Healthcare

“Why do we begin the story of our liberation from slavery in Egypt with the words ‘Ha lahma anya–This is the bread of poverty and persecution. Let all who are hungry come and eat’? Because we know that hashata avdei—despite the fact that we are free from Pharaoh—we remain enslaved as long as slavery and affliction persist in our world.”

—Rabbi Sharon Brous

McCain’s Radical Agenda
Bob Herbert, The New York Times, September 15, 2008

A new study projects that 20 million Americans who have employment-based health insurance would lose it under the McCain plan. There is nothing secret about Senator McCain’s far-reaching proposals, but they haven’t gotten much attention because the chatter in this campaign has mostly been about nonsense – lipstick, celebrities and “Drill, baby, drill!”

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Barack Care Versus John Care: Health Care Under the Next President
Dean Baker, June 30, 2008

The McCain plan would undermine the current employer-provided system, and leave millions of people with health problems unable to buy insurance.

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