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Obama: Healthcare Should Be a Right
CNN : During their second presidential debate, McCain and Obama show the stark difference between them on the issue of healthcare.
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McCain vs. Spain
CNN : McCain declares he wouldn't grant a meeting with the President of Spain if he's elected, perhaps forgetting that Spain is a US ally.
Obama continued on the topic, identifying what he sees as the key problems with healthcare in America: exponentially expensive premiums, rising costs of co-payments and deductibles, and barriers that prevent many from accessing basic health insurance. "We have a moral commitment," he said, "in addition to an economic imperative, to do something." Obama asserted that all Americans should have the kind of health insurance that he and Senator McCain enjoy because they are federal employees. With regards to the McCain healthcare plan, Obama pointed to an oft-overlooked aspect—taxing employer-based healthcare benefits —saying with McCain's plan "one hand giveth, and one hand taketh away."
-Marissa Colón-Margolies
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