Edwards Mailer In Iowa Reiterates His Threat To Take Away Congress' Health Care
A Dem operative has just forwarded us a health care mailer that the Edwards campaign has dropped in Iowa. He reiterates his threat to take health care away from Congress if they don't pass "true universal health care" in this panel:
And also note the part about Elizabeth Edwards' cancer on this panel:
Full mailer after the jump.
Edwards' full mailer:
Comments (16)
Anonymous wrote on November 13, 2007 3:47 PM:Not sure if I get the point of referencing his wife's battle with breast cancer. Does he not have insurance to cover her? Doesn't really add to his argument about universal healthcare as a priority. At least not to me.
Outside the beltway wrote on November 13, 2007 3:55 PM:his family had healthcare while many who get cancer do not.
further if you don't have healthcare and have cancer when it's detected your chance of death goes up astronomically
Geek, Esq. wrote on November 13, 2007 3:55 PM:I guess I should be relieved that his promise to violate the Constitution is insincere.
Sandra Griffin wrote on November 13, 2007 4:33 PM:to anonymous, if you don't think it adds
to his desire he has for all of us to have health care...then you truly are a
shallow person that doesn't understand that a lot of great people have been motivated by their own personal experience. As for GEEK, Esq...John is a great attorney...and I'm one of those who is waiting for him to disenfranchise
congress until they stop diesenfranchizing us! I'm one of those, who retired, could no longer afford health care after my husband died and I suffer every day with degenerative spinal disease and not being able to afford to go to my former pain management doctor to ease my pain. Last month I walked the floor for hours, passing kidney stones at home, alone, with no money to go to the hospital. I hope both of you live to suffer similar
pain one day, so when you run to the hospital, remember there are many of us who cannot! As for congress they spend the money we taxpayers pay, for raises
for themselves, networking opportunity among lobbyists that is self-serving, and when the people of his country need something...they tell us we can't afford it. Well, if we can't have it, neither should they!
You have my sympathy Sandra - I've been there too and the pain is horrific. There are real human costs to the lack of health care in this country, and it makes no sense that Congress has government health care but no one else does. Taking it away will force them to focus on our common problems. If only Edwards can figure out a way to give them kidney stones too we'll all have health care the next day.
Anonymous wrote on November 13, 2007 5:15 PM:Sandra:
I'm not sure how his wife's fight with breast cancer has any bearing on whether or not Congress will implement universal healthcare. My uncertainity about the nexus between the central issue he's presenting and his wife's ailment, does not mean that I'm not empathetic to his wife's cause. It only means that I don't think it advances central issue of this mailer.
And I've pointed this out elsewhere: No president has introduced legislation proposing universal healthcare since 1993. As such, Congress hasn't been disenfranchise you or anyone. Once John or whoever is President introduces that legislation and Congress fails to act, I think you and John will have a sufficient basis to charge the Congress of disenfranchising Americans.
And this is spoken as an advocate for universal healthcare--I just don't think John's heavy-handed technique, at least initially, will be met with anymore success than HRC's ill-fated attempt in 1993.
an Iowan wrote on November 13, 2007 6:03 PM:I received the mailer and I have seen Sen. Edwards' ads and attended his speeches. We understand that when he mentions the decision that he and Elizabeth made--in the face of bad news--that he is both contrasting their good fortune with the situation facing far too many fellow Americans, and they are telling us of the strength of their resolve to do something about it. He is speaking of building a legacy.
It is what we do for others that lives on.
NO MORE BUSH-CLINTON!!!
NO MORE BUSH-CLINTON!!!
Ethan wrote on November 13, 2007 6:36 PM:WOW Jake. Now I have completely lost any respect for you that I may have had.
You can see my response to your pointing me to Edwards' site on the "Edwards Clarifies..." thread, if you are even at all interested in discussing substantive issues like a human being.
nogo war wrote on November 13, 2007 6:38 PM:Both John and Elisabeth have made it clear that their wealth and coverage are not what everyone gets...
My wife is a Paraprofessional in Denver Public Schools with less than 40 hours a week...no health care. I am a Substitute teacher in the same system. No coverage.
Both of us are Vets so we turn there.
Of course SCHIP is the first step toward universal health care. Just as the established Edwards plan is another step to universal health care. We can cower or stand up.
HRC inviting the same powers to "the table" is the difference.
The difference between Edwards and Clinton on health care in 2007 is simple..
I'm really broken up about that, Ethan.
Michael wrote on November 13, 2007 7:32 PM:Ethan, don't waste your time with jake d, he is just screwing around. He is a diehard republican messing with you.
Richard L. Adlof wrote on November 13, 2007 9:32 PM:Michael,
The Jacking D. has made it clear on numerous occasions that he is unfamiliar with the latter part of the alphabet and is a registered Independant . . . Probably because it was the first word with a check-off box that did not begin with a 'D'.
I do find it strange that this is the second time in a week that he and I agree about something . . . The Bush, Clinton, Bush . . . pattern needs to be nipped in the bud.
Geek ESQ,
Edwards has on numerous occasions reitterated that this proposal is not a pretense at a potential Presidential fiat to shrive healthcare from our Congressional representatives BUT merely the first salvo in his campaign to initiate action towards bringing healthcare to all as right and not a moneyed privilege. If you are truly obtuse enough to actually believe otherwise PLEASE provide the users of this site your meatspace moniker so we can avoid contracting your services.
Pat W wrote on November 13, 2007 11:15 PM:Thanks for the look at the flyer!
The point that John and Elizabeth Edwards raise about her cancer is that they are lucky ... they have insurance.
Women with no health insurance are much more likely to be diagnosed when their breast cancer is at an advanced stage and less likely to respond to treatment. The American Cancer Society reports that "just 8% of women with private insurance had stage III or IV breast cancer at diagnosis, compared to 18% of uninsured women and 19% of women on Medicaid."
Working in a job without health insurance should not be a death sentence. I know plenty of people who work hard, but have no coverage.
Just look at the growing use of "part-time" adjunct faculty members who work more hours and teach more courses than their (very small number of)better paid colleagues who have insurance.
gonzone wrote on November 14, 2007 9:09 AM:Not only would I be sure Congress had the same health care as the median American, but the same salary and perks as well. Maybe we'd get some representing of the people done instead of having a bunch of corporate whores in DC.
corinne wrote on November 14, 2007 9:15 AM:I see at least one person charges that Edwards' threat violates the Constitution. That has yet to be determined. The 27th Amendment reads as follows:
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
This amendment provides that any change in the salary of members of United States Congress may only take effect after the next general election. It was intended to serve as a restraint on the power of Congress to set its own salary—an obvious potential for
conflict-of-interest.
Geek, Esq. may be entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts. Thanks for playing and try again.
