Insurance In My State

Hillary Clinton supports a government sponsored national health care program, with mandates. She wants her universal health care coverage to be in place by the end of her second term. Clinton’s “American Health Choices Plan” boils down to “stick with your health care plan” or “go with what Congress picks”.

Her plan relies on tax credits, which means you pay a minimum percentage of your income for coverage. Small businesses that offer health care to their employees would receive additional bonuses to help differ the costs.

Clinton and Obama’s health care plans might seem similar, but there is a distinction in who is covered under each candidate’s health care plan. Under Clinton’s American Health Choices plan is a governmental mandate that every individual has health care coverage. Obama’s does not.

Obama claims that cost is why people don’t get health insurance, not availability. Clinton claims that without a mandate, only sick people would seek health care, and that would ultimately raise costs for everyone.