Re: Fw: 2008 Presidential Primaries Candidate Responses

[rayilynlee <rayilynlee@xxxxxxx>]

You're welcome, Tess.  Diane sent me this site several times so I can watch
these guys.
Happy New Year
Love, Ray
Rayilyn Brown
Board Member AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation
rbrown@xxxxxxxxx
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thank you Ray!love,
tess

On Dec 27, 2007 7:32 PM, rayilynlee <rayilynlee@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2008 Presidential Primaries Candidate ResponsesSo far, Edwards, Obama, and
> Clinton have the most detailed support for health care  + Dodd supports
> ESCR
> too.
>
> None of the Republicans have responded to the survey as yet.
> Rayilyn Brown
> Board Member AZNPF
> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation
> rbrown@xxxxxxxxx
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> From: Diane Wyshak
> To: idelle ; steve ; Don C. Reed ; ray ; hlinko
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 7:34 PM
> Subject: Fw: 2008 Presidential Primaries Candidate Responses
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> Sincerely,
> Diane Wyshak
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Parkinson's Action Network
> To: Diane Wyshak
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 4:03 PM
> Subject: 2008 Presidential Primaries Candidate Responses
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>            Presidential Candidates' Responses to Survey (first item) and
> Results from Voter Poll on Health and Research Issues (second item) More
> Info
>
>            From Research!America
>
>            Presidential Candidates' Responses Now Available on
> www.yourcandidatesyourhealth.org
>
>            Research!America and our supporting partners are pleased to
> announce that responses from the presidential candidates are now available
> on www.yourcandidatesyourhealth.org.  Visit today so that you know where
> the candidates stand on health and research when you take part in your
> state's upcoming presidential primary election or caucus.  Please be sure
> to
> send the candidates who are participating a thank you e-mail and urge
> those
> who have not yet responded to do so.
>
>            The Your Candidates-Your Health:  Presidential Primaries 2008
> Web site also features the results of our recent public opinion poll.  See
> where America stands on the issues in comparison to the presidential
> candidates.
>
>            To encourage voters to use Your Candidates-Your Health:
>  Presidential Primaries 2008 as a resource during the primary season,
> Research!America will promote the initiative in four critical states.
>
>            Iowa:  a full page ad urging readers to be in touch with
> candidates via www.yourcandidatesyourhealth.org will appear on Tuesday,
> January 1 just before the Iowa Caucus in the main news section of the Des
> Moines Register and the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
>
>            New Hampshire:  a full page ad will run on Sunday, January 6 in
> the New Hampshire Union Leader and the Concord Monitor.
>
>            Full page ads will run in Nevada and South Carolina editions of
> PARADE Magazine on Sunday, January 13, reaching ~750,000 people.
>
>            In South Carolina PARADE is carried in the following Sunday
> newspapers:  The State (Columbia), Charleston Post & Courier, Anderson
> Independent Mail, Beaufort Gazette, Greenwood Index-Journal, Hilton Head
> Island Packet, Myrtle Beach Sun News, The Herald (Rock Hill), Spartanburg
> Herald Journal, and The Item (Sumter).
>
>            In Nevada PARADE is carried in the following Sunday newspapers:
>  Las Vegas Review-Journal, Carson City Nevada Appeal, Lahontan Valley
> News,
> and Sparks Tribune.
>
>            Visit www.yourcandidatesyourhealth.org today!
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>            Also, from Research!America -
>
>            2008 Primaries: Health and Research Key Issues for Voters
>            New Voter Guide on Health and Research:
>            Your Candidates-Your Health
>
>            WASHINGTON--Dec. 27, 2007--Health-related research and health
> issues overall are priorities for voters in upcoming primaries for the
> 2008
> elections, according to a new national opinion poll.  The poll was
> commissioned by Research!America and 27 other organizations for Your
> Candidates-Your Health:  2008 Presidential Primaries, a non-partisan voter
> education initiative.
>            While health care has been widely discussed as a campaign
> issue, this poll of 800 registered voters suggests that health research
> and
> related issues are also significant factors in voters' minds:
>
>              a.. 82% of Americans say they are more likely to vote for a
> presidential candidate who supports increased funding for research to
> improve health, and 69% are more likely to vote for a candidate who
> strongly
> supports federal spending for medical, health and scientific research;
>              b.. More than half (55%) are dissatisfied with the quality of
> health care in America, and 72% are dissatisfied with the cost of health
> care;
>              c.. Nearly half (45%) think we must increase investment in
> the National Institutes of Health as a critical strategy to improve health
> care, and a majority (54%) think funding should be increased for core
> programs at CDC to improve public health.
>            "These findings send a clear message that voters care very much
> about health research as a part of health care issues generally," says
> Mary
> Woolley, Research!America president.  "To better inform voters about
> presidential candidates' views on health and health research, and to help
> candidates clearly convey their positions, we created Your Candidates-Your
> Health: 2008 for the presidential primaries."
>
>            Research!America and its partners in Your Candidates-Your
> Health: 2008 Presidential Primaries, along with ways for voters to contact
> each candidate. invited all presidential candidates to answer 17 questions
> about health, research and related issues.  The opinion poll posed similar
> questions to the public.  Candidates' responses and the poll results are
> available in an easy-to-use online voter guide at
> www.yourcandidatesyourhealth.org.
>
>            Among other findings from the poll, a strong majority of
> Americans (81%) think our health care system should be redesigned to
> encourage prevention of illness.  Woolley says this approach could be
> highly
> effective in improving overall health and reducing the economic burden of
> poor health.
>
>            "Americans would be well served by encouraging providers and
> patients to focus on prevention strategies," Woolley says.  "A significant
> amount of time and health care dollars are spent focusing on disease only
> after symptoms are apparent, instead of finding new ways to avoid disease
> through better preventive measures."
>
>            The national public opinion poll was conducted by Charlton
> Research Company.  The poll was conducted by telephone (random-digit
> dialing) with a sample of 800 registered voters and a margin of error of
> ±3.5 percent.
>
>            See www.yourcandidatesyourhealth.org for complete poll results
> and a full list of partner organizations behind the initiative.
>
>            About Research!America
>            Research!America is the nation's largest not-for-profit public
> education and advocacy alliance working to make research to improve health
> a
> higher national priority.  Founded in 1989, Research! America is supported
> by more than 500 member organizations that represent the voices of 125
> million Americans.  For more information, see www.researchamerica.org.
>
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