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NARRATOR: “On the eve of war with Iraq, the Reverend Pat Robertson said he warned the President to prepare the American people for casualties.”


CHYRON: CNN - October 20, 2004; Rev. Pat Robertson said:; Mr. President, you had better prepare the American people for casualties.


NARRATOR: “He said George Bush told him, ‘Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties.’”


CHYRON: And George Bush told him:; Oh no, we're not going to have any casualties.


The Facts



President Bush Made Clear The Dangers And Difficulties Of Iraq War Before Committing American Troops


January 22, 2003: Bush Said He Takes “Seriously The Commitment Of Any Troops In Combat.” “My hope is that Saddam Hussein will disarm voluntarily; that’s my hope. I take seriously the commitment of any troop into combat. I desire peace. But in the name of peace, in the name of securing our future, if Saddam Hussein will not disarm, the United States of America and friends of freedom will disarm Saddam Hussein. And should that path be forced upon us, there will be serious consequences. There will be serious consequences for the dictator in Iraq. And there will be serious consequences for any Iraqi general or soldier who were to use weapons of mass destruction on our troops or on innocent lives within Iraq.” (President George W. Bush, Remarks At J. S. Logistics, St. Louis, MO, 1/22/03)


January 28, 2003: In State Of The Union Address, Bush Warned Of Risks And Suffering American Soldiers Would Face In Iraq. “Sending Americans into battle is the most profound decision a President can make. The technologies of war have changed; the risks and suffering of war have not. For the brave Americans who bear the risk, no victory is free from sorrow. This nation fights reluctantly, because we know the cost and we dread the days of mourning that always come. We seek peace. We strive for peace. And sometimes peace must be defended. A future lived at the mercy of terrible threats is no peace at all. If war is forced upon us, we will fight in a just cause and by just means – sparing, in every way we can, the innocent. And if war is forced upon us, we will fight with the full force and might of the United States military – and we will prevail.” (President George W. Bush, State Of The Union Address, Washington, DC, 1/28/03)


January 29, 2003: Bush Said He Understood Terrible Price Of War. “And it’s clear he’s not disarming. I’m convinced that this still can be done peacefully. I certainly hope so. The idea of committing troops is my last option, not my first. I understand the terrible price of war. I understand what it means to put somebody into combat. I know what it means to hug mothers and wives. But I’ve got to tell you something. I’ve thought long and hard about this. The risks of doing nothing, the risks of assuming the best from Saddam Hussein, it’s just not a risk worth taking.” (President George W. Bush, Remarks At The Devos Performance Hall, Grand Rapids, MI, 1/29/03)


January 30, 2003: Bush Said He Understood High Cost Of War To Our Troops. “Speaking with the I will tell my friend, Silvio, that the use of military troops is my last choice, not my first. The commitment of young men and Americans into battle is a difficult decision, because I understand the cost of war. But I also understand the cost of inaction. There is a high price to be paid for the civilized world by not enforcing the opinion of the world, which was for Saddam Hussein to disarm.” (President George W. Bush, Remarks by the President and Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi in Photo Opportunity, Washington, DC, 1/30/03)


February 10, 2003: Bush Said He Knew Risks U.S. Military Faced In Iraq Because He Would Have To Console Loved Ones Of Lost Soldiers. “My personal message is that I want to keep the peace and make the world more peaceful. I understand why people don’t like to commit the military to action. I can understand that. I’m the person in this country that hugs the mothers and the widows if their son or husband dies. I know people would like to avoid armed conflict. And so would I. But the risks of doing nothing far outweigh the risks of whatever it takes to disarm Saddam Hussein.” (President George W. Bush, Remarks By The President And Prime Minister Howard Of Australia In Photo Opportunity, Washington, DC 2/10/03)


February 25, 2003: Bush Said Anytime You Put Troops In Harms Way There Is Sacrifice. QUESTION: “Sir, how big and exactly what kind of sacrifices will be asked of the U.S. troops, their families, the American public should you decide to go to war?” PRESIDENT BUSH: “Any time you put a troop into harm’s way, that in itself is a sacrifice. First of all – and that’s why war is my last choice. That’s why I’ve said all along I would hope that the world would come together to convince Saddam to make the decision to disarm.” (President George W. Bush, Remarks To National Economic Council, 2/25/03)


