SAN DIEGO, Aug. 7, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Small Cap Pulse, an independent provider of financial news, analysis and content, today announced an interview with Governor Tommy Thompson, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, to discuss his views on the current healthcare environment amidst the presidential campaign, the mounting crisis involving Medicare and his involvement as a director of San Diego-based cancer screening company, SpectraScience, Inc. (OTCBB:SCIE).
Key Highlights
* On Healthcare - Governor Thompson said that "Right now we are in
a crisis. Medicare starts going broke in the year 2012 and will
be completely bankrupt by the time 2018 rolls around."
* On Obama and McCain's Approach to Healthcare - "I do not believe
they are moving in the right direction ... I categorize the Democrat
plan as 'healthcare heavy' and the Republican plan
as 'healthcare light,' and what we have to do is move more to
the middle."
* On the Impact of Cancer - "I have been a fighter in this war on
against cancer for a long time...(it) has been a constant enemy
of the Thompson household."
* On SpectraScience - "SpectraScience has got a tremendous
opportunity to be one of the best diagnostic companies in the
world...and anybody that has been afflicted with cancer will
recognize that technology detection is the first step to curing
this insidious disease."
To read the complete interview with Governor Tommy Thompson on these issues, please visit http://www.smallcappulse.com/index.php/interview
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