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Critical Choices:  McCain vs. Obama, Pt.1 – Health insurance crises.

Most people would readily agree that our nation desperately needs health insurance reform. So, the big question is ‘How?’ Latest findings have revealed that 25 million people who were not targeted as a problem group are found to have big problems. These are people who do already have health insurance, but their insurance is inadequate. Even with their health insurance, they are mired is debt and going bankrupt. They are so financially strapped that they are going without medical care, even though they have insurance. One might think this is because they’re so poor, but these recent findings are revealing that the hardest hit are those who are above the federal poverty line. Now, more then any recent presidential election, health insurance reform promises to be a leading agenda. The eMaxHealth.com website has just posted an article articulating the vastly different approaches being taken by the two presumptive presidential nominees, McCain and Obama.

Though very different, both plans are aggressive and claim to be able to handle the daunting task ahead. Since the approaches are so different and the issues so important, the time is to become knowledgeable on the upcoming health insurance/care choices that will shape the future. For a more comprehensive understanding, it should help to explain some of the historic underpinnings that have brought us to where we are now. To better understand the vast differences in the proposed health insurance/care agendas, one good place to start would be our pension system, where we can visualize the big picture.

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