WSJ: Obama's Health Care proposal would insure 34 million additional people - McCain's 5 million

[sabra]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122153768171141665.html

Studies Detail Contrasts in Rivals' Health-Care Plans
Obama's Proposal Would Insure More but at Higher Cost

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain's health-care plan would make only a small dent in the ranks of the uninsured, at best covering about five million more people, two new reports conclude.

Democratic nominee Barack Obama would cover more people -- eventually adding about 34 million, according to one of those reports, by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.

Sen. Obama's plan would be costly, the center concluded: $1.6 trillion over 10 years. Sen. McCain's would cost nearly as much: $1.3 trillion over the same span. The center doesn't give either campaign credit for initiatives to reduce the cost of health care.

The advantages of the McCain plan, according to the reports, are less government regulation, a more generous tax break and, for many, more flexibility and choice in where to buy coverage.

The Tax Policy Center called its estimates for both plans preliminary because neither campaign has put out enough information to provide a full evaluation.

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. mcCain's plan is a disaster: would throw 20 million into the market with no coverage

[KansDem]

2. Let's see: Obama's $1.3 trillion is about the same as 1/2 of a Bush war...

Give or take a $100 billion or so.

The only difference: Obama's plan would benefit 35 million more people and would be legal...

[Captain Hilts]

3. McCain's been on government-sponsored healthcare his ENTIRE life. nt