Teresa Heinz Kerry touts health-care plan

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By Kelly Kearsley
Seattle Times Eastside bureau


Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, told an audience at Bellevue's Eastgate Public Health Center yesterday that Americans do not seem healthy — and her husband has a plan to help.

"As a nation, we have to focus on wellness and prevention — it's cheaper, smarter and much more joyful," she said.

Heinz Kerry's visit to the public-health center is part of a whirlwind tour of the West that will include stops in Oregon and Arizona later this week.

She spoke to a Bellevue crowd of about 60 people yesterday, many of them nurses and public-health workers, before attending a women's rally in Seattle.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002056313_heinzkerry07e.html

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1. From the article

Part of Kerry's proposed plan:

"Sen. Kerry's health-care plan promises to lower family premiums by $1,000, improve access to prescription drugs and provide health insurance to all children. He also plans to extend health-care coverage to 95 percent of all Americans, Heinz Kerry said."

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2. Uh-oh!

Another First Lady/healthcare situation? (LOL)

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3. I agree

It's probably got the GOP crapping their pants