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Candidates' Take Different Paths to Health Care

Sen. John McCain is planning to flesh out his ideas on health care coverage today, so we'll have more details later.

But until, the Indianapolis Star's offers a concise guide to the three-remaining candidates' health care plans, based on what we know so far. Obama and Clinton have been arguing for several months about whose plan covers more Americans. McCain really differs from the Democrats in that he doesn't believe in universal health-care coverage of any kind. (Elizabeth Edwards has been a consistent critic of McCain's health care plan, which she has called "a version of what President Bush is trying to do.")

You can find the Star's short-hand guide here.

Here's McCain's latest health care ad:

7:55 AM ET | 04-29-2008 | permalink

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He's right there are many, many solutions to the problems. We are a smart and resourceful people and when given the opportunity we can come up with solutions that are exponentially better than any government controlled solution. Also the problems with democrats trying to foist huge sweeping changes upon us is that most of the public are quite happy with what they have and when polled they reject government solutions if it means they have to change what they have.

Socialized medicine ensures a permanent leftist infrastructure in government, that's why the push is so desparate.

Sent by deek | 12:12 PM ET | 04-29-2008

He's clueless and a bit elitist with a slick soundbite for the poor rubes who, out of the current culture of fear, might actually think he has some kind of plan to help them.

Sent by Chester | 1:40 PM ET | 04-29-2008

Chester this thread is about McCain, not Obama.

Sent by deek | 3:14 PM ET | 04-29-2008

We have "socialized" fire and police protection, "socialized" military defense. The very concept of insurance is the "socialization" of risk. Calling something "socialized" demonstrates no intelligence whatsoever.

Sent by Mike Fleissner | 3:40 PM ET | 04-29-2008

Deek, that's too easy, but typical for a drive by shooter who can't bring a fact to the table in any post. Truth is the government is far more efficient in running health care programs than the private market. Administrative costs alone have a differential of almost ten to one between HMOs and government run programs. You understand the principle of volume buying, right? Drug costs reductions of fifty percent are an easily realizable goal with generics. The NIH is perfectly capable of research with proper funding. The FDA is perfectly capable of QC with proper funding.

McCain offers the same Bush rhetoric of privatization while folks are losing their homes and their jobs.

He's clueless, man

Sent by Chester | 7:15 PM ET | 04-29-2008

Chester: Amen

Sent by Mike Fleissner | 11:21 PM ET | 04-29-2008

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