Published 10/28/2008
at WSJ.com: Washington Wire
Laura Meckler reports from Fayetteville, N.C., on the presidential race.
Another ugly, complicated fight broke out in the presidential contest today over health care.
Barack Obama speaks at James Madison University Convocation Center in Harrisonburg, Va., Tuesday. (AP)
In this case, the issue involves comments made by Douglas Holtz-Eakin , Sen. John McCains senior policy adviser, about the McCain health care plan. The plan would give people a tax break toward insurance whether they get it through an employer or not. He would partially replace the tax advantage now tied to employment with a tax credit for anyone who gets insurance.
One of the concerns about this plan is that young, healthy people would flee their workplace programs and get insurance on the open market on their own. Asked about this by CNNMoney.com, Holtz-Eakin tried to reassure : “Why would they leave?” he said. “What they are getting from their employer is way better than what they could ...
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