A health care research foundation, Commonwealth Fund, believes that Obama will will this contest on who covers more. Reuters reports that Obama's plan would lower the number of uninsured Americans by 34 million within 10 years, where McCain's covers 2 million. This is quite astonishing, and devastating to McCain's numbers.
Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund, says, "[Obama has a] plan that tries to deal in a serious way with the uninsured," said president of the Commonwealth Fund, Karen Davis. "He doesn't eliminate it, but in my view he cuts it in half over a 10-year period." One thing that the Reuters report does not mention is that Obama's plan will prove to be very costly. The Senator assures he will be able to pay for all his proposals, health insurance plan included, but we shall see.
On the flip side, Merrill Matthews touts in the Wall Street Journal for one of McCain's health insurance proposals. This would be the one about buying health plans across state lines. Matthews makes a point that a lot of Americans already have this coverage across state lines, for example, his daughter goes to school out of state, but still is covered at home. He also says that numerous employer sponsored plans already offer coverage to employees in other states.
A prime example is US Senate members not living in Washington D.C and being covered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. This includes Obama and McCain. Merrill Matthews is an executive director for the Council of Affordable Health Insurance, he has written this piece. He also points out that health insurance consumer s will have more options by being offered plans across state lines.
What Matthews doesn't mention is that it might be irresistible for health insurance companies to move to a less-regulated state where they are not required to cover mandated benefits and have fewer restrictions in turning people down for coverage. Not such a good proposition for people with health conditions. Still don't know which candidate has health care and insurance reform down pat? Neither do we.
Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund, says, "[Obama has a] plan that tries to deal in a serious way with the uninsured," said president of the Commonwealth Fund, Karen Davis. "He doesn't eliminate it, but in my view he cuts it in half over a 10-year period." One thing that the Reuters report does not mention is that Obama's plan will prove to be very costly. The Senator assures he will be able to pay for all his proposals, health insurance plan included, but we shall see.
On the flip side, Merrill Matthews touts in the Wall Street Journal for one of McCain's health insurance proposals. This would be the one about buying health plans across state lines. Matthews makes a point that a lot of Americans already have this coverage across state lines, for example, his daughter goes to school out of state, but still is covered at home. He also says that numerous employer sponsored plans already offer coverage to employees in other states.
A prime example is US Senate members not living in Washington D.C and being covered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. This includes Obama and McCain. Merrill Matthews is an executive director for the Council of Affordable Health Insurance, he has written this piece. He also points out that health insurance consumer s will have more options by being offered plans across state lines.
What Matthews doesn't mention is that it might be irresistible for health insurance companies to move to a less-regulated state where they are not required to cover mandated benefits and have fewer restrictions in turning people down for coverage. Not such a good proposition for people with health conditions. Still don't know which candidate has health care and insurance reform down pat? Neither do we.
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