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Health Care Trust: Obama 55, McCain 31, Pt.2 -- The Scoreboard

Here is the last summary of an editorial and opinion pieces taken from the “Medical News Today” site:.

Grace-Marie Turner, who is president of the Galen Institute writes her opinion piece to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Both candidates, Obama and McCain are "gearing up for a general election battle" where they will "offer very different visions for health care reform" As Ms. Turner putts it, Obama "sees a much larger role for government" in his proposed health care system. It would require health insurance for all children and also require employers to "pay for insurance for their workers." Obama would create expanded public health insurance programs and also "impose significant new federal regulation over health insurance." McCain has a "very different vision." He would "focus on new financing tools to help people buy health insurance that would be portable from job to job, new mechanisms for those with pre-existing conditions to get coverage" and "prevention and better care coordination," Ms. Turner does state that both Obama and McCain "agree the key to health reform is getting costs under control." Our Congress will "wrestle with the intricacies of reform, but in this election year, the vision is the key, and the contrast between the visions that Obama and McCain offer is stark." Ms. Turner lastly adds "The bottom line question will be whether individuals or government will be in control of health care in the future."