Lamarche Touts Universal Health Plan ; Election 2006: The Blaine House Candidate Says a Payroll Tax Would Fund the State-Run Program.

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Patricia LaMarche, the Green Independent candidate in Maine's five-way race for governor, proposed a state-run universal health- care plan Thursday that would tax employers to pay for the program.

Speaking to reporters and supporters, including a handful of supportive small-business owners, LaMarche said the United States is compassionate and wealthy yet it does not treat health care as a basic human right, so Maine must take the initiative to protect its citizens.

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Lamarche Touts Universal Health Plan ; Election 2006: The Blaine House Candidate Says a Payroll Tax Would Fund the State-Run Program.

"We're going to try to do something every other developed nation in the world has done," she said, by using "a little boldness and a lot of perseverance" to start a program that would have no co-pays, no deductibles and no out-of-pocket expenses for essential care. Elect...

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