McLeod Urges SC Congressional Delegation Members to End the Rhetoric and Get to Work Reforming Health Care
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With August recess for the United States Congress winding down, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Mullins McLeod today called on South Carolina's Congressional Delegation members to stop engaging in useless rhetoric and reform the nation's health insurance system.
"The current system doesn't work. Thousands of hard working South Carolinians can't afford health insurance and just as many are under-insured," McLeod said. "These people deserve more from their Congressional delegation than grandstanding and hyperbole."
McLeod was especially critical of US Senator Jim DeMint, who has been traveling the state hosting 'town hall meetings' in attempts to block the reform process. "Senator DeMint has chosen to engage in bottom of the barrel, misleading, and dangerous rhetoric designed to misinform and scare people. His desires to please corporate interests and the insurance industry have him working against the best interest of many of his constituents. People in South Carolina need their members of Congress to put their interests first and work for a real solution to the health care crisis," McLeod said.
As Governor, McLeod vowed to do his part to expand coverage and reduce the cost of prescription medication, but pointed out that for real reform, Congress must lead.
"South Carolinians have been forced to endure six and half years of Mark Sanford, record unemployment, and an ineffective legislature controlled by special interest lobbyists. It's a shame that so many in our Congressional delegation have decided to play politics rather than solve this problem. If our politicians would stop the partisan games, we can have real reform that lowers costs, guarantees choice and makes sure that medical decisions rest with patients and their doctors - not insurance company bureaucrats," McLeod added.
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