Subject: [big campaign] Palin's jacket worth as much as McCain's tax credit
From: "Adam Jentleson (CAPAF)" <[email-masked]>
To: "big campaign" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:03:05 -0400
List-Id: <bigcampaign.googlegroups.com>

The Value of McCain's Health Care Tax Credit = One Designer Jacket
<http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/09/17/health-jacket/> 

The centerpiece of John McCain's health care plan is a tax credit worth
$2,500 for individuals. By coincidence, in her speech at the RNC two
weeks ago, Gov. Sarah Palin wore a jacket designed by Valentino Garavani
that cost $2,500
<http://www.nypost.com/seven/09172008/gossip/pagesix/sarah_has_secret_st
yle_team_129403.htm> . 

Admittedly, McCain's health care tax credit is worth more than most
jackets. The problem is that it's worth far less than the cost of health
care for most Americans. 

Individuals paid an average of $4,400
<http://facts.kff.org/chart.aspx?ch=172> for health care in 2007 -
nearly twice the value of McCain's credit. For families, McCain's credit
is $5,000 - which covers less than half of the $12,000
<http://facts.kff.org/chart.aspx?ch=172>  the average American family
paid for health care in 2007. 

And unlike Gov. Palin's jacket, McCain's credits are not tailored. They
are one-size-fits-all. So if you're healthy, you should be in good
shape. But if you are sick, have a pre-existing condition, or endure a
medical emergency, once you exceed the value of the credit you are on
your own. 

Which is why many health care experts agree than McCain's health care
plan boils down to this: don't get sick
<http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/09/16/the-essence
-of-mccain-s-health-plan-don-t-get-sick.aspx> . 

http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/09/17/health-jacket/

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