Don't know much about John McCain's health care plan?
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Studies estimate that 20 million people could lose their employer based health insurance. [1] Watch the video to learn more.
Here's a couple facts to get you started:
- McCain will tax your health care benefits at work
McCain’s health care plan will make people pay income taxes on the value of their health care benefits at work. So if your employer pays $10,000 a year for your health insurance, you will start having to pay taxes on that $10,000 just like you do on your wages or salary. -
And give you a tax credit for less than five months of health care (after that you’re on your own).
McCain will give a family a tax credit of $5,000 – paid to your insurance company - but the average cost of a family health care plan in 2007 was $12,680. So McCain’s plan will give you enough to pay from January to May. You’ll need to come up with the money for June through December! -
You may be one of 20 million people who will lose your health benefits and be forced to buy health insurance on your own
A study published in the respected journal Health Affairs found that 20 million will lose their employer paid for health insurance under the McCain plan because many employers will decide they no longer have a responsibility to pay for health coverage for their workers. -
You won’t be covered for pre-existing conditions – and may not be able to get coverage at all
When you are on your own, health insurance companies do not cover pre-existing conditions, and they often refuse to sell any coverage to people who have had asthma, cancer, or other common diseases. The federal law that protects people who get health insurance at work doesn’t apply when you buy health insurance in the individual market. -
Of course, John McCain won’t have to worry about any of this for his health care.
You may not be covered, but John McCain will. As a Senator, he’ll still get good coverage paid for by the federal government. As a veteran, he can also get cared for through the Veteran’s Administration. And as a senior, he can get Medicare. That’s three ways that the government provides health care for John McCain.
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1. Health Affairs, September 2008.