Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) - Health

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People do have a right to affordable healthcare. Access to affordable, quality health care is a right, not a privilege.

The government should negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies. Cosponser of H.R.752, the Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act, would allow the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate prices for beneficiaries to save money on their prescription drugs

The U.S. should permit the import of prescription drugs from Canada. Cosponser of H.R. 328, the Pharmaceutical Market Access Act, would allow our nation’s seniors to save money on prescription drugs by buying them at the lowest available price from a safe source in another industrialized nation, like Canada

Chain restaurants should be required to display calorie counts on their menus. Cosponsored the Meal Education and Labeling Act

The government should require labeling of genetically modified food. Here it is with a link

The FDA should label food products from animal clones. Co-sponsored H.R. 992 Cloned Food Labeling Act

The U.S. should implement a single-payer health care system. Woolsey co-sponsors universal health insurance bill

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. government provide universal healthcare?

UNKNOWN: Should the government regulate the cost of healthcare?

UNKNOWN: Is abstinence-only sex education effective?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)?

UNKNOWN: Should the FDA regulate tobacco products?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. do more to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa?

UNKNOWN: Do you use lip balm regularly?

UNKNOWN: Would a universal healthcare system require a tax increase?

UNKNOWN: Is the use of birth control equivalent to abortion?

UNKNOWN: Should physician-assisted suicide be legal?

UNKNOWN: Should contraceptives be covered by health insurance plans?

UNKNOWN: Is the FDA's drug approval process effective?

UNKNOWN: Should health insurance pricing favor those who meet physical standards?

UNKNOWN: Should adults be required by law to purchase health insurance?

UNKNOWN: When does life begin?

UNKNOWN: Should the government impose smoking bans?

UNKNOWN: Should medical providers have the right to refuse medical care they find morally objectionable?

UNKNOWN: Should healthcare reform include a government-sponsored health insurance option?

UNKNOWN: Should employers be required to offer health insurance to full-time employees?

UNKNOWN: Is "third-hand smoke" a viable concern?

UNKNOWN: Should a legal guardian be able to make life and death medical decisions for an individual in a persistant vegetative state if there is no living will?

UNKNOWN: Do humans have souls?

UNKNOWN: Should employers offer health savings accounts?

UNKNOWN: Is Cuba's healthcare system effective?

UNKNOWN: Should insurance premiums be tax-deductible?

UNKNOWN: Should employer health care plans offer equivalent benefits for both mental health and physical conditions?

UNKNOWN: Will health care reform legislation be passed in 2009?

UNKNOWN: Is it necessary to grow food organically?

UNKNOWN: Should there be limits on the amount of damages awarded in medical malpractice suits?

UNKNOWN: Has media coverage of the swine flu outbreak been overblown?

UNKNOWN: Is there a link between childhood vaccinations and autism?

UNKNOWN: Should smoking be prohibited in all indoor public places?

UNKNOWN: Should the vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) be mandatory?