February 28, 2003: Bush Warned Of Dangers American Soldiers Would Face In Iraq Conflict. “Protecting those boundaries carries a cost. If war is forced upon us by Iraq’s refusal to disarm, we will meet an enemy who hides his military forces behind civilians, who has terrible weapons, who is capable of any crime. The dangers are real, as our soldiers, and sailors, airmen, and Marines fully understand. Yet, no military has ever been better prepared to meet these challenges.” (George W. Bush, Remarks To American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, 2/28/03)


ü In Same Speech, Bush Warned Work In Iraq Would Be Difficult And Demanding. “Much is asked of America in this year 2003. The work ahead is demanding. It will be difficult to help freedom take hold in a country that has known three decades of dictatorship, secret police, internal divisions, and war. It will be difficult to cultivate liberty and peace in the Middle East, after so many generations of strife. Yet, the security of our nation and the hope of millions depend on us, and Americans do not turn away from duties because they are hard. We have met great tests in other times, and we will meet the tests of our time.” (George W. Bush, Remarks To American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, 2/28/03)


March 17, 2003: On Eve Of Iraq Conflict, Bush Warned Nation American Casualties Were Certain. “Should Saddam Hussein choose confrontation, the American people can know that every measure has been taken to avoid war, and every measure will be taken to win it. Americans understand the costs of conflict because we have paid them in the past. War has no certainty, except the certainty of sacrifice.” (President George W. Bush, Remarks In Address To The Nation, Washington, DC, 3/17/03)


Emergence Of Free Iraq Demonstrates Worthy Sacrifice Of American Soldiers


Iraqi Prime Minister Thanks America For “Enormous Sacrifices To Liberate Iraq.” PRIME MINISTER ALLAWI: “The second message is quite simple and one that I would like to deliver directly from my people to yours. Thank you, America. We Iraqis know that Americans have made and continue to make enormous sacrifices to liberate Iraq, to assure Iraq's freedom. I have come here to thank you and to promise you that your sacrifices are not in vain. The overwhelming majority of Iraqis are grateful. They are grateful to be rid of Saddam Hussein and the torture and brutality he forced upon us; grateful for the chance to build a better future for our families, our country and our region. We Iraqis are grateful to you, America, for your leadership and your sacrifice for our liberation and our opportunity to start anew.” (Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, Remarks To Joint Session Of U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, 9/23/04)


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Rhetoric



NARRATOR: “No casualties? This is the same president who said: Mission Accomplished in Iraq.”


CHYRON: No casualties in Iraq:; Wrong.; Mission Accomplished; Wrong


The Facts



MoveOn.org Exaggerates Extent Of Danger In Iraq For Political Purposes


Prime Minister Allawi Notes 15 Of 18 Provinces “Are Completely Safe” And Small Pockets Of Terrorists Exist In Just Three Provinces. PRIME MINISTER ALLAWI: “Let me explain something, which is very important. I have noticed -- and the media have been neglected and omitted several times -- in the Western media -- Iraq is made out of 18 provinces, 18, 1-8. Out of these 18 provinces, 14 to 15 are completely safe, there are no problems. And I can count them for you, starting from Basra moving into Iraq Kurdistan. There are three areas, three provinces where there are pockets of insurgents, pockets of terrorists who are acting there and are moving from there to inflict damage elsewhere in the country. So, really, if you care to look at Iraq properly, and go from Basra to Nasiriyah to Kut to Diyala to Najaf to Karbala to Diwaniya to Samaraa to Kirkuk to Sulaymaniyah to Dahuk to Arbil, there are no problems. It's safe, it's good. There are problems in Fallujah. Fallujah is part of a province; the province is called Al Anbar. It's vast, very big; it has many other important towns, such as Ana, such as Rawa, such as Ramadi. There is nothing there. In Ana and Rawa, indeed, there is nothing, no problem, except on a small pocket in Fallujah. So, really, I call upon the responsible media -- throughout the world, not only here -- to look at the facts as they are in Iraq and to propagate these facts to the international community.” (Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, Press Conference, 9/23/04)


