[Ip-health] McCain on health care, outcome-based rewards, and parallel trade

[James Love]

This was today.  Jamie

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ABC-TV (This Week): Sen. John McCain Interview

SEN MCCAIN: oh, the wealthy, always be interested when people talk about
who the, quote, wealthy are in America. i find it interesting. but also
health care. they want the government to run the health care system in
America. i want the families to make the choice. we're going to have a
number of very significant --

STEPHANOPOULOS: they say your plan won't reduce the ranks of the
uninsured.

SEN MCCAIN: they can say whatever they would like, but the fact is, if
we bring health care costs under control and give families choices and
have medical malpractice reform and treat for the chronic diseases with
outcome-based rewards and payments and a number of other things which,
you know, we hold hours long health care forums on, we can preserve the
highest quality health care in the world in America, but we got to make
it affordable and available. if you like senator Obama's plan and
senator Clinton's plan, go to Canada, one of the European countries,
before you make that decision.

STEPHANOPOULOS: you said before we should be open to importing drugs
from Canada.

SEN MCCAIN: sure. why not? wherever it's cheaper. wherever it is
cheaper.

STEPHANOPOULOS: George Will argues that that's going to be importing
their price controls.

SEN MCCAIN: well, again in all due respect, if it's less expensive,
where they can get it and we know that it's safe and available and
affordable, I'm all for it.


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