title: Fourth-of-July fireworks over national health care.
abstract: On July 3, President George Bush devoted his annual Fourth-of-July radio message to the American people to the issue of health care reform. What follows are slightly edited transcripts of the president's message and the response of the Democratic Party, which was delivered by Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-Maine) and also broadcast on July 3.
mesh_terms: D017048:Health Care Costs; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States