Subject: [big campaign] FW: RELEASE: The McCain-Palin Plan for Ohio
From: "Adam Jentleson (CAPAF)" <[email-masked]>
To: "big campaign" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 09:31:21 -0400
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For Immediate Release
September 8, 2008

Contact
Adam Jentleson, 202.682.1611 
[email-masked]

RELEASE: The McCain-Palin Plan for Ohio

With Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin set to appear in Lebanon
tomorrow, the Center for American Progress Action Fund released two new
analyses of the impact of their plans on Ohio.

WASHINGTON, DC-A new report
<http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/ohio-healt
h-care.pdf> , John McCain's Radical Health Care Agenda, describes the
consequences of McCain's health care plan for Ohio. Millions of Ohioans
could lose the coverage they get from their jobs, forcing them to shop
for health coverage in a deregulated insurance market stripped of
consumer protections. Many Ohioans with health problems, such as cancer
or diabetes, would find it particularly difficult or even impossible to
find adequate coverage. Millions of Ohio families, and more and more
Ohio families over time, would pay higher taxes on health premiums.

A new fact sheet <http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/state-stats-ohio/> ,
The McCain-Palin Plan for Ohio by the Numbers, provides a by-the-numbers
examination of what their agenda will mean for the citizens of Ohio:

*	6.6 million people in Ohio have employer-based health insurance
and are at risk of losing it under John McCain's plan. [Source: CAPAF
<http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/mccaintax/mccainstate
bystate.pdf> ] 
*	2.3 million people in Ohio with pre-existing conditions,
currently covered by their employer, would find it particularly
expensive or even impossible to get coverage under John McCain's plan.
[Source: CAPAF
<http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/mccaintax/mccainstate
bystate.pdf> ] 
*	An Ohio couple making $60,000 a year will see their taxes go up
by $1,500 by 2013 under John McCain's health plan. [Source: CAPAF
<http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/mccaintax/mccainstate
bystate.pdf> ] 
*	The average Ohio worker has seen their real wages decrease by
$2,700 since 2000 under the economic policies of George W. Bush --
policies that McCain would continue. From 1992 to 1999 real median
family income rose $8,100 in the Northeast and $12,000 in the Midwest[i]
<http://zed.techprogress.org:8080/mysite/c4/pressroom/2008/09/wonk_world
_ohio_mccain_palin.html/email.html#_edn1> [Source: Census 1
<http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/acs-09.pdf> ,2
<http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/histinc/f06AR.html> ] 
*	Ohio taxpayers will spend $1.2 billion on subsidies for big oil
and gas companies under John McCain over the next five years. [Source:
CAPAF
<http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/pdf/oil_subsidies.pdf
> ] 
*	Ohio taxpayers are paying approximately $300 million a month for
the war in Iraq.[CAPAF <http://www.nsnetwork.org/node/839>  analysis of
CACN
<http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/policy/securityspending/articles/suppl
emental_war_funding/> ] 
*	Since 2003, Ohio taxpayers have paid $20 billion for the Iraq
war. [CAPAF <http://www.nsnetwork.org/node/839>  analysis of CACN
<http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/policy/securityspending/articles/suppl
emental_war_funding/> ] 

[i]
<http://zed.techprogress.org:8080/mysite/c4/pressroom/2008/09/wonk_world
_ohio_mccain_palin.html/email.html#_ednref1>  Analogous Ohio-only data
unavailable

Both the report and the fact sheet are available in full at
http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/wonk-room-state-stats/

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