I'm just curious what you think. I don't have an opinion about who's better or anything.
2007-10-03 08:28:39 · 15 answers · asked by secretservice 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Health care was discussed substantially in 2004 as it was in 2000 and prior to that as well. Healthcare is one of those issues that will be discussed every election cycle as it affects so many people, no matter what not everyone will ever be happy with the current system.
As for why it's more of a hot topic this cycle... during the '04 election the hot topic was IRAQ, iraq is much more of a side note now, that we aren't talking daily about sending more and more troops to iraq. Also Iraq is what has defined the Bush Presidency, seeing as Bush is not in this election the candidates don't really want to debate each other about Iraq to no end. Besides right now we are still in the priamry season, we likely will hear more about Iraq if after the primaries we have 2 candidates who had differing opinions on IRAQ.
2007-10-03 09:01:48 · answer #1 · answered by labken1817 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Did you ever read "Our Plan For America"? What they proposed wasn't universal healthcare, which didn't fly for Clinton under a Congress of knuckledraggers either, but it was still ambitious under the circumstances.
Besides, if Kerry had actually been the liberal that Bush flattered him with being, he'd have challenged Bush to a duel, or at the very least demanded an immediate apology, when Bush slandered Ted Kennedy as "the conservatvie senator from Massachusetts."
2007-10-03 08:44:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Health care for Hillary has always been an issue that she wants for herself. As a first lady she proposed it (I believe in 1994) and it was a disaster that should have embarrassed the heck out of her. She is not a woman that gives up easily, so now is the time to charge with full strength again. Since Hillary is the favorite candidate of the dems, and she has a very embarrassing record with the war issue which should be the most important debate today, she avoids what is most important and turned her focus on her socialist idea of health care
2007-10-03 08:41:55 · answer #3 · answered by Bego?a R 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
do you realize peta thinks possessing pets is inaccurate, they help alf , this is a terrorist team, and heres the kicker , they want all animal based products to end , nicely different than for the pig insuline that between the directers of peta makes use of on a regular basis ,so its ok for her to apply it , yet every physique that isnt helping to terrorize the universal public , doesnt should have there meds
2016-12-17 16:12:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was some talk of it in 2004 but the situation wasn't as bad then as it is now. More and more people are unable to afford health care insurance. It is more of a crisis today than it was then.
2007-10-03 08:32:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
maybe they were too afraid in '04 that Bush would win again, no matter what tactic they tried. Or maybe it was just a hidden issue among Kerry's big debate plans, and not a frontrunning one.
Who knows?
2007-10-03 08:31:53 · answer #6 · answered by Lily Iris 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Congress was Republican in 2004.
2007-10-03 08:39:28 · answer #7 · answered by Darth Vader 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For the same reason any of the other candidates talk about an "issue" that didn't really exist. The spin doctors think up these "issues" float them to the media and see who bites. Whichever one gets people talking the most wins.
2007-10-03 08:32:33 · answer #8 · answered by Doc 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Because healthcare issues are back in the news again.
Ride the bull and all that.
2007-10-03 08:31:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
This healthcare bill is simply a ploy for the Dems to have the sound bite "Bush doesn't like children". It's classic political pandering and by the looks of the number of people on Y!Answers that have fallen for it . . . pandering scores yet another point.
2007-10-03 08:32:43 · answer #10 · answered by KRR 4 · 3⤊ 4⤋