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- Claim that drugmakers spend more on ads than R&D isn’t true. (Oct 17)
- Physicians, not HMO should make medical decisions. (Oct 17)
- Drug companies spend more on ads than on research. (Oct 17)
- Opposes Medical Savings Accounts; they segment out the sick. (Oct 11)
- Claims Bush puts Texas oil interests before healthy children. (Oct 11)
- Claims of Bush’s choices & benefits are underestimated. (Oct 11)
- Stronger penalties for HMOs who drop seniors. (Sep 25)
- Foster competition in drug research; companies misspend R&D. (Aug 28)
- Curb excess pharmaceutical profits made at consumer expense. (Jul 1)
- $30B over 10 years to help families with elder care. (Jun 6)
- Against assisted suicide; but leave it to the states. (May 13)
- Get generic drugs to market quickly & cheaply. (Mar 31)
- Let FDA regulate cigarettes; fight teenage smoking. (Mar 22)
- Focus on prevention to limit costs. (May 1999)
- No discriminating based on genetic information. (Nov 1998)
- Remove stigma & treat mental illness like physical illness. (May 31)
Insurance coverage
- Step by step, fill in the gaps in health care. (Oct 17)
- Wants some form of non-government universal health care. (Oct 11)
- Cover 12 million uninsured at a 10-year cost of $157 billion. (Sep 30)
- Move toward universal health coverage, step by step. (Aug 18)
- All children should have health care by 2004. (Apr 28)
- Expand Children’s Health Insurance Program for working poor. (Mar 14)
- $146B over 10 years to insure 90% of adults & 100% of kids. (Oct 1999)
Medicare & Medicaid
- Medicare Rx plan: you choose, Medicare pays. (Oct 3)
- Put Medicare in lockbox so seniors can afford prescriptions. (Oct 3)
- Protect Medicare’s funds with “lockbox”. (Sep 23)
- Modernize Medicare with choice, efficiency, competition. (Sep 23)
- Too many seniors have to choose between drugs and rent. (Sep 23)
- Senior prescription drug benefit with $4,000 cap. (Sep 23)
- Allow 55-65 year olds to buy into Medicare. (Sep 23)
- Free preventive cancer screenings for Medicare beneficiaries. (Sep 23)
- $253B for Medicare prescriptions & subsidized premiums. (Sep 6)
- 1997 Medicare cuts went too far-put back $339B. (Aug 31)
- Health Care Trust Fund to expand coverage. (Jun 14)
- $300B over 15 years to keep Medicare solvent. (Mar 1)
Patient Rights
- Patient Rights: power to doctors; right of appeal. (Oct 17)
- Supports Dingell-Norwell Patient Bill of Rights. (Oct 17)
- Encourage competition, ensure choice, stop abuses. (Sep 23)
- Private medical information should not be bought and sold. (Sep 19)
- Enforce HMO coverage of women’s cancer treatment. (Sep 18)
- Patients have right to more access, protection, recourse. (Jul 11)
- 25% tax credit for health insurance; HMO appeals. (Mar 14)
- Patient rights: emergency coverage & performance disclosure. (Jan 8)
- Patients and doctors should decide who gets what care. (Oct 1999)
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