Edwards Pushes Health Plan

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Edwards Pushes Health Plan

By Winthrop Quigley
Journal Staff Writer

SANTA FE— Government can bring down health-care costs with its buying power, by allowing U.S.-made drugs to be reimported from outside the country and by creating new insurance pools, Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards said Monday.

Addressing several hundred supporters attending a town-hall meeting on health care at Milner Plaza on Santa Fe's Museum Hill, Edwards accused President Bush of siding with prescription drug and insurance companies against the interests of health-care consumers.

He charged that administration spending on the Iraq war and its tax cuts have deprived Americans of better health care.

"During the time George Bush has been president, 5 million Americans have lost health care coverage," Edwards said.

"As best I can tell, his health care plan is 'pray you don't get sick,' '' the North Carolina senator added.<snip>