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| Nevada’s Angle critical of health mandates for autism and pregnant mothers - msnbc.com Posted: 22 Sep 2010 09:44 PM PDT Democrats are emphasizing Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle's opposition to mandating insurance coverage for autism and pregnancy and are using a video of her at a 2009 tea party rally to hammer home their point. In the video, released by the Nevada Democratic Party, Angle slams a recently passed Nevada mandate for insurance carriers to cover treatment for autism. "Take off the mandates for coverage in the state of Nevada and all over the United States," Angle said. "But here you know what I'm talking about. You're paying for things you don't even need. They just passed the latest one, is everything that they want to throw at us now is covered under autism," she said, using her fingers to make quotes in the air while she said the word 'autism.' "So that's a mandate that you have to pay for. How about maternity leave, I'm not going to have any more babies, but I sure get to pay for it on my insurance. So those are the things we want to get rid of." Her comments regarding autism coverage refer to Assembly Bill 162, which passed with sweeping bipartisan support in the Nevada Legislature in 2009. Only two Nevada legislators voted no on the bill: Assemblyman Ed Goedhart, R-Amargosa, Churchill, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Mineral, Nye counties, and AssemblymanDon Gustavson, R-Sparks, Humboldt, Lander, Washoe counties. The bill passed 60-2 in both houses with one legislator absent. Angle is an opponent of the federal health care legislation that recently became law, and has said she would work to repeal it if elected. Key provisions of the new health care law come into effect Thursday. News 4 called the Angle campaign to give them a chance to respond to the comments, and explain the candidate's stance. We had not heard back from the campaign as of press time, but when we do we will let you know. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Sharron Angle in 2009: People Have to Pay for Autism Mandate - ABC News Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:45 PM PDT Sept. 24, 2010 Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle is once again taking heat for comments she made last year that people have to unfairly pay for mandates covered under the umbrella of autism. At a Tea Party rally in August, 2009, Angle derided a bipartisan bill in Nevada that would require some health insurance policies to provide coverage for screening and treatment of autism. "Take off the mandates for coverage in the state of Nevada and all over the United States," Angle said. "You know what I'm talking about. You're paying for things that you don't even need." "They just passed the latest one. Everything they want to throw at us is covered under 'autism' so that's a mandate that you have to pay for," she continued. "How about maternity leave? I'm not going to have any more babies but I sure get to pay for it on my insurance. Those are the kinds of things we want to get rid of." The Nevada bill that Angle was referring to was signed into law in May, 2009. It covers autism and also increases the size of the Board of Psychological Examiners from five to seven members. Angle's sentiments on maternity coverage though weren't far off from those of some of her fellow Republicans. Under the new federal health care law, all health insurance policies have to cover maternity care, prescription drugs, mental health and substance abuse and cannot deny care based on pre-existing conditions. Republicans, who argued against these provisions during the health care debates, say the law drives up premiums. The video of Angle's speech, from a Winnemucca Tea Party Express Rally last year, was circulated by the Nevada State Democratic Party. Criticism of her comments was further fueled by Sen. Harry Reid's campaign, which called the remarks "callous" and "heartless." Angle's campaign in turn blasted Reid for using the Republican candidate's statements to distract voters from what they call Reid's own failed record. "Sharron believes that anyone affected with autism deserves the best medical coverage and treatment, and she speaks out against these expensive government mandates which falsely label other symptoms as autism because it creates this huge cottage industry that drives up health insurance cost while diluting the needed coverage for those patients affected by autism," Angle's communications director Jarrod Agen said in an e-mailed statement. "The real issue continues to be about these costly burdensome government mandates that are forced upon citizens by career politicians like Harry Reid through unwanted legislation like Obamacare," he added. "And nobody is buying Senator Reid's latest despicable attempt of trying to distract voters from his failed record." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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