions of the country. Medicare costs 3%, Private 15%-30%, so we need the public option to bring down costs.
Pags - talks about his experience with health care system. Tort Reform needed. Best practice sharing and uniform plans. Time's up.
I'm going to sign off and hope folks are watching.
Congressman Capuano returned from voting in DC on Health care and excused himself from the forum prior to the end.
Coakley had another commitment. |
