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Schiavo case highlights state health care problems, hypocrisy of Bush administration according to Physicians for a National Heal

While the country debates whether or not Congress overstepped it's boundaries by taking on the Terry Schiavo case, some organizations are saying it highlights a deeper problem with the state of healthcare for working people and the hypocrisy of the current administration. Dr. Quentin Young is the national coordinator of Physicians for a National Health Program,

[Young1]: This woman is alive because of Medicaid, which the Administration - which convenes the Congress - is trying to reduce sharply and Congress - happily - overruled this cut. But if the administration had it's way, the money that is keeping her alive would disappear and make all of this activity moot.

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