McCain’s Health Care Reform Plan Could Prove Costly
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) has pledged to expand federal support for state high-risk health insurance pools or create a structure modeled after them, but his plan does not yet address individuals who do not qualify for government programs or subsidies but because of pre-existing conditions are often denied private coverage and unable to pay the premiums of high-risk pools.
- "McCain Plan To Aid States on Health Could Be Costly" (Sack, New York Times, 7/9).