Producer: Foxhole Productions
Running Time: 00:60
Debut Date: 04/29/2008
Ad Buy: statewide in Iowa
Cost: not available
Summary: McCain says the problem with health care is the "dramatic increase in the cost," and he proposes measures to help Americans pay for insurance.
Script Of "Health Care Action" (TV)
JOHN MCCAIN: The problem with health care in America is not the quality of health care, it's the availability and the affordability. And that has to do with the dramatic increase in the cost of health care.
(Text on screen: Straight Talk on Healthcare)
Let's give every American family a $5,000 refundable tax credit so that they can go out across state lines and get the insurance policy that suits them best.
I can characterize my approach on health care by choice and competition, affordability and availability.
We need community health centers. We need walk-in clinics. We understand that emergency room care is the most expensive in America.
(Text on screen: Finding Solutions)
There's many, many solutions to this problem. I think we can address them. The fundamental problem is not the quality of health care; it's the cost of health care. So health care must be made affordable and available.
JOHN MCCAIN [v/o]: I'm John McCain, and I approve this message.
(Text on screen: www.JohnMcCain.com; Paid For By John McCain 2008.)
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