[NPInfo] McCain the Health radical?

[David Mittman]

Never said that. What I do know is by every measurement the system is  
very broken. I don't know who can fix. I know how I would start but  
it's a tough bind. Someone has to start fixing.
Dave

On Aug 1, 2008, at 8:07 AM, Joanne DaCunha wrote:

> And, you think the government can fix that?
>
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> Subject: [NPInfo] McCain the Health radical?
>
> I pay close to $18,000 a year in after tax dollars for the worst  
> health
> care coverage I have ever had.
>
> July 30, 2008, 9:06 am
> Why McCain Is the Radical on Health
> Posted by Jacob Goldstein
> John McCain "is proposing the most fundamental health-care reform" of
> the presidential campaign, a McCain adviser argues in an op-ed in this
> morning's WSJ.
>
> This struck us as a rather surprising argument, given that Barack
> Obama's proposal includes mandating insurance for all children and
> creating a national public insurance program to cover those who don't
> have access to insurance through their employers.
>
> The op-ed, John C. Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis,
> focuses on McCain's proposed changes to the tax code, which constitute
> the main thrust of his health plan.
>
> Goodman writes that the current system is "extremely arbitrary,"
> because it allows employers to pay for health insurance with pre-tax
> dollars, but doesn't extend that break to the growing number of people
> whose employers don't provide insurance.
>
> McCain's plan would get rid of the tax break for employer-sponsored
> insurance, and replace it with a fixed insurance tax credit - $2,500  
> for
> individuals, $5,000 for families - that people could use whether or  
> not
> they get their insurance through work.
>
> This would create a "fairer, more efficient system with a much better
> chance of insuring the uninsured and controlling health costs at the
> same time," Goodman argues.
>
>
>
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