Kerry bashes Bush on health care costs

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Kerry has a new ad too:
http://www.johnkerry.com/console.php?video=051004_healthcare

Snip from AP article:

"Accusing Bush of ignoring a steady rise in health care costs, Kerry began a weeklong trek to battleground states where he contends families are struggling to pay their medical bills.

"Our health care system is badly broken," Kerry said in remarks prepared for delivery at Pennsylvania's Edinboro University. "Today, regular checkups are emptying family checkbooks. Waiting for a doctor's bill is causing as much anxiety as waiting for a diagnosis. And cutting through endless red tape and paperwork is wasting millions that could be spent on better care."

Families are facing record premiums while insurance companies are earning record profits, Kerry said. Total family premiums have risen more than $2,700 in four years, a rate he said was four times faster than that for workers' earnings.

The average American family pays nearly $10,000 a year for a policy, his campaign stated, more than those in any other country. U.S. employers have responded by slowing hiring and shifting work to part-time and temporary employees, according to the campaign."

http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/K/KERRY_HEALTH?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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1. Good for Kerry

This issue resonates with most Americans...I personally pay $12,000 PER YEAR for just my son & myself in a crappy HMO...for health care that is ranked 47th in the world. It's sickening (that's a LOT of money!!!)