McCollum trashes public option, challenges Sink to do same
by Dara Kam | September 8th, 2009Attorney General Bill McCollum bashed the “public option” included in President Barack Obama’s and Congressional Democrats’ proposed health care reforms, saying it would ration health care.
McCollum, the presumptive GOP candidate for governor, held a campaign event this morning in which he trashed the government-backed option to health insurance and challenged his presumptive Democratic opponent Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink to do the same.
McCollum, who served in Congress for more than two decades, announced the creation of a health care advisory board and dragged out a six-year-old report issued by businesses and the insurance industry as a guideline for health care fixes in Florida.
The best way to fix health care maladies in the Sunshine State, according to McCollum: more tort reform.
Medical malpractice premiums are the main cause for the state’s escalating health care costs, he said.
He asked Sink to join him in opposing the health care reforms now being considered by Congress if the plan includes:
- the public option or any government-run insurance;
- a $500 billion reduction in Medicare that would be passed on to the states;
- any expansion of Medicaid.
McCollum also asked her to reject the plan if it does not include significant tort reform.
McCollum showed more tolerance towards Obama’s speech to schoolchildren, which Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer has publicly pounded on national television.
“I have no problem with the president addressing schoolchildren,” he said when asked about it. McCollum also said he would allow his own children to watch it if they were school-age.
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September 8th, 2009 at 11:52 am
McCollum, Sink, Crist–all three presided on the board of the SBA (State Board of Administration) during the Lehman debacle, ignoring their responsiblity as fudiciaries of the fund and allowing the Bloomberg article warning of the loss in Lehman SIVs to create a run on the fund. What wondrous politics in Florida that all three are now running for higher office and all forget the loss of over 1B from state pension funds!
Rub-a-dub-dub: McCollum, Sink, and Crist…laundry services anyone?
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aj3K4H7aXnBM&refer=home
September 8th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
McCollum is perhaps the worst example of a career politician who deeply embedded in party politics. He is best known for losing elections and then running for another office.
September 8th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
[...] campaign issued a press release responding to McCollum’s challenge this morning to join him in opposition to President Barack Obama’s and Congressional [...]
September 9th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Well DONT vote for this Bum. Also make sure to see where your local politicians stand on Marijuana Legalization as well. If there not for that don’t vote for them either, times have changed and so should our elected officials. Lets Make 2010 the year we FLUSH OUR CONGRESSIONAL TOILET!!.