Despite MoveOn.org’s Attempt To Provide Negative Spin On Situation In Iraq, Iraqis “Are Resolved To Beat Terrorism And To Defeat The Insurgents.” PRIME MINISTER ALLAWI: “I am not trying to undermine that there are dangers. There are dangers in Iraq; there are problems, and we are facing international terrorist onslaught on Iraq. I, personally, receive every day a threat. In the last four weeks, they found four conspiracies to kill me. And, likewise, there are killing people -- they are killing officials, they are killing innocent people. But the Iraqis are not deterred, and we are not going to be deterred. I went the next day and saw our recruitment center for the police, after they killed, massacred 40-45 people. I found hundreds of people coming to be volunteer -- to volunteer to the police and to the army. I spoke to them. They are all upbeat. They are resolved to beat terrorism and to defeat the insurgents.” (Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, Press Conference, 9/23/04)


President Made Difficult Challenges Ahead Clear In USS Lincoln Speech


President Bush Said There Was “Difficult Work To Do In Iraq” And, Despite Successes, “Battle … Still Goes On.” “We have difficult work to do in Iraq. We're bringing order to parts of that country that remain dangerous. We're pursuing and finding leaders of the old regime, who will be held to account for their crimes. We've begun the search for hidden chemical and biological weapons and already know of hundreds of sites that will be investigated. We're helping to rebuild Iraq, where the dictator built palaces for himself, instead of hospitals and schools. And we will stand with the new leaders of Iraq as they establish a government of, by, and for the Iraqi people. The transition from dictatorship to democracy will take time, but it is worth every effort. Our coalition will stay until our work is done. Then we will leave, and we will leave behind a free Iraq. The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September the 11, 2001 – and still goes on.” (President George W. Bush, Remarks On USS Lincoln, 5/1/03)


Despite Skeptics Like MoveOn.org, There Have Been Many Successes In Iraq


Prime Minister Allawi Reminded Congress That Despite Constant Doubts From Others, Iraq Is Making Progress. “As we move forward, the next major milestone will be holding of the free and fair national and local elections in January next. I know that some have speculated, even doubted, whether this date can be met. So let me be absolutely clear: Elections will occur in Iraq on time in January because Iraqis want elections on time. For the skeptics who do not understand the Iraqi people, they do not realize how decades of torture and repression feed our desire for freedom. At every step of the political process to date the courage and resilience of the Iraqi people has proved the doubters wrong. They said we would miss January deadline to pass the interim constitution. We proved them wrong. They warned that there could be no successful handover of sovereignty by the end of June. We proved them wrong. A sovereign Iraqi government took over control two days early. They doubted whether a national conference could be staged this August. We proved them wrong. Despite intimidation and violence, over 1,400 citizens, a quarter of them women, from all regions and from every ethnic, religious and political grouping in Iraq, elected a national council. And I pledge to you today, we'll prove them wrong again over the elections.” (Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, Remarks To Joint Session Of U.S. Congress, 9/23/04)


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NARRATOR: “Millions of new jobs. Lower health care costs. Now, this President wants four more years? MoveOn PAC is responsible for the content of this advertisement.”


CHYRON: Millions of New Jobs; Wrong; Lower Health Care Costs; Wrong; Four More Years; Wrong; “Paid for by MoveOn PAC, www.moveonpac.org. This communication is not authorized by any candidate or committee. MoveOn PAC is responsible for the content of this advertisement.”


The Facts



Almost Two Million Jobs Have Been Created In Just Over One Year


More Than 1.9 Million Jobs Have Been Created Since August 2003. “The economy has posted steady job gains for each of the last thirteen months. 96,000 new jobs were created in September. In addition, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today announced that they had underreported the number of jobs created between April 2003 and March 2004 by 236,000. This preliminary ‘benchmark revision’ is an annual adjustment done by BLS to ensure a more accurate count of job creation. As a result of today’s announcements, the payroll survey indicates that over 1.9 million jobs have been created since August 2003.” (Bush-Cheney ‘04, “Over 1.9 Million Jobs Created Since August 2003 With 13 Straight Months Of Job Gains,” Press Release, 10/8/04)


70,000 Manufacturing Jobs Have Been Created Since Beginning Of 2004. The manufacturing sector has witnessed several months of job gains. Since January 2004, 70,000 new manufacturing jobs have been created. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics Website, www.bls.gov, Accessed 10/8/04)


