Igor at ThinkProgress brought up a stunningly obvious point –
Why is John McCain so adamantly opposed to Government health care?
For most of his life he’s been covered by ‘government health care‘. It’s kept him hale and hearty, taken care of his four melanoma episodes and other illnesses and injuries, allowed him to keep up with a woman 18 years his junior, and he certainly hasn’t lacked for energy and enthusiasm on the campaign trail.
McCain thinks this isn’t good enough for the rest of us; “My health care plan will make it easier for more Americans to find and keep good health care insurance. His plan [Obama’s] will force small businesses to cut jobs, reduce wages, and force families into a government run health care system where a bureaucrat stands between you and your doctor.”
(As opposed to, say, today’s private health plans, where a bureaucrat stands between you and your doctor.)
Actually, McCain has misspoken; Obama’s plan specifically calls for and encourages the use of private health plans, with the government plan as a backup (much as it is today for the poor, elderly, and disabled). That wasn’t McCain’s only ‘misstatement’.
Obama’s plan specifically exempts small businesses, does not force adults into health plans, and provides financial help to small businesses offering health insurance in the form of a refundable tax credit of up to half the cost of premiums. And, Obama allows anyone with insurance today to keep it.
What does this mean for you?
Bottom line, Obama’s plan would cover 18 million more Americans, while a million Americans would lose coverage under McCain’s plan.
On second thought, maybe McCain does need another check-up…
Sep
9
I have been thinking about the same thing, for a long while. O. K. lets privatize the entire congress and of course, the President, their complete health plan. Their benefits would be cut more than 50%, and it would cost more than it is costing us now.