In the 2008 election, Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) proposed health care reform that would have helped individuals enter the private insurance market rather than leaving it. The key was a refundable tax credit to help households buy their own insurance, rather than an individual mandate that functions as a tax increase. Among conservatives, there was a loose consensus that McCains plan was a fairly decent idea. Heres Obamas response, courtesy of the sympathetic Ben Smith: So here’s John McCain’s radical plan in a nutshell: he taxes health care benefits for the first time in history; millions lose the health care they have; millions pay more for the health care they get; drug and insurance companies continue to profit; and middle class families watch the system they rely on begin to unravel before their eyes. Well, I don’t think that’s right. I don’t think we should settle for health care that works better for drug and insurance companies than it does for hard working Americans. I don’t think that’s the change we need. We can do better than that. Read that again, and let it sink in. [M]illions lose the health care they have; millions pay more for the health care they get.... Its almost word-for-word what could be said--accurately--about Obamacare today.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 13:37:41 +0000
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