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Transcript: VICE PRESIDENT GORE JOINS NURSES AND FIREFIGHTERS UNDERSCORE THE NEED FOR CRITICAL CHANGES IN HEALTH CARE
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- Regulatory Intelligence Data
- Article date:
- October 1, 1999
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Washington, DC -- Today, Vice President Al Gore joined nurses
and
firefighters to highlight a number of critical health issues including
the need for all children to have access to affordable health insurance,
a strong enforceable Patients' Bill of Rights, and strengthening Medicare
including long overdue prescription drug benefits. The Vice President
also
urged the Republicans not to reverse course on health care by undermining
critical services, such as immunizations, mental health and nursing
home
protections in the FY2000 budget.
"Nurses and firefighters are on the frontlines of our health
care
system -- helping uninsured children who end up in hospitals ...