• He claims that medical bills and health related issues are the number one
cause for personal bankruptcy. 

• A priority for Obama would be to promote affordable, accessible, and
high-quality health care.

• Obama would mandate that all children have health care coverage.

• He would create a national public insurance program that would allow
individuals and small businesses to buy affordable health care similar to that
available to federal employees. 

• He supports universal health care, and believes that the government should
buy prescription drugs in bulk to reduce costs. 

• His plan would require all employers to contribute toward health coverage for
their employees or toward the cost of the public plan.

• He wants hospitals to be graded on performance and switch to more
cost-effective, computerized record keeping system.
 
• Obama would create a national health insurance exchange to reform the private
insurance market. 

• McCain opposes universal health care.

• He supports importing prescription drugs to lower costs.
 
• He would offer a refundable $2,500 tax credit and $5,000 for families.

• He would open health care markets by allowing providers to practice
nationwide, rather than restricting them regionally, allowing the purchase of
health insurance across state lines.