Under McCains plan the total health care costs would be transferred to the individual. While he promises a tax credit, how many of you pay 12,000/year in taxes?

His plan again is to pay for health care for those who have at the expense of those who have not. Redistribution of what little wealth wealth we have into the hands of those who have. Government services for those most in need, the wealthy.

The news organizations are basically lazy. McCain says Obama changed his opinion. A halfway competent organization could have looked up the hours and hours of video they have on Obama to see if his position has changed. That would reek of effort.

Will...
Losing supporters left and right? Hmmm,that is exactly why Senator Obama is ever increasing his margin over my senior Senator...who cannot even maintain his base of support in his/my own state.

McCain's health care plan would give everyone a $2500 tax credit (or a check if they are too poor to pay income taxes) for the purchase of health insurance. A family would get $5000. He says that the problem starts with overly costly health care. he says that we need to slash these costs, to make room to cover those who have no health care. He would prioritize efforts to cut smoking and encourage healthy habits and would also focus on reducing health costs by efficiency and productivity. Then he would reinvest those savings in expanded care.

What's unspecified? Sounds like Obama doesn't want to be nailed down on the issues before the election as usual. It's not unspecified; otherwise businesses would have a huge loophole not to pay much at all. Rather, complicated language allows for business to pay a percentage, or more, if they wish.

"While he promises a tax credit, how many of you pay 12,000/year in taxes?" Right on!!! Having paid well over $50K in taxes last year, I think that it is more than time for reason. Those people who want it need to actually go out and earn it for themselves. Those who earn it certainly didn't work as hard as they have to give more and more to people they don't know who continue to insist on doing less and less and less, and receive more handouts. Thanks for a great post! This country is not about socialism. It is about pride, self worth, and responsibiity.

Will: where do you think the government gets those healthcare tax credits? By taxing us somewhere/somehow else.

Health care cost rosewith the demise of the family practice, replaced by the insurer's HMO and its offspring. Lawsuits have little effect on health care costs. And what pray tell sort of health insurance can be purchased for $2500 per person? Some of you folks either are minors or still believe diner coffee is a dime...and tip accordingly.

Obama wants to set up a "National Health Insurance Exchange" to serve as a watchdog concerning who and who would not receive insurance coverage. Under Obama's plan, 10 million illegal aliens would become covered and the health care would be "rationed" between them and American citizens. Obama's plan would not give credit to healthy insureds, but the plans would cost the same whether you are healthy or not. Obama's plan wold drive up the cost of helath care and force rationing on us for tghe firest time.

when it comes to healh insurance and a person's income and supporing a family think about the x amount of dollars that person earns and the amount he has to pay to put a roof over their heads and foodon the table and now to pay for the gas to get to that job what is left for health insurance unless your forunate enough to have an employer willing to pay for 90% of it. If a person could afford it he would have it.

Under the McCain health plan, American women have fewer reproductive-health options because McCain is too conservative. McCain still adheres to Bush's ultra-conservative system where - basically - McCain expects women to abstain from sex. And you know, that's not helping women - that's restricting women! McCain is not an ally to women. McCain will not lead us into the new centry - he'll take us back to the 1900s. We can't let McCain's health care program become reality - because McCain is too harsh on women.

barack is acting more like george bush than ever. He is also acting like john kerry with his flip flopping. who is this man? Democrat? Republican? Both? What a disaster barack has become. Loser.

Allen, where and how can you prove that McCain is harsh on women? I don't see that at all. I think McCain is trying to bring down the cost of health care so that ALL Americans can afford it. On the other hand, I DO have a problem with Obama in that he wants to give credence and coverage to 10 million illiegal aliens, as well as give them drivers license. By doing this, Obama will diminish the quality of care our American citizens could and should receive.

I'm still trying to figure out why it is the government's reponsibiity to pay for everyone's health care too. Don't any of you people take care of or want to take care of your own business? I say cut my taxes and let me decide where and what I need to spend my money on instead of redistributing my pay to those that are looking for a nanny at a grossly marked up margin price seeing as everytime the government gets involved fraud, waste, and abuse of systems especially concerning health care run rampant.

I think government regulation is needed. When you are paying over $700 per month for family coverage with a $1000 deductible, regulation is needed. I'm glad, Chattyway that you support McCain. Thats what he's trying to do.....cut taxes or give the citizen the money to help out in paying for healthcare. Under Obama's plan, he seems more interested in insuring the illegals than he is of insuring Americans.

Yes I am supporting McCain over Obama...Obama must go for a large number of reasons.

just love when McCain supporters beg for government intervention & regulation....yet chat away about free markets...

McCain supporter here as well. I can't trust Obama. I see now how many news organizations are vetting him and the "true" Obama is coming out, and he isn't what America needs.

McCain 08!

Welfare and warfare. Those are the choices you folks are arguing over. I just checked out Barr on Glenn Beck. He sounds pretty good. Think differently for a change.

rps1023 - there's the matter of working for an employer, additionally owning one's own companies for years, having other income properties and investments, and making the money do most of the work. We subscribed to "feed the pig" long before it was a cute ad campaign that we wish more people would look into. I need to fund no one other than myself and my family. That is the entire point. I'm not funding a McCain campaign and I certainly do not want to fund the masses that support Obama and want more of ours. Those premises are called "lose-lose". I didn't work this hard to lose.