President Bush Cut Taxes For All Americans, Kerry Opposed

As A Result Of President Bush’s Tax Cuts, In 2004:


ü 109 million taxpayers will see their taxes decline by an average of $1,544;

ü A family of four earning $40,000 will receive tax relief of $1,933;

ü Nearly 5 million individuals and families will see their income tax liabilities completely wiped out;

ü 42 million families with children will get an average tax cut of $2,067;

ü 13 million elderly individuals will see an average tax cut of $1,795;

ü 25 million small business owners will save an average of $2,853; and

ü Low-income families will benefit from provisions making the child credit refundable for more. (Office Of The Press Secretary, The White House, “Fact Sheet: Millions Of American Families Are Benefiting From The President’s Tax Relief,” Press Release, 4/15/04)

Kerry Voted Against Senate Passage Of 2001 Tax Cut. (H.R. 1836, CQ Vote #165: Passed 62-38: R 50-0; D 12-38, 5/23/01, Kerry Voted Nay)


ü Then Missed Final Passage Of 2001 Tax Cut To Deliver Commencement Address. (Kirk Victor, et al., “A Kerry Top 10,” National Journal, 1/30/04; H.R. 1836, CQ Vote #170: Adopted 58-33: R 46-2; D 12-31, 5/26/01, Kerry Missed Vote)


Voted Against Final Passage Of 2003 Tax Cut. (H.R. 2, CQ Vote #196: Adopted 51-50: R 48-3; D 2-46; I 0-1, With Vice President Cheney Casting A “Yea” Vote, 5/23/03, Kerry Voted Nay)

President’s Health Savings Accounts Are Expanding Affordable Health Coverage


President Bush Created Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) To Help Families Save Tax-Free For Medical Needs. (The White House, “Expanding Access And Increasing The Affordability Of Health Insurance Through Health Savings Accounts,” Fact Sheet, 8/9/04)


ü 43% Of Those Purchasing HSAs Were Previously Uninsured, According To Assurant. (HSA Insider, “The Number One Solution The Uninsured Choose,” Press Release, 8/26/04)


ü 70% Of People Purchasing HSA-Eligible Health Insurance Plans Are Paying $100 Or Less For Their Health Care Coverage Each Month. (Laura Trueman, “Health Savings Accounts: Myth Vs. Fact,” Brief Analysis No. 479, National Center For Policy Analysis, 7/19/04)


ü “Nearly Half (46 Percent) Of HSA Purchasers Have Family Incomes Of Less Than $50,000, According To eHealthInsurance.” (Laura Trueman, “Health Savings Accounts: Myth Vs. Fact,” Brief Analysis No. 479, National Center For Policy Analysis, 7/19/04)


ü HSAs Will Expand Health Insurance To Over 4 Million More Americans. “Earlier HSA Coalition estimates of the number of uninsured that will become insured under President Bush’s proposals range between 3.6 million and 4.3 million, however, these recently announced proposals will spike these estimates much higher.” (HSA Insider, “The HSA Coalition Hails President Bush’s New Health Savings Account Initiatives,” Press Release, 9/8/04)


President Bush Will Promote Tax Credit To Help Small Business Employees Purchase Health Savings Accounts. “President Bush will propose a tax credit for HSA contributions to help individuals and families who work for small businesses fund their HSAs. Small businesses and their employees who set up an HSA will get a tax rebate for contributions to the HSA of up to $500 per worker with family coverage and $200 per worker with individual coverage.” (Bush-Cheney ‘04 Website, “Agenda For America,” www.georgewbush.com/Agenda, Accessed 9/14/04)


President’s Plan Will Help Small Businesses Provide Affordable Health Insurance To Their Workers


President Bush Will “Allow Small Businesses To Establish Association Health Plans (AHPs).” “While large businesses can use their purchasing power to get better deals from insurance companies, smaller firms often find that coverage is priced beyond their reach. To give small employers and their workers more purchasing power, the President has proposed allowing small businesses to band together and negotiate on behalf of their employees and their families. … President Bush supports AHP expansion so that people who purchase coverage on their own can buy health insurance from a group other than an employer. This would allow civic and charitable groups, churches, and other types of organizations to offer health insurance to their members.” (Bush-Cheney ‘04 Website, “Agenda For America,” www.georgewbush.com/agenda, Accessed 9/13/04)


