Call It A Comeback
Supports universal access to affordable health care for everyone. Strongly objects to recent Medicaid cuts. In terms of specifics about how to reach greater access she will be developing that position.
A central point she made was the impact of increasing costs on business and the long term impact on jobs.
She grew up largely internationally and spent her last semester in high school in Hawaii. She then stayed in Hawaii for college and transitioned from marine biology to political science in which she ended up majoring. From there then she moved to Dekalb to enter the PhD program in political science.
She reached ABD status and worked on a dissertation that studied the political economy of Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia’s response to the Asian financial crisis. During that period she had several committee members retire or pass away and eventually she migrated to health policy and public health.
She then went to work for Rotary International managing their Rotary programs in Asia and began to work on a public health dissertation on private and public institutions working on health issues. This tied into the work at Rotary as Rotary is attempting to eradicate polio worldwide through a private initiative.
She moved to Dekalb 15 years ago and then has been in Hoffman Estates for three years.
I’m not going to be able to transcribe this quickly so this series of posts will summarize Tammy Duckworth’s responses in an interview conducted Saturday early afternoon. I didn’t follow-up as well because the twins were getting anxious while I was interviewing her.
While she was recovering she had essentially a year to think about what she wanted to do especially the first 2 1/2 months when she couldn’t really move. She was brought up to perform public service and then when she testified before the Senate VA Committee and it really got her thinking about things she could do and she saw the opportunity to fight for her area and be a vote for change.
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