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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mephisto who wrote (5197)	11/8/2000 11:54:22 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 10042

George Bush, Jr. is a callous and cold-hearted man. He doesn't give a damn about health care for either sick children or folks with low incomes. According to The New York Times, Sunday November 5th edition,the only medical help low and moderate-income families could expect from Mr. Bush is a $2,000 tax refundable tax credit for families and $1,000.00 for individuals. These individuals would have to buy their insurance from the private sector. Also, he would provide short-term health to the States to provide for the elderly. Has anyone here tried to buy health insurance lately? Last time I looked which was early in 2000 it would have cost me $330.00 per month for a decent health-care coverage for myself and my spouse, and this amount does not include the cost of prescription drugs. By contrast, Mr. Gore "is aiming to ensure that all children have access to health insurance by 2005, by expanding the existing Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). He would also expand that program to cover uninsured low-income parents and would provide a 25 percent tax credit to middle-income people who had to buy insurance on their own. I wonder how many people understand the differences in the two programs. I know my mother couldn't. I imagine others were confused as well. I told my mother the next time she cries for her friends who must forfeit health care insurance because they are poor, friends who must pay for their own prescriptions drugs that she should stop and think! She is, in part, morally responsible for the plight of her financially poor friends since she voted for Mr. Bush. "The rising cost and increasing use of prescription drugs have pushed this issue to the top of the political agenda. Medicare does not cover most out-patient prescription drugs and supplemental coverage can be expensive. Nearly a third of the elderly have no insurance covering prescription drugs. Mr. Gore would add a new prescription drug benefit to Medicare. Mr. Bush would provide short-term help to states to assist the low-income elderly." Excerpt from The New York Times, Sunday November 5, 2000, The 2000 CAMPAIGN: The Issues.