Greenville News - McCain Campaigns Here For Health-Care Change

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Greenville News - McCain Campaigns Here For Health-Care Change

By David Dykes, Greenville News
October 19, 2007

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Sen. John McCain said Thursday the nation's health-care system is the "single most-important domestic issue" to voters heading into next year's presidential election, and his solution centers around attacking the system's costs.

The Arizona senator, bidding to become the 2008 Republican nominee, said he has a conservative vision for health-care reform that uses health-savings accounts and tax credits of $2,500 for an individual and $5,000 for a family as incentives to buy insurance.

Consumers, McCain said, should be able to "shop across state lines, anywhere in America" for coverage, and they should be encouraged to get policies that reward good health and wellness.

He said a special fund should be established for people with pre-existing conditions and chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease so they could purchase health insurance, which he admitted "won't be cheap."

The quality of U.S. health care "is the best in the world," McCain said during a meeting with editors and reporters of The Greenville News. "It's the cost of care" that is alarming, he said.

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