CNN to Howard Dean: Health and Human Services?

[Ichingcarpenter]

'Those that know don't tell, those that know won't say' or something like that


:)

[Captain Hilts]

1. As governor, he was against healthcare reform. nt

[MaineDem]

4. Are you sure about that?

Although I'm not Dean's biggest fan I always remember that he reformed children's health care in VT.

[cali]

5. that, mook, is a flat out lie.

As a Vermonter, and someone who worked in Social Services dealing with health care, I know what kind of a stupid, vicious lie that is. Disgusting.

From wiki:

Dean also focused on health care issues, most notably through the "Dr. Dynasaur" program, which ensures near-universal health coverage for children and pregnant women in the state; the uninsured rate in Vermont dropped from 12.7% to 9.6% under his watch. Child abuse and teen pregnancy rates were cut roughly in half.<10>

[Captain Hilts]

9. On the national level he was very conservative on this issue. I, too, followed Vermont...

politics.

Vote for Fred!

[cali]

10. lol. sorry, dear. I lived there. I advocated on health care issues

while Dean was gov. I worked with people in his admin. Continue your stupid dishonest crap on this. I'll continue calling it for the disgusting crap it is. I gave you evidence of what he's done. YOU just repeat your Dean hating garbage.

[NashVegas]

11. That's Patently False

Not only did the Dean administration attempt to reform VT health care, but they sent out people to every part of the state, to town hall meetings and the media, to try to explain the changes they proposed and pitch it.

Dean and his staff did their very best, but people weren't any more ready for blanket health care reform in Vermont than they were in other parts of the country. Instead, he had to accept what compromises he could.

[mmonk]

2. That would be excellent.

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. After he said that the reporter said I'll take that as a yes

He just smiled and said thanks for having me on.

Dean's main theme this morning was that Obama will end the decisive
ways that Washington will be govern after 25 years of republican tactics.
CNN was going after Rahm's so called partisanship and the Good Governor shut them down.

[mmonk]

12. The good Governor shut them down I suppose as only he can.

Dean helped get me energized back into politics. All of us owe him alot.

[ananda]

3. He'd be a great choice for HHS!

The Doctor will be in.

[LaurenG]

7. I'd love to work with Howard under an Obama administration!

Oh I can only guess how lovely his cabinet is going to be.

[Ozma]

8. BUT BUT BUT... wait a minute, Dean is SMART AND ...

a Doctor, and politically astute!!!!!!!! How can we Americans have THAT??????


:sarcasm:

[mrgorth]

13. If this happens

I will feel a circle is complete. Please God make this happen.