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U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement in response to President Bush's State of the Union Address.
"After ignoring problems in our nation's health care system for five years, President Bush touted an expansion of Health Savings Accounts tonight that will cause more problems than it will solve. Health Savings Accounts and Association Health Plans only shift more costs onto consumers, making health care accessible primarily to the most well off. The president failed to propose a way to make insurance more affordable, more accessible and more secure for more Americans.
"The president's decision to end our dependence on foreign oil is long overdue. While I welcome his initiatives, the administration's belated proposals are not nearly ambitious enough to slow our thirst for foreign oil, reduce our use of polluting fossil fuels, and lower prices at the pump and in home heating bills. I also have to question why the president did not take this stance last year, when he signed into law an energy bill that did little more than dole out goodies to corporate polluters." |
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