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Health Care
I believe medicine is not just a business and must be about providing quality care to those in need.
We must encourage medical research because each new development holds the possibility of saving thousands, if not millions, of lives. In particular, stem cell research provides a real opportunity to develop cures for debilitating diseases -- such as cancer, Parkinson's and diabetes.
As co-chair of the Senate Cancer Coalition, I have worked to increase funding for cancer research and develop a new strategy to achieve our goal of eliminating cancer death and suffering by 2015.
And I am committed to finding and enacting meaningful reforms to expand access to the health care system for the nearly seven million Californians without adequate heath insurance. Among other things, we must develop a solution to maintain our vital entitlement programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
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