John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
Allentown, PA 04/30/08

TRANSCRIPT:
QUESTIONER: ". . . What are you going to do for the next generation . . . to make it affordable to go into nursing and to want to?"

JOHN MCCAIN: "I think the same is true with other, uh, ah, uh, areas of the medical profession. I think we have to do a lot more to encourage young Americans to become doctors, nurses, uh, all of the care providers. Uh, all of those individuals who are in our health care system because quite often in the name of economy, we deprive these individuals, who are all part of the health care system from the income that they otherwise earn and deserve . . . so, um, I, I, I think we need to offer incentives and I think we need to, uh, do things like in exchange for service, uh, whether it be on an Indian Reservation or whether it be in the military or whether it be in other ways of public service, we should provide those incentives. But at the same time I think we should make scholarships available and affordable. And I also think that there are times when we really have to provide greater rewards for entering into your profession and I would be more than eager to hear your suggestions as to how we can do that because it is well known that there will be a shortage of nurses in America. It's just an undeniable fact. . ."

LABEL: JM PA 4-30 (GR#81) DHGIS - Clip G

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