Ned Lamont on Health Care at Take Back America 2007
CT, Health Care, Ned Lamont June 20th, 2007
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Ned Lamont spoke at the Take Back America conference yesterday on health care, and also submitted an op-ed to TomPaine.com on the same subject:
In business, we entrepreneurs have the luxury of starting with a blank piece of paper and creating a new enterprise from scratch. In government, it may be politically easier to build off what we have, but that is no excuse for being timid. Opting in to a 21st century Medicare plan should be an option for families and businesses alike, allowing anyone regardless of pre-existing conditions to buy into a core health care package which promotes health and wellness as well as treatment for disease and injury. Too much of health care has not moved from the mainframe to the Internet (much never even made it to the mainframe); required electronic record keeping will prevent most of the duplicative and contradictory medications and procedures which cost our system hundreds of billions each year. This is the makings of a core package, which can not discriminate against any applicant; constantly updated for efficacy and new innovations, this core package will be the starting point for private and public systems alike; now let the plans compete: that’s the American way.
TParty live-blogged the Taking Back America health care panel, over at My Left Nutmeg:
Ned: the idea of Medicare as an option for everybody is something we can really see in the next few years, I’d like to start with the possible.
You can learn more about the Campaign for America’s Future “Health Care for All” campaign here.
This, of course, is not something that’s new for Ned. He has been talking about health care all along. Check out my post on the July 20, 2006 press conference in New Britain where Ned unveiled his health care plan. The video is no longer up at YouTube, but perhaps I can re-post it.
June 20th, 2007 at 11:09 am
“Ned: the idea of Medicare as an option for everybody is something we can really see in the next few years, I’d like to start with the possible.”
I don’t see the words “Single Payer” in there. Nor do I see them at Campaign for America’s site. Just another minor tweak to a broken system IMHO.
Anything is possible if you really set your mind to it. But if all you set your mind to is putting a bandaid on a 16 inch long gaping wound? You get the point.