ü Small Businesses Participating In Association Health Plans (AHPs) Would Save 13% On Premiums, According To Study By Congressional Budget Office. “On average, premiums paid by firms that participated in AHPs and HealthMarts would be about 13 percent lower than the premiums they would pay in the small-group market under current law.” (“Increasing Small-Firm Health Insurance Coverage Through Association Health Plans And Healthmarts,” Congressional Budget Office, 1/00)


ü AHPs Could Reduce Premiums “From $1,000 To More Than $1,900 For The Average Family Health Plan Offered By A Small Business.” (U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Website, “Just The Facts: Association Health Plans,” www.uschamber.com, Accessed 9/21/04)


ü Up To 8.5 Million People Could Gain Health Coverage If AHPs Were Enacted. “According to the CONSAD Research Corporation, as many as 8.5 million previously uninsured workers would receive coverage if this legislation were enacted into law.” (U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Website, “Just The Facts: Association Health Plans,” www.uschamber.com, Accessed 9/21/04)


President Bush Is Fighting For Medical Liability Reform


President Bush Has Called For Medical Liability Reforms That Will Lower Health Care Costs And Preserve The Doctor-Patient Relationship. “President Bush proposes commonsense liability reforms that will speed recovery of damages to patients, fairly compensate those who have been injured, and increase access to care. These reforms will help prevent skyrocketing medical liability premiums that force doctors to give up the practice of medicine, threaten access to needed care, and drive up health care costs for everyone.” (Bush-Cheney ‘04 Website, “Agenda For America,” www.georgewbush.com, Accessed 9/22/04)


ü Medical Liability Reform Could Save Between $60 Billion And $108 Billion In Health Care Costs Annually, Making Health Insurance More Affordable For Millions. “The [medical malpractice] litigation system also imposes large indirect costs on the health care system. Defensive medicine that is caused by unlimited and unpredictable liability awards not only increases patients’ risk but it also adds costs. The leading study estimates that limiting unreasonable awards for non-economic damages could reduce health care costs by 5-9% without adversely affecting quality of care. This would save $60-108 billion in health care costs each year. These savings would lower the cost of health insurance and permit an additional 2.4-4.3 million Americans to obtain insurance.” (“Confronting The New Health Care Crisis: Improving Health Care Quality And Lowering Costs By Fixing Our Medical Liability System,” U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, 7/25/02)


Kerry’s Plan Takes Control Away From Patients And Doctors


Two-Thirds Of Newly Insured Individuals Will Be In Government-Run Health Care Programs. Kerry’s plan would insure 27.3 million additional people. Of these, about 18.5 million people would gain coverage under Kerry’s expansion of the Medicaid and SCHIP programs. (Joseph Antos, Roland King, Donald Muse, Tom Wildsmith And Judy Xanthopoulos, “Analyzing The Kerry And Bush Health Proposals: Estimates Of Cost And Impact,” American Enterprise Institute, 9/13/04)


ü “Fewer Choices Of Doctors, Longer Waits For Care, And Inevitable Health-Care Rationing” Will Affect Those Pushed Into Medicaid Under Kerry Plan. “Quality of care will suffer under the Kerry proposal. People who go from employer plans to Medicaid will have fewer choices of doctors, longer waits for care, and inevitable health-care rationing.” (John C. Goodman, Op-Ed, “Kerrycare,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/26/04)


Kerry’s Plan Will Result In Loss Of Private Health Care Coverage. “Kerry’s (i.e., Thorpe’s) estimates assume a 30 percent crowd-out. That is, for every 10 new Medicaid enrollees, three people lose private coverage. As a result, in order to insure 18 million new people (on net) through Medicaid expansion, Kerry would enroll about 26 million to make up for 8 million who lose private coverage. Kerry’s assumptions are much too optimistic, however. The evidence we have seen suggests the crowd-out rate will almost certainly be much higher, perhaps approaching 100 percent.” (John C. Goodman And Devon M. Herrick, “The Case Against John Kerry’s Health Plan,” National Center For Policy Analysis, 9/10/04)


