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thank you Ray!love, tess On Dec 27, 2007 7:32 PM, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> 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 > [log in to unmask] > ----- Original Message ----- > 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 > > > > > > 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 > > > 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. 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