Bob Keenan on Health Care

Supports small business health plans

I don't want to deny anyone access to health care, but it is a balancing act deciding who is going to pay for these services. We can't balance the budget unless we set limits on what the government is responsible for. Small business health plans are a partial solution for uninsured workers. Such plans would allow small businesses to pool together across state lines to lower costs. This is real insurance for real workers at real businesses. Source: Campaign website, www.bobkeenan.us, "Issues" May 2, 2006

Single payer universal healthcare is socialistic

I do not support a single payer, universal health care system. A socialistic government run system will tax us into poverty, raise the federal debt, limit access, increase costs, and lesson quality. Rationed care and wait lists are the reality of such systems. Source: Campaign website, www.bobkeenan.us, "Issues" May 2, 2006

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