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Health Care Tussle
The Page by Mark Halperin —
Another Obama ad targets McCain’s health care plan. Click above to watch.
“John McCain would deregulate the insurance giants, letting them bypass patient protections in your state.”
McCain adviser Holtz-Eakin responds: ...
Obama: 'Coin'
Ben Smith's Blog —
Obama's new ad is a fairer shot at McCain's hope to deregulate the health insurance industry, pointing out that it would wind up bypassing popular, if — to the companies — onerous state guidelines and mandates.
All healthcare, all the time
Political Animal —
ALL HEALTHCARE, ALL THE TIME.... With the passage of the bailout package this week, the two presidential campaigns are looking at the next step of the race in two very different ways. For McCain, it's a chance to change the subject and, at all, costs, stop talking about the economy. As far as McCain's concerned, what voters really need to hear right now are personal attacks and guilt-by-association smears. For Obama, it's a chance to pivot from Wall Street to other pocketbook issues related to the economy, such as health care and Social Security ...
OBAMA AD: COIN TOSS
PoliticsTV.com » Page not found —
Obama Campaign Won't Say if Health Care Plan Would Cover Abortions
Weekly Standard Blog —
A new Obama-Biden campaign ad says that, unlike John McCain, "Barack Obama would require insurance companies to cover routine treatments like vaccines and mammograms":
Leaving aside the question of whether or not it's a good idea to mandate coverage for particular procedures, Obama's health care plan goes far beyond requiring coverage for "routine treatments." Following a speech to Planned Parenthood in July 2007, Obama made a controversial pledge to require private insurers to cover abortions. He said:
In my mind reproductive care is ...
The coin motif
Ben Smith's Blog —
An eagle-eyed reader catches a recurring ad metaphor in last year's campaign and this year's health care fight: ye ole two-sided coin.
Go with what works, I suppose.
The Obama campaign spot:
And this year's PhRMA ad:
