Words: McCain opposes a mandated universal health care system and mandated insurance coverage and supports tax-free medical savings accounts, tax credits for health insurance, and more community health care centers. He also argues that we must keep our health care promises to veterans. “People should be able to enroll in a point-of-service plan with access to a multitude of physicians, rather than be limited to an HMO.”

Actions: McCain voted AGAINST medical savings accounts (1996), AGAINST Medicare means testing (1997), FOR increasing tobacco restrictions (1998), FOR limiting self-employment health deduction (1999), AGAINST including prescription drugs under Medicare (2000), FOR the Republican “prescription drug benefit” bill (2001), FOR allowing patients to sue HMOs (2001), FOR allowing the import of prescription drugs from Canada (2002), AGAINST a limited Medicare prescription drug benefit (2003), FOR negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drugs (2005), FOR increasing the Medicaid rebate for producing generics (2005), and AGAINST expanding the enrollment period for Medicare (2006). The American Public Health Association has given McCain a rating of 25%.

UPDATE: Arizona Senator and Republican presidential candidate John McCain met with The Des Moines Register editorial board Wednesday, October 24. McCain talks about health care.

Nonetheless his
critics say he is a pushover for socialized health care.

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