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He is going to take care of all his rich friends and make sure they get richer, just like the Clown now in the White house, but he certainly will not take care of the American taxpayer
Will The McCain Health Care Plan Help or Hurt You?
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Will John McCain's Health Care Plan Help or Hurt You? With the economy spiraling out of control, it's important that we can all be secure in the availability, and quality of our health care. If you have a pre-existing condition, are receiving your health care through your employer, or are a woman...You may be in trouble with a McCain Health Care Plan. Here is some of the latest information, let me know what you think in comments.
Journal Disputes McCain's Health Care Claims Senator John McCain's top domestic policy adviser, former Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, recently said in a conference call with reporters that Mr. McCain's health care proposal would "put 25 to 30 million individuals out of the ranks of the uninsured, into the ranks of the insured." In an article released Tuesday, a panel of prominent health economists concludes that Mr. Holtz-Eakin's projection is off by, well, 25 to 30 million. Think You Know John McCain? His Health Care Plan Will Penalize Women... Presidential candidate John McCain's health care reform plan would have a devastating impact on women, according to a new analysis. "Tens of millions of women would be at risk of losing their current insurance coverage even though they use health care services more frequently than men, suffer chronic illness more often than men, and require maternity care and other reproductive health services," concludes a report by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund and the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The aim of McCain's health care plan is to break up the existing employer based health care coverage system and replace it with a market-oriented system funded in part by the government. Employers that currently offer health care coverage would find fewer incentives to continue doing so under the McCain plan. Instead, individuals would be given a tax credit of $2,500 (families would receive $5,000) so that they could shop around on the open market for the best plan for them, whether that insurer is based in the same state or not. The catch, though, is that the private insurance market doesn't treat women that well. The study reports that if McCain's plan is implemented, "more than 30 million women with employer-sponsored health insurance who suffer from a chronic condition could lose their coverage, find it harder to obtain coverage, or have to purchase supplemental insurance to cover their chronic condition." From MedPage Today... McCain never talks much about his healthcare plan. Probably because it's not an issue the Republicans fare well on, while it is a core Democratic issue. Maybe also because his plan doesn't really offer much to take on the critical issues in American healthcare today. He's got a plan, because it's sort of obligatory to have one, but it's just not an important issue to him or a core part of his campaign to be elected. (Which is unfortunate for him, because healthcare still ranks highly on the list of voters' concerns.) But there's been a lot of talk recently about the McCain health plan, after the journal Health Affairs published a review of the estimated impact of the plan. My take home points from the wider discussion are these: From Bitter Analysis: McCain's Health Care Plan May Make You Sick... Are you one of the 158 million Americans who are covered by a health care plan by your employer? Here is a video clip of Elizabeth Edwards on the Obama and McCain Health Care plans... See More Information on this issue at... Health Affairs: The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere September 19, 2008 -- Posted by Catherine Morgan |
Pamela W.
Tuesday September 23, 2008, 9:08 PM
I KNEW they'd figure out a way to put an extra TAX in there somewhere!! and WHY is EVERYTHING always ONLY for "lower income" families?? They live better than we do!! Their kids get preschool, their kids get precidence over all others for vangard and academies, they even offer free college to them starting BEFORE they even graduate highschool..Not to mention footing their food and housing bills-- in the grocery store-- people in line in front of me- all dressed in designer clothes, cell phones, expensive jewelry, and TWO carts full of food in the line-- well to do, right? NO! They paid for the lot with food stamps..here I am in 8 yr. old jeans, 4 year old tennis shoes, digging through my purse to get out enough for the $7.00 bag of bird seed I was buying.. yet MY FAMILY isn't qualified for those benefits.. WHY?? Because MY taxes are paying for the people in line in front of me..Insurance for me alone is $549.00 a MONTH because I have migraines and a hypothyroid- the rest of the family is on a separate policy for the 3 of them, is only $200 more a month than mine..They need to start taking care of the rest of the population that's actually PAYING THE BILLS before all that's left here are the ones that are getting all the benefits from them..It all just makes me sick!! Take care of the US, not foot the bills for the rest of the world as well-- other countries LAUGH at us for paying for their defense- their countries are able to put all their $$ back into helping their people...
V. G.
Tuesday September 23, 2008, 5:25 PM
Of course mcbush doesn't have to worry about a health care plan. We already pay for HIS and his wife and they both have plenty to pay their own. I wonder how they can look at themselves in the mirrow and also face the public and have some believe that they are so wonderful. All he cares about is his own selfish self. He is doing the same with the veterans. Not getting them care they need but he will keep the lying war going for 100 years. Anyone believing in him and voting for him is as sick as he is and his running mate isn't any better. They are both liers just like the one we have now. My vote goes to Obama - Biden.
Margi L.
Tuesday September 23, 2008, 4:05 PM
Good for big insurance companies sure. Not good for getting health care.
Friday September 26, 2008, 9:13 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-tucker/childrens-defense-fund-fo_b_128878.html