FACTBOX: Presidential candidates' health plans

Sun May 4, 2008 1:22am EDT
 
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(Reuters) - Following are details of health-care plans offered by the U.S. presidential candidates:

DEMOCRATIC NEW YORK SEN. HILLARY CLINTON

Clinton's plan, estimated to cost about $110 billion per year, would require all Americans to get health insurance.

Under a public-private partnership, they would keep existing coverage or choose from private insurance options that members of Congress receive.

Individuals could also choose a public plan similar to Medicare, which creates new federal subsidies for those who can't afford coverage and imposes new mandates on large employers to provide health insurance or help pay for it.

Small business would receive tax breaks to provide health coverage. The plan would force insurance companies to give coverage to everyone, ending discrimination based on preexisting conditions.

Drug companies would also be required to offer fair prices.

DEMOCRATIC ILLINOIS SEN. BARACK OBAMA

Obama's plan would cover all children, and nearly all Americans.  Continued...

 

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