Senator Dole's Healthcare Campaign Statement

[waiting for hope]

Campaign 2004 Candidates' Statements - NC
North Carolina

U.S. Senate
NC

Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R)
Too often, too many North Carolinians do not have the healthcare coverage they need. Dramatic increases in healthcare costs have forced many employers to either increase worker co-payments or drop coverage altogether. People tell me that they are frustrated because they feel as though their health plans are more concerned about the bottom line than providing quality healthcare. Doctors tell me they spend more time filling out paperwork than seeing patients. It's clear our healthcare system needs reform, starting with medical malpractice reform. We have a healthcare crisis before us. Doctors are being forced to practice defensive medicine and order excessive tests and procedures to protect themselves from lawsuits. Other doctors are leaving North Carolina and moving where caps are helping to keep insurance premiums down. This is simply unacceptable.

I'll fight for affordable, quality healthcare and work to help provide access to healthcare for the thousands of North Carolinians who have been locked out of the traditional healthcare system. And I'll continue working to help provide seniors that rely on Medicare for their health coverage with the prescription drugs they need. I support efforts to set up association health plans so small businesses can take advantage of economies of scale - leveraging together to buy affordable coverage. And I support health tax credits for employers to help them purchase insurance for their employees. Furthermore, we need to expand Medical Savings Accounts so more workers can get affordable healthcare by using tax free dollars.

Source: Sen. Elizabeth Dole's official Congressional Web site


Anyone up for a letter writing campaign to ask her why she hasn't done a damn thing? I know I'm pissed - didn't and wouldn't ever vote for the snot nose elitist but we are stuck with her for a while so I'm game on writing a few letters.

[wildeyed]

1. I'm game.

It boggles the mind that they are not addressing this issue.

Do you have a list of talking points to use for letters?

[waiting for hope]

2. Not yet -

but I'm gathering information together and I will post the letter in it's entirety when I'm done.....I've written to her before concerning the flag burning issue and that it goes against the first amendment and I received back from her the most condescending and patronizing piece of dribble - how she can even stand herself is beyond me. Wish Burr had been around longer for me to blast him but I plan on sending him a copy.

[Mel]

4. I wrote Dole and Burr about health care

it was a few days before I saw this posted.
I haven't even received a condescending letter from her but I received one from Burr.
It's BS yadda yadda and I would post it, I was so angry, I don't even know what I did with the letter, will post the letter if I find it. :grr:

[mwooldri]

3. But will she vote for the cuts?

There are proposals going on right now to cut medicaid, social security, foodstamps in order to fund Katrina rebuilding (apparently). If she votes for that bill then I guess she'd be completely against her own statement that she'd fight for medicare.

If she votes for the cuts then whoever stands against her in 2008 has a nice flamethrower to barbecue her with (metaphorically speaking of course).

[mwooldri]

5. And here's the flamethrower to roast Dole with.

So she's for healthcare, eh?

Following up on what I posted earlier... I asked whether she would vote for the cuts. Well the vote has come in, and guess what? She voted to cut medicaid and medicare spending!

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00363

So did Senator Burr for that matter.

Senator Dole. Anti-family, Anti-student, Anti her own healthcare measures.

[citizen snips]

6. Dole and Burr voted to cut medicaid.

They voted to cut 12.7 billion from student loan programs, 6.9 billion from medicaid, and 6.4 billion from medicare. Dole and Burr are destroying the middle class.