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Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Santa Clara Counties, CA June 6, 2006 Election
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Health Care

By Jerry McNerney

Candidate for United States Representative; District 11; Democratic Party

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The number of people in this country who go without adequate healthcare is a national shame and a moral outrage. It is time that we end partisan bickering and work together to develop a system that provides affordable health care for every family in this country.
America is facing a growing health care crisis. Forty five million Americans have no medical coverage, and those that do see skyrocketing premiums every year. It's hurting our businesses. Health insurance adds $1500 to the cost of each car General Motors produces, while their Japanese competitors pay only $200. We spend two times more per capita on health care than any other nation - 17% of our GNP. That is over twice as much as Japan and Great Britain, and 90% more than Canada, France and West Germany. Yet, according to the World Health Organization, we rank 37th in the quality of our medical care. America can and must do better.

Why should our medical care be more costly and less effective than that of other countries? It has been difficult to get an open and honest discussion of the facts. The debate over health care has been driven by special interests, ideologies, and pet theories. We have to get past that. Americans are ready for an honest discussion about health care. We have to approach this issue with a pragmatic, open-minded, can-do attitude. Both the health of our citizens and the health of our economy is at stake.

More at: http://www.jerrymcnerney.org/issues/healthcare.asp

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