| Candidate: | Ken Bennett - Loveland, Colorado |
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| Position: | CO House |
| District: | 51 |
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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: | Yes, I am a strong advocate for a single payer system. |
| 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: | Yes, we have both a moral and a fiscal responsibility to ensure affordable health care for all |
| 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: | Yes. For a variety of reasons, the federal goernment is not making progress on the health care crisis or other issues of real importance to our citizens. Fortunately, the states are taking a stronger leadership role on critical issues such as 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. There is a considerable amount of misunderstanding and fear about what a single payer system is. By having some pilot or "laboratory" working models, we could show people the health and economic benefits and efficiencies of a single payer system. |
| 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 x- other: moral and financial responsibility |
| Comment : | Our present health care system is unacceptable! In a nation where we already spend twice as much money as other industrialized nations, it is unacceptable that we do not have universal health care for all and that millions of hard working American families are just one illness/injury away from financial ruin. We have the economic ability to provide a health care system that is fiscally responsible, and that will make quality, affordable health care available for all of our citizens. |
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