WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain’s health plan would reduce the ranks of the uninsured by about 21.1 million people if fully put in place by 2010, while Barack Obama’s would reduce the number by 26.6 million, an analysis predicts. Previous reviews of the presidential candidates’ health plans indicated that McCain’s proposals would amount to little more than a wash when it comes to the number of uninsured, now at about 45 million. But The Lewin Group, a consulting firm, drew a more optimistic scenario about the people who would get health coverage under the Republican nominee’s plan. McCain’s plan was projected to cost more than $2 trillion from 2010 through 2019, while Obama’s would cost $1.17 trillion, according to the analysis released Wednesday.- – – -Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Report: Both plans would increase health coverage
October 7, 2008