McCain’s Health Plan — “Feeding Health Care to the Big Dogs” Part Two
by Fred Fortin
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WHCB: “McCain’s Health Plan — ‘Feeding Health Care to the Big Dogs’ Part Two « ajfortin.com wrote @ October 13th, 2007 at 12:13 am
[…] my entire post over at the World Health Care Blog. Posted in Healthcare. Tags: health care, health insurance, […]
Insurance » McCain’s Health Plan — “Feeding Health Care to the Big Dogs” Part Two wrote @ October 13th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
[…] Fred Fortin wrote an interesting post today on McCainâs Health Plan â âFeeding Health Care to the Big Dogsâ Part TwoHere’s a quick excerptJohn McCain is now the third candidate to announce that, if he were president, he would allow people to buy health insurance nationwide — Giuliani and Duncan Hunter (R-CA) being the other two — rather than “limiting them to in-state … […]
pj wrote @ October 14th, 2007 at 3:23 am
The impact would be to continue to distance and marginalize states and local communities from important decisions (and any levers of control they now have) that impact the quality of their everyday lives.
BINGO…We have a winner. I could not agree more with that assessment.
JULIAN WEST wrote @ October 14th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Eliminating “insurance” from health care and placing medical decisions back in the hands of doctors will restore the ethical morality to America’s healthcare profession. All Americans desearve access to health care. Our children, our seniors and the working men and wormen of the American middle class. The rich can afford to pay to care for those that have made them rich.
Tiff wrote @ October 15th, 2007 at 12:25 am
It’s one thing for McCain to say a feelgood statement such as “Allowing people to buy health insurance nationwide” and another thing for him to explain how that’s possible and the aftermath. If he allowed people to buy health insurance nationwide, would the insurers be required to follow the same laws as the residence of the customer? If so, it won’t make much difference. If they don’t have to, many companies will stop doing business in certain states.
WorldHealthCareBlog.org » A Bad Call on Employer-Sponsored Health Plans : a hosted discussion on innovation in health care wrote @ October 16th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
[…] The intent of the plan is to move US health care beyond the employer-based health insurance system through the development of regional “exchanges” that would provide a single point of entry for individuals to choose among competing private health plans. There is also the strong suggestion of national regulation of health care insurance that accompanies this recommendation about which, in truth, I have railed against before. […]
WorldHealthCareBlog.org » Newt Gingrich To Detail His Health Care Reform Plan in March: a hosted discussion on innovation in health care wrote @ January 4th, 2008 at 12:20 am
[…] national market.” On this point he’s in line with the Wall Street Journal, and McCain’s health reform plan, among others. I’ve argued against this notion primarily because it would feed already large […]
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