Candidates Disagree On Primary Flaws Of Health Care Financing

By Don McCanne
The Huffington Post
Off the Bus
October 10, 2008
John McCain and Barack Obama both recognize that there are serious problems with our health care system, and that the voters want something done about it. They would both use public policies to modify the private health insurance market to accomplish their goals. Although it would seem that their goals are similar, the specifics are quite different because they have started from very dissimilar perceptions of the primary flaws in health care financing.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-mccanne/candidates-disagree-on-pr_b_133118.html

As we near election time, we are seeing numerous reports, some excellent and some distorted, on how effective the McCain and Obama proposals would be in reducing the numbers of uninsured. Rather than digressing into disputes over the details of these analyses, it would be more instructive to step back and look at the fundamental goals of each proposal.
Rather than repeating the theme here, it would be simpler to read the brief article at the link above.

By Don McCanne
The Huffington Post
Off the Bus
October 10, 2008

John McCain and Barack Obama both recognize that there are serious problems with our health care system, and that the voters want something done about it. They would both use public policies to modify the private health insurance market to accomplish their goals. Although it would seem that their goals are similar, the specifics are quite different because they have started from very dissimilar perceptions of the primary flaws in health care financing.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-mccanne/candidates-disagree-on-pr_b_133118.html

Comment:

By Don McCanne, MD

As we near election time, we are seeing numerous reports, some excellent and some distorted, on how effective the McCain and Obama proposals would be in reducing the numbers of uninsured. Rather than digressing into disputes over the details of these analyses, it would be more instructive to step back and look at the fundamental goals of each proposal.

Rather than repeating the theme here, it would be simpler to read the brief article at the link above.