McCain on Health Care
What’s next, deregulation of the healthcare systems? Yes, according to John McCain.
The great deregulator is at it again. It wasn't enough, what they let the banking industry get away with, now he wants to deregulate the healthcare systems.
In a recent article (Sept/Oct 08 Contingencies magazine) he states that "The problem is not that most Americans lack adequate health insurance. The vast majority of Americans have private insurance...”
In fact 16% of Americans are completely uninsured and another 5% are underinsured. That's 21% of the population, one in five families! If he starts an article about his plan for healthcare reform with a statement like this, with a statement that dismisses 21% of our population out of hand, how can this be helpful to us? When these uninsured people end up in hospitals - driving up healthcare costs - we foot the bill.
Then he goes on to brag about deregulation in the banking industry, and propose similar deregulation in the healthcare industry too. Does this guy read the news or watch TV? He must have written this article before the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy or the buyout of Fannie and Freddy, right? Wrong this is in this month’s release of Contingencies Magazine.
Maybe there wasn't enough time to pull his article but certainly after all this news, even John McCain must be rethinking his Healthcare plan. At least one would hope.
Check out both candidates plan on health care in their own words
The great deregulator is at it again. It wasn't enough, what they let the banking industry get away with, now he wants to deregulate the healthcare systems.
In a recent article (Sept/Oct 08 Contingencies magazine) he states that "The problem is not that most Americans lack adequate health insurance. The vast majority of Americans have private insurance...”
In fact 16% of Americans are completely uninsured and another 5% are underinsured. That's 21% of the population, one in five families! If he starts an article about his plan for healthcare reform with a statement like this, with a statement that dismisses 21% of our population out of hand, how can this be helpful to us? When these uninsured people end up in hospitals - driving up healthcare costs - we foot the bill.
Then he goes on to brag about deregulation in the banking industry, and propose similar deregulation in the healthcare industry too. Does this guy read the news or watch TV? He must have written this article before the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy or the buyout of Fannie and Freddy, right? Wrong this is in this month’s release of Contingencies Magazine.
Maybe there wasn't enough time to pull his article but certainly after all this news, even John McCain must be rethinking his Healthcare plan. At least one would hope.
Check out both candidates plan on health care in their own words
posted by Joseph Thomas at 12:50 PM
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