| halogamer1989 said: [...] Barack Obama's Plan Will Increase Premiums For Millions of Americans: The Obama plan will move more than 82 million Americans into plans that would cost more than they currently have as "[h]igh option PPOs as well as the national public plan would become dominant health plan offerings." So premiums will increase. [...] Barack Obama's Plan Will Damage Private Coverage: The government-run plan will have a clear advantage over private insurance since it will be subsidized by American taxpayers. A recent analysis of both plans by the nonpartisan CATO Institute concluded that the Obama government-run plan will be able to "keep its premiums artificially low…since it can turn to the U.S. Treasury to cover any shortfalls" resulting in "undercutting the private market."[3] According to Wall Street Journal, the goal of the Obama plan "…like HillaryCare in the 1990s, is to displace current private coverage and switch people to the default government option."[4] [1] http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/issues/HealthCareFullPlan.pdf, Accessed 10/3/08 [2] http://www.sharedprosperity.org/hcfa/lewin.pdf, Accessed 10/3/08 [3] Michael Tanner, "A Fork in the Road: Obama, McCain, and Health Care," CATO Institute, 7/29/08 [4]"Obama's Health-Care Tipoff," The Wall Street Journal, 8/21/2008 |
Aside from whether any of the allegations about McCain's and Obama's plans are actually true, THEY ACTUALLY CONTRADICT ONE ANOTHER. Therefore I will not even bother to dignify this with factchecking until the McCain campaign can actually keep its story straight.
Tag (courtesy of fkusumot): "Please feel free -- nay, I encourage you -- to offer rebuttal."
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My advice to fanboys: Brag about stuff that's true, not about stuff that's false. Predict stuff that's likely, not stuff that's unlikely. You will be happier, and we will be happier.
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." - Sen. Pat Moynihan
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I have the most epic death scene ever in VGChartz Mafia. Thanks WordsofWisdom!
