McCain seeks tax credit to help buy health insurance
Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton said under McCain's plan, millions of Americans would lose their health care coverage through their jobs.
"The McCain plan eliminates the policies that hold the employer-based health insurance system together, so while people might have a 'choice' of getting such coverage, employers would have no incentive to provide it. This means 158 million Americans with job-based coverage today could be at risk of losing the insurance they have come to depend upon," Clinton said in a statement.
A spokesman for Democrat Barack Obama said McCain was "recycling the same failed policies that didn't work when George Bush first proposed them and won't work now. Instead of taking on the big health insurance companies and requiring them to cover Americans with preexisting conditions, Senator McCain wants to make it easier for them to reject your coverage, drop it, or jack up the price you pay." McCain also would let people buy health insurance across state lines instead of limiting them to companies in their own states. He said companies that do business in multiple states have greatly reduced health care costs because they are able to offer policies in many states.
Democrats worry about this idea because it could exempt insurers from stricter state regulations, such as requiring coverage of mammograms.
McCain issued his own criticism of Democratic plans for health care, saying Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton want government-run health care because they seek mandatory health care coverage, Obama for children and Clinton for everyone.
"They urge universal coverage, with all the tax increases, new mandates, and government regulation that come along with that idea," McCain said. "The key to real reform is to restore control over our health care system to the patients themselves."
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Posted By: Thevail @ 04/30/2008 4:02:38 PM
Comment: sorry, jeez I wish they'd fix that bug.
Posted By: Thevail @ 04/30/2008 4:01:07 PM
Comment: This just won't work for the vast majority of Americans. I mean, it's not evil, just really really dumb.
A) it leaves out people who don't pay $5000.00 in taxes..too bad for everyone who makes under $50,000 per year.
B) It does nothing to address the issue of being denied coverage because of pre-existing condition. Born with diabetes or a heart murmur..too bad for you.
C.) It actually decreases competition on pricing for insurance. A company with 5,000 employees has a much better shot at negotiating a fair price for health insurance than an individual does. That's one of the main reasons that providing health insurance is so expensive for small companies now.And just ask a self employed person how much they have to pay for an individual plan. My parents pay for theirs and it's mind boggling.
Posted By: Thevail @ 04/30/2008 4:00:33 PM
Comment: This just won't work for the vast majority of Americans. I mean, it's not evil, just really really dumb.
A) it leaves out people who don't pay $5000.00 in taxes..too bad for everyone who makes under $50,000 per year.
B) It does nothing to address the issue of being denied coverage because of pre-existing condition. Born with diabetes or a heart murmur..too bad for you.
C.) It actually decreases competition on pricing for insurance. A company with 5,000 employees has a much better shot at negotiating a fair price for health insurance than an individual does. That's one of the main reasons that providing health insurance is so expensive for small companies now.And just ask a self employed person how much they have to pay for an individual plan. My parents pay for theirs and it's mind boggling.