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Where Clinton, Obama, and McCain Stand on Healthcare

Posted April 18, 2008

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Money

Too bad for no socialized medicine. But insurance money is too plentiful for companies to give it up. I like Obama's approach between the three. God knows mandatory adult isurance would be a pain to pay for little coverage. They recently set up mandatory insurance at UNCG, my school. The kiddies are NOT happy with tuition as it is. If college folk don't dig that, imagine how the realworlder's would react when they can't just get an extra loan!

Excuses

Dont make excuses that McCain is "too" old to run for president, that is ridiculous. If you guys would pay attention, one HEALTHCARE would not be good, more taxes, more Governmental control, they could charge whatever they please. If we let private businesses do the healthcare there will be something that some of you might not recognize called..."COMPETITION" which means not one group has total control and they COMPETE to have the better healthcare and LOWER costs...which is better for us Americans if you actually sit down and think about it.

The Left is in dreamland

I completely agree with 'Excuses' post...competition is what makes things affordable. Tort reform with special attention being paid to trial lawyers who shoot up the awards from lawsuits to ridiculous amounts driving up healthcare costs. I have a friend in England who had to wait A YEAR to see a dentist for a problem with a tooth; and he now has to wear a partial denture at the age of 24! He hates his socialized health care and would rather have private insurance and is planning to do just that! Did you get that? Wait a year!--- Maybe you missed that part. Plus he can't even tour his own country, with the taxes on a gallon of gas up close to 13.00 a gallon (how do you think they pay for their national healthcare??) who in the heck can afford to drive??

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In Defense of McCain

McCain's plan is a great plan and better than his opponents' plans. He would allow for a cornerstone of American values - choice through competition - to get Americans better health care. But his "voucher" wouldn't be a simple check, as one poster suggested; rather, it is called a "refundable tax credit," which means that the money is guaranteed to be used for health insurance. Moreover, McCain's plan would do wonders to reduce the cost disparities between states, since he would pass a law forbidding states to prevent purchase of insurance across state lines, a major source of high medical costs today. I have a feeling that if we push government out of the way and allow competition to work, then access to health care - the real problem - will greatly improve and the US will become a beacon for the world with respect to health care.

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They are all addressing the wrong end of the problem. Its the high cost of medical care is what has driven insurance costs up. Figure out how to reduce medical costs and then consumers would have options.

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