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With all of the important issues being tossed around in this incredibly crucial election, it can be difficult to discern what would and wouldn’t work for the American people. We hear different things from different sources (Fox News vs. NPR), and it can be a challenge to get a feel for how you would like to vote. One of the biggest issues for the two presidential candidates is that of healthcare, and as covered in a previous blog, the two men have distinctly different ideas about how to create healthcare in this country.

One of Senator John McCain’s biggest changes to our current system would be allowing for the purchase of health insurance across state lines. You don’t see a health insurance plan that you like in California? Hitchhike on up to Oregon. That statement is obviously simplified immensely, and the following will be a close examination of this proposed radical change and if it is really a good idea for the United States’ healthcare system.

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