McCain’s Health Care Plan ‘Won’t Cover More People, Won’t Cut Costs’

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/04/04/mccains-health-care-plan-wont-cover-more-people-wont-cut-costs/

by Seth Michaels, Apr 4, 2008

So, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) didn’t join Florida workers at yesterday’s roundtable in Jacksonville, Fla., and opted for a $2,300-a-plate fundraiser instead.

If he’d shown up, he could have learned a lot about the realities of America’s health care crisis. Instead, the workers had to take their message to him, standing outside his fundraiser and asking for a better plan to fix the broken health care system.

Ken Carter, a teacher and a member of the Clay County Education Association, is one of millions who struggles with health care costs. He says that McCain isn’t offering the solutions real people need.

Every year, our healthcare benefits are chipped away more. We need healthcare for all, and nothing less. Sen. McCain’s plan doesn’t deliver.

Fran Benso, a retiree, said McCain’s voting record on Medicare and Medicaid is particularly disappointing.

Retired workers are often confused and unable to deal with the intricacies of healthcare today. When policies change and premiums go up, retirees can’t afford to pay the increase and are left in the cold. Sen. McCain needs to hear how much retired workers need help now.

This is the second AFL-CIO worker roundtable that McCain has skipped.

It’s particularly galling for McCain to ignore these Florida workers because it’s clear that the health care plan he’s proposed ignores the reality of our health care crisis. As The Boston Globe reports, McCain’s campaign is “scrambling” to figure out how to spin a disastrous plan that won’t cut costs, won’t cover more people and would raise taxes on employers and employees alike, pushing workers out of job-based plans and leaving them at the mercy of the private insurance market.

FULL story at link.

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[MannyGoldstein]

1. McSame Is A Mess

He really is.

[yourout]

2. But will likely line the pockets of rich fat cat insurance executives.