Sunday, October 19, 2008

McCain:Health Care

Opposes mandate requiring everyone to obtain health insurance; said he wants to give individuals free to choose their own health care; would provide tax credits; has pledged affordable health care for every American
Sees controlling health costs as a top priority.
Make plans portable from job to job and accessible across state lines.
Provide $2,500 tax credits for individuals and $5,000 for families to buy their own insurance.
Eliminate the tax deductibility of employer-sponsored health insurance.
Move to compensate medical providers based on the quality of their work.
Bring greater competition to drug markets by safe reimportation of drugs and streamlining the process for introducing generic drugs.
Offer federal assistance for states to create high-risk pools that would contract with insurers to cover consumers who have been rejected on the open market. (nytimes.com)

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