Doug Holz Eakin, John McCain's policy chief and Carly Fiorina, McCain campaign chair ran a conference call for the media on McCain's emerging health care vision. In essence it is this: give people money to buy coverage and seek out care anywhere that prevents disease and rewards providers and insurers that do the best job treating illnesses. Instead of an insurance system that profits from finding ways not to cover people, McCain would find ways to get insurers to compete to treat people in high quality settings and get rewarded accordingly. Consumers would have information and dollars to seek out service in this new market. How about that? Sick people being sought after by insurance companies -- much like hungry people are sought after by restaurants and grocery stores.
This is an emerging and provocative vision. More to come...
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