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Edwards Weighs in on Universal Healthcare Mandate
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ABC News' Raelyn Johnson Reports: During a town hall in Nashua, New Hampshire today former Sen. John Edwards D-N.C., took a moment to tell voters how he would mandate universal healthcare, while his rivals spar on the issue.
"Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama have been bickering about their healthcare plans. I don't want to talk about them, I want to talk about what we need to do for healthcare," said Edwards who in fact went on to talk about them both.
"Sen. Obama has a very creative plan it just doesn't cover everyone."
Regarding Clinton Edwards noted, "She has a mandate which I think is the right thing to do," adding, "but she has no way to enforse the mandate."
"I'm mandating healthcare for every man woman and child in America and that's the only way to have real universal healthcare."
"Evertime you go into contact with the helathcare system or the govenment you will be signed up."
During a press avail following the event Edwards reiterated his mandate:
"Basically every time they come into contact with either the healthcare system or the government, whether it's payment of taxes, school, going to the library, whatever it is they will be signed up."
When asked by a reporter if an individual decided they didn't want healthcare Edwards quickly responded, "You don't get that choice."
November 26, 2007 in Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (25)
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This is hilariously pathetic. I thought Hillary's mandate of you and your doctor being arrested for going outside of your ASSIGNED doctor by her wonderful Hillarycare proposal in the 1990s was bad! Why isn't the media all over this! If a Republi"con" (as libs love to call us) had a MANDATORY thing like this, they'd be spitting blood from all the teeth nashing! Nazis were socialists, and now we have a flaming lib like Edwards representing the Moveon.org Democrat party. This is truly pathetic beyond pathetic.
Posted by: Georgia Brian | Nov 28, 2007 7:35:24 PM
Edwards is a joke. What a socialist! What happens when all the doctors go elsewhere due to government restrictions and payment for services. Who will perform the needed procedures, Edwards? I guess you will just sue someone into compliance.
Posted by: hank | Nov 28, 2007 9:09:22 PM
My point is this: The current health care "system" is supposed to be not that great, right? Medicare has major problems, right? Social Security has problems of its own, right? Freedom of choice is a constitutional guarantee, right? Can a "system" be "right" when the participants, upon which the "system" rely, are not allowed their constitutional "choice"? Now why in the world would any person, political or otherwise, be under the belief that I would be happy being compelled to do something that I would not voluntarily do in violation of my constitutional guarantees? Why, I ask myself. Why, I ask you. Because I do not get it, will someone tell me WHY!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to one and all.
Love, Emanuel
Posted by: EMANUEL MCCRAY | Nov 29, 2007 3:54:30 PM
john edwards will be getting my vote for president. universal health care is a human right in the united states, and what a horrible truth it is that we are lagging so far behind the european nations with health care.
Posted by: deborah caporaso | Dec 22, 2007 12:33:56 AM
Just remember that with social security and any other government program...never gives what it promises. Social security was supposed to be voluntary...but in order to get identification and other "privileges" almost required to "live" today in the USA, one is only enabled to live by conforming to the system. Social security only pays back a small percentage of what you "AND YOUR EMPLOYER" put into it. Why would you want to create another program that promises the world and give you crap in return? Canadians and Europeans come to America to get heart transplants and other health issues taken care of before they die...due to waiting for "government" health care. Go ahead...socialists...take away all incentive for living. It's always all about you anyway...always.
Posted by: Tim Kuhne | Jan 21, 2008 10:03:59 PM
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