Kerry’s Plan Will Not Lower Health Care Costs


According To Non-Partisan American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Kerry’s Health Care Plan Would Cost $1.5 Trillion Over Ten Years. (Joseph Antos, Roland King, Donald Muse, Tom Wildsmith And Judy Xanthopoulos, “Analyzing The Kerry And Bush Health Proposals: Estimates Of Cost And Impact,” American Enterprise Institute, 9/13/04)


Kerry Will Shift Costs To Taxpayers Without Lowering Overall Health Care Costs. “Mr. Kerry would partly take the burden off employers by making government responsible for 75% of the cost of catastrophic cases, those running up more than $50,000 in bills. He says these cases account for nearly 20% of private insurers’ costs. But then what? The cost is just transferred to taxpayers but there’s no injection of efficiency into incentives, no reason to imagine total costs won’t continue to grow wildly.” (Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., Op-Ed, “Faint, Desperate Hope For Health Care Leadership,” The Wall Street Journal, 3/17/04)


Small Businesses Are Skeptical That “More Strings Are Probably Attached.” “The price tag is a big issue. ‘The thing that gets the attention of people are the giant dollars attached to the Kerry proposal,’ says Dan Danner, senior vice president for public policy at the National Federation of Independent Business, a small-business group that is often aligned with Republicans and helped defeat the Clinton health plan. ‘It’s a huge amount of money. But it’s got to come from somewhere, and we are always concerned that more strings are probably attached.’” (Sarah Lueck, “Businesses Are Wary Of Kerry Health Plan,” The Wall Street Journal, 7/26/04)


Kerry Opposes Important Health Care Reforms That Will Reduce Costs And Expand Coverage


Kerry Voted To Block Medical Liability Reform At Least Ten Times. (H.R. 956, CQ Vote #137: Motion Rejected 39-61: R 10-44; D 29-17; I 0-0, 5/2/95, Kerry Voted Yea; H.R. 956, CQ Vote #140: Motion Agreed To 65-35: R 24-30; D 41-5, 5/2/95, Kerry Voted Yea; H.R. 956, CQ Vote #141: Motion Agreed To 56-44: R 13-41; D 43-3, 5/2/95, Kerry Voted Yea; H.R. 956, CQ Vote #144: Passed 53-47: R 48-6; D 5-41, 5/2/95, Kerry Voted Nay; H.R. 956, CQ Vote #151: Motion Rejected 46-53: R 44-10; D 2-43; I 0-0, 5/4/95, Kerry Voted Nay; H.R. 956, CQ Vote #152: Motion Rejected 47-52: R 45-9; D 2-43; I 0-0, 5/4/95, Kerry Voted Nay; H.R. 956, CQ Vote #160: Motion Agreed To 54-44:: R 46-7; D 8-37, 5/10/95, Kerry Voted Nay; H.R. 956, CQ Vote #161: Passed 61-37: R 46-7; D 15-30, 5/10/95, Kerry Voted Nay; S. 1052, CQ Vote #212: Motion Agreed To 52-46: R 2-45; D 49-1; I 1-0, 6/29/01, Kerry Voted Yea; S. 812, CQ Vote #197: Motion Agreed To 57-42: R 6-42; D 50-0; I 1-0, 7/30/02, Kerry Voted Yea)


Kerry Opposes Health Savings Accounts; Twice Voted Against Last Year’s Bill Establishing HSAs. (John Kerry For President, “Kerry Campaign Statement On New Families USA Report,” Press Release, 6/16/04; H.R.1, CQ Vote #457: Motion Agreed To 70-29: R 47-3; D 22-26; I 1-0, 11/24/03, Kerry Voted Nay; H.R.1, CQ Vote #458: Motion Agreed To 61-39: R 49-2; D 11-37; I 1-0, 11/24/03, Kerry Voted Nay)


Kerry Opposes Letting Small Businesses Form Purchasing Pools To Get Discount Rates On Health Insurance. “The so-called association health plans ‘will place consumers at risk, as they are exempt from state patient protections and oversight,’ said Democratic Sen. John Kerry, an opponent of the measure who is campaigning for president.” (Libby Quaid, “Backers Of Small Business Plan Point To Uninsured Numbers,” The Associated Press, 9/30/03)
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