Arizona Sen. John McCain's Health Care Platform

John McCain believes that insurance reforms should increase the variety and affordability of insurance coverage available to American families by fostering competition and innovation. To do this, he recommends:

• Reforming the tax code to eliminate the bias toward employer-sponsored health insurance, and provide all individuals with a $2,500 tax credit ($5,000 for families) to increase incentives for insurance coverage
Individuals owning innovative multi-year policies that cost less than the full credit can deposit the remainder in expanded health savings accounts
• Families should be able to purchase health insurance nationwide, across state lines, to maximize their choices, and heighten competition for their business that will eliminate excess overhead, administrative, and excessive compensation costs from the system. Insurance should be innovative, moving from job to home, job to job, and providing multi-year coverage
• Require any state receiving Medicaid to develop a financial "risk adjustment" bonus to high-cost and low-income families to supplement tax credits and Medicaid funds
• Allow individuals to get insurance through any organization or association that they choose: employers, individual purchases, churches, professional associations, etc. These policies will be available to small businesses and the self-employed, portable across all jobs, and will automatically bridge the time between retirement and Medicare eligibility
• Every new policy would be subject to rigorous standards and certifications

John McCain also believes that taking personal responsibility for one's health is key to reducing skyrocketing health care costs. Government can help foster this by:

• Creating awareness and an environment conducive to helping people take better care of ourselves to prevent chronic diseases when possible, and do more to adhere to treatment after being diagnosed with an illness
• Combatting childhood obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure, which are all on the rise by funding educational initiatives that help teachers educate children about health, nutrition and exercise.
• Funding public health initiatives to stem the growing epidemic of obesity and diabetes, and to deter smoking.

McCain also has a plan to combating autism in the US:

As President, McCain says he will work to advance federal research into autism, promote early screening, and identify better treatment options, while providing support for children with autism so that they may reach their full potential. <a href="http://www.johnmccain.com/content/?guid=24dc9c37-e739-4aa3-8a88-ebae650a2f11" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is his plan to combat Autism in America.