Volume 55, Number 17 · November 6, 2008
McCain, Obama, and the National Health
By Arnold Relman
The current condition of our health care system must certainly be described as serious, if not critical. Until recently, opinion polls had found it at or near the top of domestic concerns. Although it has been displaced by the economic meltdown, there is still good reason to be very worried about health care. Costs continue to rise at an unsustainable rate. Nearly 46 million people are uninsured and many more are unable to afford the growing gaps in their coverage; and the quality of care received by most Americans is far from optimal. Both Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have plans to cure these ills. To evaluate them, we need first to understand some facts about the current system.
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