Taking on insurance companies and lowering costs

Obama’s plan cuts costs by taking on insurance companies, requiring them to cover all pre-existing conditions and increasing competition in the insurance markets. His plan improves access to preventive care and replaces costly and error-prone paper records with expanded computerized systems, saving a typical family up to $2,500 per year.

Keep your doctor and keep your health benefits Tax-free

Obama’s health care plan allows you to keep your choice of doctor, builds on and improves the current insurance system and strengthens Medicare. The Obama plan gives people and businesses the choice to purchase coverage similar to the care that members of Congress enjoy. Everyone who needs it will receive a tax credit to pay for premiums and, unlike McCain’s plan, Obama will not tax your employer-paid health benefits.

All children covered

Under the Obama plan, all children will have health coverage. Barack Obama expanded health insurance coverage to 150,000 children and adults in Illinois.

A huge tax hike and dropped coverage

John McCain says his health care plan gives American families a $5,000 refundable tax credit. What he’s not telling you is that he will pay for it by taxing you on your employer paid health care benefits. McCain doesn’t mention his health care tax in his speeches, but his campaign says it’s a $3.6 trillion dollar tax hike. His plan will raise costs to employers, and many will reduce or drop coverage completely, leaving millions of Americans on their own to find coverage.

20 Million more families at risk

According to the Tax Policy Center, the McCain plan would do almost nothing to reduce the number of uninsured Americans.

McCain’s health care plan would begin to dismantle the employer-based health care system resulting in 20 million employees losing their health care.