Part of the Department of Health Policy and Management's mission includes "the promotion of effective health policy." In this election year, when both major party's Presidential candidates have outlined divergent plans, one way we can best promote the effective policy mentioned above is to compare those health plans.
On this page you will find links to two articles - one analyzing Senator McCain's proposal, the other one analyzing Senator Obama's - as well as a PowerPoint presentation that compares and contrasts the two plans.
To read the Health Affairs article, The Obama Plan: More Regulation, Unsustainable Spending, click here.
To read the Health Affairs article, Cost and Coverage Implications of the McCain Plan to Restructure Health Insurance, click here.
To view the PowerPoint presentation, click here.
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