| Candidate: | Rollie Heath - Boulder, Colorado |
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| Position: | CO Senate |
| District: | 18 |
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| Question 1A | If the Colorado Single Payer Health Services Plan is introduced in the next session of the Legislature, would you support it? |
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| Answer 1A: | Yes |
| Comment 1A: | I have long supported a single payer system. My wife supported it when she ran for the US Senate in 1990. |
| Question 1B | Would you support other legislation that works toward development of a comprehensive single-payer health services plan in Colorado that would replace reliance on the commercial health insurance industry?? |
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| Answer 1B: | Yes |
| Comment 1B: | The is the only real long term solution. |
| Question 2: | Do you believe the state of Colorado has an obligation to provide relief to its citizens in areas such as health care when the Federal Government is unable or unwilling to do so? |
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| Answer 2: | Yes |
| Comment 2: | Every citizen in the state should have health care. |
| Question 3: | Would you support a resolution calling for our Colorado Congressional delegation to support legislation that encourages states to serve as laboratories for the nation by developing new and creative plans for health care? |
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| Answer 3: | Yes |
| Comment 3: | Yes, I would start by having a system that covers every child in the state. |
| Question 4: | I will advocate for single-payer health care reform when I address issues such as: (Please check those that you believe are affected by the health care crisis.) |
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| Answer 4: | Yes |
| Answer 4 Advocacy Issue Areas: | x- poverty x- inequality and disparities x- bankruptcy x- public health concerns x- national, state and local budgets x- rising populations and costs of prisons x- educational improvement x- businesses competitive viability x- sustainability of Medicare - other |
| Comment : | Health Care cuts across every issue. |
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