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Cynthia McKinney shares a 67% similarity with your beliefs on Health Care
I strongly support universal health care which provides access to health care regardless of ability to pay
"In Congress, I was a cosponsor of every bill to create a national system for universal access to health care under a single-payer model."
Green Party 2008 Presidential Candidate Questionnaire Feb 3, 2008
"All too often patients cannot receive the treatment they require because the treatment is blocked by the profit motive of the insurance companies. You have to take the insurance companies out of the health-care equation. We in the United States spend far more money than any other country in the world and we get less. Close to 50 million people are uninsured. Countries that have what others pejoratively call "socialized medicine" are better performing. We need a universal, single-payer health-care system in this country."
Since last fall, McKinney has campaigned in 30 states on the slogan "Power To The People" and a platform that calls for single-payer universal health care.
Recognizing that private, for-profit health insurance is a central cause of our failing health-care system, McKinney uncompromisingly calls for a universal, single-payer "Medicare for all" health-care system in the United States.
Chicago Tribune Issues Comparison
I support increased government spending on health care
"In light of an economy that produces jobless growth, it is imperative that America's priorities be recalibrated to place a priority on people and not on war. In addition, I support providing an understandable and cost efficient prescription drug benefit to all Americans who need it."
Campaign website, www.cynthiaforcongress.com, "Issues" Dec 20, 2007
I support a market-based, for-profit approach to providing more Americans with health care
"I am against any form of health care rationing or the use of a voucher-based system of health insurance."
Campaign website, www.cynthiaforcongress.com,