A pox, so to speak, on both their houses plans
Because I've been bombarded with thousands of e-mails* seeking more analysis of John McCain and Barack Obama's health-insurance proposals, I'm happy to share critiques (well, if, by "critiques," I mean "eviscerations") of both published online this week by The New England Journal of Medicine.
The critique of McCain's plan, offered by an unpaid advisor to the Obama campaign, says in part, "The McCain proposal violates the bedrock principle that major health policy reforms should first do no harm. It would risk the viability of employer-sponsored insurance and the welfare of chronically ill Americans in pell-mell pursuit of a radical vision of consumer-driven health care."
The critique of the Obama plan, offered by someone who disclosed to the journal no connection to the McCain campaign, says in part that Obama proposes to do, and the claimed benefits therefrom, are "are too audacious to be believed."
Read and enjoy.
*Maybe hundreds. Well, OK, actually zero. Still.
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The Audacity of Health.
Posted on October 16, 2008 1:16 PM
When you're heading into flu season and have kids, any expectation of continued good health IS audacious
Posted on October 16, 2008 1:28 PM