Christopher Reed on Health Care

Republican challenger

First cut waste, fraud, & abuse in Medicare/Medicaid

Q: When you talk about out of control spending, what about a program like Medicare, Medicaid? Would you cut into those?

A: No. But I would make sure that there is the waste and the fraud and abuse of that is taken care of.

Q: The waste, fraud and abuse is an easy phrase. But how do you actually cut spending?

A: Well, I guess I would have to go there and I would have to look at what is in there and what isn't and write bills appropriately that take care of those measures.

Source: Interview with Dean Borg, "Iowa Press" on Iowa Public TV Jun 6, 2008

No socialized medicine

I believe the Democrat's agenda to hijack the best health care system in the world and give us socialized medicine that has been proven to fail in socialist countries like Canada and France is wrong-headed and a giant step backwards. Source: Campaign website, http://www.christopherreed2008.com/ Jun 3, 2008

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