Does Gore want universal health care?

[marlakay]

I know most of the things he is in to and I know he wants to fix this and is not in bed with the health care people like a lot of others are.

I really think this is the answer and Michael Moore is right. I know Mike wants him to run so where does he talk about health care? End of his book? I am about 2/3 through it now.

[IndyOp]

1. You are further through the book than I --

I know that Moore has said that Al is in favor of single-payer system. He may have learned this when he visited the Gore's home - it may be "personal communication" rather than anything that Al has written about anywhere.

I have seen Gore bring up the health care issue in a general way when discussing "Assault on Reason". He poses the question (paraphrased), "If millions of Americans are suffering from not having access to health care and a tiny, tiny fraction of the population will ever be effected by the estate tax -- why is there so much more time spent considering the 'unfairness of the death tax' than health care for all?"

He mentions this during his lecture at George Washington, posted on Google video here: http://tinyurl.com/26bqp4

I'll check this page again later to see if anyone else has a better reply!

:hi:

[Mabus]

2. Yes. In 2002 he advocated a single-payer program

which he had been against previously. It was something that Bradley had advocated in 2000 and was a campaign issue in the primaries.

Published on Friday, November 15, 2002 by the Associated Press
In Surprising Shift, Gore Says He Favors Single-Payer Health Care System
by Will Lester


WASHINGTON – Noting that 40 million Americans now have no health insurance, Al Gore says he now favors "single-payer" national health coverage, a proposal that would require a massive change in the health insurance system.

With single-payer coverage, money to pay for health care – such as insurance premiums and tax dollars – would be collected by a single agency, which would then pay for comprehensive coverage for all citizens.

Gore, the 2000 Democratic presidential nominee and a potential candidate in 2004, offered his views in response to a question at a synagogue in New York during a tour promoting his book "Joined at the Heart," written with his wife, Tipper.

"I was planning to wait and make a major speech on this and I probably should, but I'll just answer your question candidly," Gore told the moderator.

rest of the article at: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/1115-07.htm

[marlakay]

3. thanks and I love his honesty

didn't hold back just answered...too bad he can't do that about running but I understand...I think he has it all figured out...smart guy...