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Romney Talks Healthcare
August 4th, 2007
Former Massachusetts governor and current presidential candidate Mitt Romney was in a diner in New Hampshire when the question of health care came up.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Michele Griffin didn’t want to hear Mitt Romney talk about how to fight the spread of AIDS around the world.
“What about our nation? How ’bout the USA? C’mon!” yelled Griffin, who has worked for more than 12 years behind the counter of the Red Arrow Diner, a popular stop for presidential candidates.
For the next 10 minutes Romney tried to respond, describing his approach to health care when he was the Republican governor of Massachusetts, while Griffin kept interrupting him with comments such as “After we pay our huge deductibles for our insurance and our cost for our prescriptions, there’s nothing left.”
Eventually, Romney’s message — criticizing European-style “socialized medicine,” attacking Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s health-care efforts in the 1990s and praising the virtues of private insurance — got through.
It was a relatively brief exchange but an emotional one, and a snapshot of an issue that could play an important role in the presidential primaries in both parties.
Rising costs, the growing number of people without insurance and general frustration with the system are all reasons that health care keeps surfacing at candidate forums and campaign appearances. Large businesses such as Safeway and Wal-Mart, once wary of government intervention in health care, are pushing for universal coverage, as are many Republican officials, particularly California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“Health care is going to be a top domestic issue, if not the top domestic issue,” in the general election, said Dean Rosen, a health-care policy expert who was a top adviser to former Senate majority leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.).
The article goes on to say surveys show Democratic voters rank health care third, behind the economy and Iraq war as a hot button issue for them.
Conservatives don’t want socialized medicine and yet we know there are people in our country who need some kind of assistance with their medical bills.
I don’t have the answer for affordable health care for all. Please go to the article and watch the video provided by the Washington Post of Romney describing what his ideas are on health care.
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Made in China: Fischer Price Toys With Lead
August 4th, 2007
If you have any of these toys get rid of them as they pose a lead poisoning risk to your children/grandchildren.
The following is a list of model names and product numbers for the nearly 1 million recalled Fisher-Price toys, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission:
33662 Elmo Light Up Musical Pal
33663 Ernie Light Up Musical Pal
33664 Big Bird Light Up Musical Pal
34658 Elmo Stacking Rings
39038 Elmo Tub Sub
39054 Sesame Street Shape Sorter
87946 Elmo Keyboard
90267 Ernie Splashin’ Fun Trike
90609 Elmo Collectible
90611 Cookie Collectible
90612 Zoe Collectible
90613 Ernie Collectible
90614 Big Bird Collectible
90745 Construction Playset
93068 Elmo Boom Box
93107 Action Fire Engine
93307 Press N Go Elmo
93308 Rev & Go Cookie Monster
93492 Cookie Saxophone
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