Brain -> DEMOCRATIC UPSET - New York Special Election: Medicare Will Be Issue Of 2012 (5/25/2011 1:32:29 AM)
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Watch the video – no more tax breaks for multimillionaires. DEMOCRATIC UPSET - New York Special Election: Medicare Will Be Issue Of 2012 WASHINGTON -- The 2012 election found its defining issue on Tuesday night, with an insurgent Democrat upsetting a well-financed Republican in a deeply red district in New York state. The GOP paved the way for the Democrat’s victory by voting earlier this year to end the current Medicare program that guarantees health coverage to seniors and replace it with a voucher system that provides premium support for the elderly to purchase private health insurance. The Republican in the race, Jane Corwin, fully endorsed the GOP plan to alter Medicare, while the Democrat, Kathy Hochul, defended the social safety net. The race's polling trends point to Medicare as the defining issue, while the conversation has played out on a national level. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) summed up the Democratic position: “We have a plan –- it’s called Medicare.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/24/new-york-special-election-medicare-2012_n_866582.html Kathy Hochul speaks while holding a pair of boxing gloves during a news conference in Clarence, N.Y., Monday, May 9, 2011. (AP Photo/David Duprey) [image]local://upfiles/392475/2A24D54DB4B74FF6882DE774DD8A7804.jpg[/image]
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