McCain, Obama Plans To Tackle Health Care Costs Draw Scrutiny
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) both have announced proposals to limit health care costs, but at least one expert questions whether those plans would work, NPR's "Morning Edition" reports.
The segment includes comments from:
- David Cutler, a health care adviser to Obama;
- Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain's economic adviser; and
- Uwe Reinhardt, a health care economist at Princeton University (Silberner, "Morning Edition," NPR, 8/22).