Not Chicken for Checkups. Repeal for Obamacare.

Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden on Tuesday defended her claim that a "chickens for checkups" barter system would be an effective alternative to the recently-passed health care reform bill.

…Lowden's campaign sent a letter to the Las Vegas Review-Journal Wednesday defending her stance and providing a testimonial of "Robin L. Titus, M.D." who claims that he has "bartered with patients -- for alfalfa hay, a bath tub, yard work and horse shoeing in exchange for my care." Her campaign has also been circulating an extensive background document explaining the perks of bargaining with your health care provider.

See: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/27/sue-lowden-backs-down-fro_n_554105.html

In a market driven system, bargaining with your healthcare provider should not be necessary, and would not become necessary if Obamacare had not been passed. Sharron Angle (http://www.sharronangle.com/) has committed to repealing it. Lowden has not, and has avoided committing to repeal. When she was asked "Do you openly endorse a full repeal of Obamacare?" at the April 23rd GOP debate (televised in Nevada on KRNV), she said “realistically we cannot repeal unless we have a president who is willing to sign the repeal”.  Where's the fight in you, Lowden?  We can if we have a 2/3 majority...