McCain's Health Plan embraces troubled model

Although the Journal would be expected to be sympathetic to Mr. McCain, it actually pointed out that the plan has more problems than those of his Democratic rivals. While all would continue to rely on insurance companies to shore up the system, McCain proposes a federally funded
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by Dwight Rousu - Jun. 4, 2008

The style jumps around a bit without clear segue-ways, but if you relax and read it, it has a fair amount of information. Starting from information in the WSJ, however, always raises a red flag of big money corporate interest bias. Several aspects not explicitly mentioned include the insurance company financial interest in NOT paying for care, and the strong public desire for single payer health coverage that gets rid of the insurance companies. Candidates afraid of big insurance contributions going to opponents seem timid in getting behind such proposals, so publicly financed campaigns may have to be instituted before single payer health care insurance.

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