Health Plan From Obama Spurs Debate

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:28 PM EDT

Article Source: The New York Times

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It is one of the most audacious promises in a campaign that has been thick with them.

In speech after speech, Senator Barack Obama has vowed that he will lower the country's health care costs enough to "bring down premiums by $2,500 for the typical family." Moreover, Mr. Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has promised that his health plan will be in place "by the end of my first term as president of the United States."

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ShaunV

Even if the next president and Congress can muster the political will, analysts question whether significant savings would materialize in as little as four years, or even in 10. But as Mr. Obama confronts an electorate that is deeply unsettled by escalating health costs, he is offering a precise "chicken in every pot" guarantee based on numbers that are largely unknowable. Furthermore, it is not completely clear what he is promising.

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#1 - Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:30 PM EDT

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KyleN

The Obama advisers said that while not all of the savings would translate into lower premiums, consumers would gain in other ways. The savings to employers would be passed along as higher wages, they predicted, and the savings to government would eventually mean either lower taxes or added benefits.

If they believed that instead of use it as more of the disinformation campaign then the policy suggested would include moving the tax benefit out of employers and to citizens. As it is I think they are saying whatever is most convenient at the moment as it's obvious they have always done.

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3 votes

#2 - Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:45 PM EDT

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ShaunV

As it is I think they are saying whatever is most convenient at the moment

Agreed.

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3 votes

#2.1 - Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:48 PM EDT

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