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Elizabeth Edwards “not that fond” of Obama’s health care plan
 
WythevilleMom
Posted: 30 October 2008 02:03 PM   [ Ignore ]
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http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/YeasandNays/Elizabeth_Edwards_not_that_fond_of_Obamas_health_care_plan.html

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Politics is full of compromises, right?

Well, consider this example: Elizabeth Edwards – wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and currently a health care advisor to Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign – isn’t 100% behind the Democratic nominee’s health care plan.

“We’re on the verge of an Obama Presidency,“ said Edwards at George Washington University Monday night, and “I’m not that fond of his plan.” Edwards complained that Obama – like his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain—views healthcare as a commodity.

Even Obama’s high profile health care advisor does not like his plan.

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Posted: 30 October 2008 03:10 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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“Sen. Obama’s (D-Ill.) plan, she claimed, is faulty because it does not include all Americans. “Everybody has to be covered. That’s what ‘universal’ means — everyone is covered,” Edwards stated, arguing that, while Obama claimed in a presidential debate that healthcare is a right, “he really treats it as a commodity.”

Edwards reserved her harshest criticism for Sen. McCain’s (R-Ariz.) plan, saying that his proposals make everybody a “tax loser,“ “knock the doctor out of the [decision-making] process” and hurt people with preexisting conditions.
Edwards also criticized GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, saying the Alaska governor was “not particularly well-informed about [McCain’s healthcare plan] and said it was budget-neutral.” Edwards claimed that the McCain campaign is now “scrambling to make it budget neutral … costing $1.3 trillion, much more than he previously estimated on the plan.”


http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/elizabeth-edwards-criticizes-candidates-healthcare-plans-2008-10-28.html

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Posted: 30 October 2008 04:45 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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WythevilleMom, you never are able to complete your research or is it that you choose to leave out facts.
Excellent research Always Learning.

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Always Learning
Posted: 31 October 2008 11:25 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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Wythevillemom is like any political phony-doesn’t matter the party.  Pick out what you want and ignore the surrounding elements.

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