Convention Analysis Outline

Convention Analysis Outline

Healthcare

I. Title Page

a. Executive Summary

II. Introduction

a. The Issue of Healthcare

III. McCain’s Plan and its Implications

a. Tax credits

b. Eliminate tax exclusion

c. Access plan

IV. Weaknesses of McCain’s Plan

a. Number of uninsured would remain the same or increase

b. Non-group plans => less coverage

V. Obama’s Plan and its Implications

a. Employer mandate

b. New national health plan

c. Subsidies for lower-income people

d. Letting tax cuts expire

VI. Weaknesses of Obama’s Plan

a. Funding

b. Employer mandate could lead to decreased wages or loss of jobs

VII. Conclusion