Description: Discussion #6 - Health Care
Candidate: Sen. McCain
Question: Quick discussion. Is health care in America a privilege, a right, or a responsibility? ]
BROKAW: Quick discussion. Is health care in America a privilege, a right, or a responsibility?
Senator McCain?
MCCAIN: I think it's a responsibility, in this respect, in that we should have available and affordable health care to every American citizen, to every family member. And with the plan that -- that I have, that will do that.
But government mandates I -- I'm always a little nervous about. But it is certainly my responsibility. It is certainly small-business people and others, and they understand that responsibility. American citizens understand that. Employers understand that.
But they certainly are a little nervous when Senator Obama says, if you don't get the health care policy that I think you should have, then you're going to get fined. And, by the way, Senator Obama has never mentioned how much that fine might be. Perhaps we might find that out tonight.
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