Subject: [big campaign] Humana CEO McCallister Endorses Univeral Health Care
From: "Adam Jentleson (CAPAF)" <[email-masked]>
To: "big campaign" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:47:04 -0400
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Humana CEO McCallister Endorses Univeral Health Care
<http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/08/06/humana-universal-coverage/
> 

On Monday, during an appearance on Fox Business News' Countdown to the
Closing Bell, Humana CEO Mike McCallister endorsed
<http://liz.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/08/05/can-we-really-insure-every-
single-american/>  the progressive prescription of universal health
insurance:

	HOST: Can we cover everybody, Michael? Is that possible,
universal health care?

	MCCALLISTER: We can. It's heavy lifting. And there is no simple,
silver bullet answer to that.... we don't have the right economic model
because not everyone is in the risk pool, as we say in our industry. So
it's possible, the money is there. It's going to take a real concerted
effort and it's not simple....getting everyone in the risk pool or
getting them covered is the right thing to do. We're wealthy nation, we
should find a way to do that.

Watch it:

McCallister joins the majority of Americans who already support
universal coverage. According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll from
June, 66% of Americans believe that "providing health care coverage for
all Americans" is more important
<http://www.pollingreport.com/health3.htm>  "even if it means raising
taxes."

Similarly, a Quinnipiac University poll from May found that 61% of
Americans "think it's the government's responsibility to make sure that
everyone in the United States has adequate health care
<http://www.pollingreport.com/health3.htm> ."

http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/08/06/humana-universal-coverage/

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