Election 2008: Learn More About the Candidates' Proposals

Click on the links below to see the candidates’ views on health policy, as well as read a critique by Harvard physician Dr. Steffie Woolhandler. Currently neither Sens. Barack Obama or John McCain has endorsed single payer as part of their health care proposal.

- An interview with PNHP Senior Health Policy Fellow Dr. Don McCanne on McCain and Obama’s health care proposals

- Health Policy Placebos
by DAVID U. HIMMELSTEIN & STEFFIE WOOLHANDLER | The Nation

- Missing the Boat on Health Care
By John Geyman | Tikkun Magazine

- PNHP co-founder Dr. Steffie Woolhandler on the Presidential Candidates & Single-Payer in the 2008 Elections

Candidates’ Websites

- Barack Obama’s plan for health care

- John McCain’s plan for health care

Sen. Obama on Single Payer Health Care in 2003

http://www.pnhp.org/news/2008/june/barack_obama_on_sing.php

Resources from the American Medical Student Association

- Health Care Platform for the U.S. (pdf)