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A Sorry Bass History -- October 21, 1998 (Health Care)

by: Dartmouth Dem

Thu Oct 21, 2010 at 18:45:02 PM EDT


( - promoted by Dean Barker)

I realize that I have cited this quote before on Blue Hampshire, but it's too damn good to ignore:

Twelve years ago tonight, in the WMUR 2nd CD debate, Congressman Charles Foster Bass criticized opponent Mary Rauh's support for the Patients' Bill of Rights in the following manner:

"The big problem with the bill you support is that it requires insurance companies to cover any procedure that is medically necessary."

Charlie's record on health care is atrocious in so many ways -- supporting cuts to the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and Medicare, opposing generic drug reform, supporting the industry's flawed prescription drug bill, and opposing expansion of insurance access to working families. But nothing represents Bass values more than this single quote.  

Happy anniversary, Charlie.  We won't forget.

Dartmouth Dem :: A Sorry Bass History -- October 21, 1998 (Health Care)
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