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The State of Florida is home to =
millions of=20
uninsured residents. According to health insurance experts, most =
Floridians=20
cannot afford the health care plans currently offered in the state, or =
they=20
simply hope for the best, and live without health insurance at all. "If =
you are=20
one of those millions in Florida =
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coverage; you might want to take a close look at each the 2008 =
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President, and see where they stand on health care," said Morgan Moran, =
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(YAHOONEWS) September 27, 2007 -- = Florida=20 Health Insurance Web, in its continuing series, examines the 2008=20 presidential race and its impact on the State of Florida and how the = election=20 may effect Florida Health Insurance = benefits and=20 available rates. Morgan Moran in a phone interview said the "sadly the=20 Republican candidates offer little to help Florida's uninsured." = Insurance=20 consultant Moran said, If you're one of the tens of million Americans = without=20 coverage, or if you don't like the coverage you have, "next November you = will=20 have a chance to pick the person who will deliver the best health care = plan." So=20 far, "the Democrats seem to be winning the health insurance debate.
Last night Democratic Senator Hillary =
Clinton=20
spoke about her health care plan which, according to Moran, "gives the =
choice of=20
health insurance plans to pick from and, Clinton said her insurance =
coverage=20
plans will be affordable." Clinton also said, if you like the
On the other side of the =
isle,=20
Republicans are pointing to terror and border security rather than =
addressing=20
Americas health care crisis.
Republican Senator John McCain's =
website
Governor Mitt Romney, on his 'True = Strength=20 for America's Future' website Mitt=20 Romney has his list of campaign issues as: Defeating the Jihadists,=20 Competing with Asia, Taxes, Immigration, Energy, Education and yes, = finally,=20 Healthcare. In USA=20 Today, July 5, 2005 Romney said, "We can't have 40 million people = saying, 'I=20 don't have insurance', and if I get sick, I want someone else to pay."=20 Individuals have responsibility for their own health care. Romney went = on to say=20 "The health of our nation can be improved by extending health insurance = to all=20 Americans, not through a government program or new taxes, but through = market=20 reforms."
Arkansas Governor Mike=20 Huckabee's campaign said, "The health care system in this = country is=20 irrevocably broken, in part because it is only a 'health care' system, = not a=20 'health' system." Huckabee said, "We don't need universal health care = mandated=20 by federal edict or funded through ever-higher taxes." We can make = health care=20 more affordable by reforming medical liability; adopting electronic = record=20 keeping; making health insurance more portable from one job to another;=20 expanding health savings accounts to everyone, not just those with high=20 deductibles; and making health insurance tax deductible for individuals = and=20 families as it now is for businesses, the Gov said.
Senator Sam Brownback
Congressmen Tom Tancredo=20 stand on health care focuses on the uninsured. Tancredo said, "The two = major=20 problems are the high cost of care and the number of uninsured." Tort = reform and=20 immigration enforcement would save the system billions and drive down = costs. As=20 for the uninsured: as many as 25% of them are illegal aliens and should = be=20 deported or encouraged to leave. For citizens and legal residents who = are=20 employed by businesses which cannot afford coverage, "Tancredo favors=20 association health plans which band small businesses together to access = lower=20 cost insurance." For those out of work, state governments should be the = primary=20 source of relief, although I would not rule out federal incentives or = limited=20 subsidies to make sure families who have fallen on hard times are not = without=20 coverage.
About Florida Health Insurance=20
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