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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
Provide universal health care
"I have made a solemn pledge that I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premium by up to $2,500 a year."—6/23/07, Hartford, Conn.
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He's promised to sign it... if congress brings it.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, seeking support from labor union members in New Jersey, vowed Monday to make health insurance available to all Americans by the end of his first term in the White House.
''We can have universal health care by the end of the next president's first term, by the end of my first term,'' Obama said, bringing 600 union workers to their feet during a question-and-answer session with members of AFL-CIO affiliated unions.
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I don't see the word "free" anywhere in there.
Massachusetts has passed their own version of universal health care already. My brother, who is self employed, has health insurance he's paying close to $500 a month for. The state has informed him his insurance is unacceptable because it has no prescription coverage.
If it were free, big business, who have been bitching loudly about health care costs for their employees, would be on it like white on rice... they are not.