Let's look at a couple of the usual toss up states in this election and decide which candidate seems to have an edge regarding their health care plan.
Florida governor Charlie Crist just passed a law that permitted specific health insurance plans to be without state mandated benefits in order to offer lower costs. This could mean that Florida voters may lean toward supporting a president who would be for less regulation and more competition within the individual health insurance market. We are giving McCain the win here.
Ohio has been a key battleground state in the past few elections. Like many voters around the country, Ohio voters are most concerned about the economy. And because health care is a whopping 16.3 percent of the gross national product, a broken health care system is automatically an economic problem. Now that it looks like we're headed to, or already in, a recession, Ohio could likely be looking for major economic and health care policy change. Advantage: Obama
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has been a strong advocate for expanding programs such as the State's Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and has tried to pass sweeping health care reforms through the State Legislation. Because Pennsylvania has given its 21 Electoral College votes to the Democrats in the last two presidential elections, the wind is at Senator Obama's back. Advantage: Obama.
You may ask what the polls are saying? It is an even split when considering whether the government should step in to maintain lower health care costs or if competition within the market could fix it.the Kaiser Family Foundation preformed a recent tracking poll that showed 45 percent thought the government should step in and 44 percent said market competition was better.
Overall in the nation, it looks like Obama has the health insurance edge. When people were polled as to which candidate shared their view on health insurance, 54 percent said Obama, 25 percent answered McCain. - 15224
Florida governor Charlie Crist just passed a law that permitted specific health insurance plans to be without state mandated benefits in order to offer lower costs. This could mean that Florida voters may lean toward supporting a president who would be for less regulation and more competition within the individual health insurance market. We are giving McCain the win here.
Ohio has been a key battleground state in the past few elections. Like many voters around the country, Ohio voters are most concerned about the economy. And because health care is a whopping 16.3 percent of the gross national product, a broken health care system is automatically an economic problem. Now that it looks like we're headed to, or already in, a recession, Ohio could likely be looking for major economic and health care policy change. Advantage: Obama
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has been a strong advocate for expanding programs such as the State's Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and has tried to pass sweeping health care reforms through the State Legislation. Because Pennsylvania has given its 21 Electoral College votes to the Democrats in the last two presidential elections, the wind is at Senator Obama's back. Advantage: Obama.
You may ask what the polls are saying? It is an even split when considering whether the government should step in to maintain lower health care costs or if competition within the market could fix it.the Kaiser Family Foundation preformed a recent tracking poll that showed 45 percent thought the government should step in and 44 percent said market competition was better.
Overall in the nation, it looks like Obama has the health insurance edge. When people were polled as to which candidate shared their view on health insurance, 54 percent said Obama, 25 percent answered McCain. - 15224
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