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Almost 70 of people in america say the Health Care System is broken try to write. I really think that health care is going to be the number one domestic policy issue in the president ial election. In a recent poll that just came out from gallup said 35 of the American People polled Rate Health Care is extremely important as what the issues we. We sing in the polling 53 of americans support a a singlepayer. I know private coverage but now 65 are supporting the public option which would be a Government Insurance plan to compete against private insurers and i call this a steppingstone approach to singlepayer or government run health care, medicare for all. Host the proof is in the pudding. If you look at what happened the last election cycle two years ago, my party, i guess a year ago, my party, Republican Party, we were ousted as the majority in the house of representatives. Many people make the argument the reason was the issue of health care, that many of us campaigned on repeal and re
Would indicate that. Almost 70 of the people in america say that the Healthcare System is broken. Right, i really think that healthcare is going to be the number one to musick policy issue in the president ial election. In a recent poll just came out from gallup that said the 5 of the American People pulled rate healthcare is extremely important as one of the issues and we seen in the polling 53 of americans support singlepayer and i know private coverage at all but now 65 supporting the public option which would be a Government Insurance plan to compete against private insurers and i call this a steppingstone approach to government run medicare for all. The proof is in the pudding. If you look at what happened the last election cycle two years ago my party, i guess it was one year ago, my party the Republican Party we were ousted as a majority and house of representatives and many people will make the armament that it was because the issue of healthcare and that many of us campaigned
Into the president ial election in a recent poll and then to be extremely important for co but 53 percent support single perry lined a single payer but now 65 percent support the public option and then to call that steppingstone approach. But then the proof is in the pudding look at the election cycle a few years ago so to make their reason for that so they campaigned on repeal and replace. And then the house and the senate and then to turn it upside down and that will be the issue and then to have a Cohesive Strategy to educate why to have a marketbased Health Care System not controlled such as the federal government. But senator coburn said five years after president obama legislative achievement went into full effect many lowend income people have been forced into plans with as high as 12000 deductibles. Obama care will turn ten mard this year i thought for sure it would be overturned but it wasnt but senator coburn is absolutely right. The American People do not like obama care and
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