Harvey Gantt delivers a campaign speech on health care at Hammond Drug Company prior to the 1996 primary election. Topics include the high cost of health care, affordable health insurance, preexisting conditions, portable health insurance, tax deductions for health insurance, and the high cost of prescription drugs. Gantt supports local pharmacies getting the same discounts as big companies and HMOs and shortening the length of patents so generic drugs can enter the market sooner. Followed by a question and answer session for members of the press. Topics include Glaxo breaking its promise to keep drug prices below inflation, tax breaks for research and development, affordable health insurance, price controls for drugs, training for caregivers, senior daycare centers, political advertisements, Medicare and Medicaid, and Gantt's time as mayor of Charlotte.
