Utah's purchasing power, exercised alone or through a purchasing pool, could be used to save on the cost of prescription drugs. These savings could then be used to assist people with low incomes who are uninsured. Ohio's system provides an intriguing model. In 2002, that state distributed discounts to those with disabilities and those over 60 years of age (and, more recently, to underinsured and uninsured persons below 250 percent of the poverty line). With gubernatorial and legislative support, we could do the same in Utah.

To view my detailed plan on health care in Utah, entitled "We Can Do Better: A Pledge to Quality Health Care," please visit my Web site at www.mathesonforgovernor.com.

7. As we saw recently, a family had to seek an abortion for a severely deformed fetus (which could not survive outside the womb) from a clinic because her hospital refused to perform the late-term abortions because a law passed by the 2004 Legislature restricts public funding for entities that perform abortions. The new law doesn't make allowances for the health of the fetus or the mother. In light of these problems, do you still favor or still oppose the new law? If oppose, how should the law be changed?

When this bill was being debated, my running mate, Sen. Karen Hale, proposed an amendment that would have provided an exception for fetuses known by competent medical authority to have fatal defects. As the author of the original bill later acknowledged, the bill should permit an exception for fatally deformed fetuses.

8. Do you favor or oppose the tuition tax credit bill proposed in the 2004 Legislature by Rep. Jim Ferrin? If you would have signed the bill as governor, what specifically will you do to help that bill, or one similar to it, be passed in the 2005 Legislature? If you oppose Ferrin's bill, what is your plan to move forward on the school choice issue?

The Utah public school system should offer alternatives to parents that best suit their students' education interests and needs. I propose a Public School Choice Initiative that features accountability and includes the following components:

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