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Joy125

Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 12:27 PM

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FROM FACTCHECK.ORG

Health Care Spin

October 14, 2008

McCain and Obama each make false claims about the other's health care plan. We sort through the misinformation.

Summary

McCain and Obama have sharply different health care plans, and each has made sharply worded attacks that are either false or misleading. McCain proposes a market-based system that relies on tax incentives, which one Obama ad falsely characterizes as the "largest middle-class tax increase in history." Obama proposes new subsidies to expand private insurance coverage and some expansion of government insurance, which McCain falsely claims "will rob 50 million employees of their health coverage."

Neither candidate has offered enough specifics about his plan to allow experts to assess the cost or impact without making various assumptions. Studies agree generally, however, that Obama’s plan would cover more of the uninsured than McCain’s would.

Here we lay out a brief explanation of both plans, what the experts are saying about them, and some of the ways each campaign is trying to fool the voters about the other.

FOR ANALYSIS SEE:

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/health_care_spin.html

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I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition. MARTHA WASHINGTON

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Grandpavan

Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 3:52 PM

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My problem with either plan is where the money is coming from. The government does not make money, it only takes it away from taxpayers. A government "gift" of $1,000 means that the government must take away some $1,100 from someone to pay for the "gift" plus administrative costs. There is no free lunch. Any government give-away requires a higher government take-away. Who do they take from?

I think our country became great as a land of opportunity and it is going down the drain as a land of entitlements. God bless.

Age 82, diagnosed RA 12/2001, married since 1952, 4 sons no daughters, 4 grandsons 1 granddaughter. Doing well on Methotrexate and Remicade.

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TanyaM

Posted Saturday, October 18, 2008 4:12 AM

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http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm

Well if the government stopped spending so much on some things, they could start helping the people in this country with their needs and I mean the people. Not the corporations that need bailed out.

Tanya

RA since Dec 2003, on Enbrel, Arava, Folic Acid and B12 shots

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Grandpavan

Posted Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:45 AM

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I agree that the government spends a lot on things I do not agree with. I also think instead of redistribution of wealth the government needs to start paying off the national debt instead of increasing it more. Americans create unreasonable expectations for a lifestyle and then complain when their expectations are not met. We need to be realistic, including how much we can contribute to other countries.

Age 82, diagnosed RA 12/2001, married since 1952, 4 sons no daughters, 4 grandsons 1 granddaughter. Doing well on Methotrexate and Remicade.

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