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This 3 page paper briefly summarizes some of the main points in the health care reform plans of the two presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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and John McCain. Discussion Both plans are very detailed so only a brief overview is possible here. Most of the information comes directly from the candidates websites and so is
full of "spin"; two additional sources offer comments on the plans. John McCain says "We want a system of health care in which everyone can afford and acquire the
treatment and preventative care they need" (Straight talk on health system reform, 2008-hereafter "Straight talk, 2008"). McCain believes everyone should have health care unlimited by occupation or income; he also
believes families should be "in charge of their health care dollars and have more control over care" (Straight talk, 2008). In order to make this plan work, McCain wants to
use "competition to improve the quality of health insurance ... Families should be able to purchase health insurance nationwide, across state lines" (Straight talk, 2008). McCain says he will reform
the tax code so that people will receive rebates ($2,500 for singles and $5,000 families) to enable them to purchase insurance; families would chose their own provider and the money
would be sent directly to them from these accounts; if people chose policies that cost less than the rebate, they can "deposit the remainder in expanded Health Savings Accounts" (Straight
talk, 2008). As for the currently uninsured, McCains plan is to work with states to "develop a best practice model that states can follow" (Straight talk, 2008). He would use
the experience of the states to develop a plan that would provide both coverage and access to care (Straight talk, 2008). In sum, McCains plan calls on the conservative tradition:
let families and individuals do the work themselves with minimal government intervention, and with a substantial reliance on free market economics to make things work. Barack Obamas plan has three
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