Sue Lowden stands by health care bartering plan (Harry Reid's Opponent)

Source: Las Vegas Sun

Democrats opened a new round of gleeful attacks as Sue Lowden, the Republican front-runner to unseat Sen. Harry Reid, again extolled the virtues of "bartering" for health care.

Lowden was recently the subject of late-night humor after saying health care costs would be lowered if health consumers paid with cash and bargained down prices with health providers. She called it "bartering," a term normally referring to a trade of one good or service for another.

Lowden defended her remarks Monday on the "Nevada Newsmakers" TV show.

"You know, before we all started having health care, in the olden days our grandparents, they would bring a chicken to the doctor, they would say I’ll paint your house," she said. "I mean, that’s the old days of what people would do to get health care with your doctors. Doctors are very sympathetic people. I’m not backing down from that system."

The Reid campaign, which has for months focused its attacks on Lowden, sent out a statement with the subject line: "Has Sue Lowden Lost her Mind?"


Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/apr/20/sue-lowden-draws-fire-repeating-health-care-barter/

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Here's the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9o8lVWWDac

Leno mocking it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uaja4SfW-50

Ed Schultz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V73dGj8q8A

Dems Trade Chickens For Checkups At Sue Lowden's HQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQKp8u1FFUE

If so, please film it. See if he likes a Republican healthcare plan any better.

the comments seem mostly supportive of Harry Reid. Keep your head up, Harry.

A modern economy and a modern state cannot revert to barter as a national mode of delivering healthcare. And it is a national issue, not a local one.