John McCain Is Dishonest and Dishonorable

The McCain campaign says:

JohnMcCain.com - McCain-Palin 2008: Setting the Record Straight: Covering Those With Pre-Existing Conditions

MYTH: Some Claim That Under John McCain's Plan, Those With Pre-Existing Conditions Would Be Denied Insurance.

FACT 1: John McCain Supported The Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act In 1996 That Took The Important Step Of Providing Some Protection Against Exclusion Of Pre-Existing Conditions.

FACT 2: Nothing In John McCain's Plan Changes The Fact That If You Are Employed And Insured You Will Build Protection Against The Cost Of Any Pre-Existing Condition.

FACT 3: As President, John McCain Would Work With Governors To Find The Solutions Necessary To Ensure Those With Pre-Existing Conditions Are Able To Easily Access Care.

The purpose of the McCain program is to convince employers to dump employer-sponsored coverage and so thicken the higher-copay, less-generous individual insurance market where insurers make their money by excluding those with pre-existing condition.

Fact 1 is simply irrelevant--that was twelve years ago, and that was a very different John McCain from today's obsequious servant of Republican party prejudices. It is dishonorable for McCain to claim today that he is the same man he was then. Fact 2 is dishonest--if your employer doesn't dump employer-sponsored coverage, then you are indeed covered. But the point of the plan is to get employers to dump employer-sponsored coverage. And fact 3 is dishonest as well: hope is not a plan.

Comments

[Rob]

No fact 3 is just written to make it look like he'll do something without having to do anything. This is "they have care now via ERs!" You notice nothing there about access to affordable care.

[PeonInChief]

Actually, fact #3 is "dump that little problem on the states." It's a plan, I suppose, but not one many governors would want to implement.