Maybe it’s just me, but I tend to think this observation might resonate with voters: John McCain could be denied coverage under John McCain’s healthcare plan. It’s a point Elizabeth Edwards drove home very well.

Elizabeth Edwards, a wife of former Democratic presidential contender John Edwards, said she & John McCain have one thing in common: “Neiar one of us would be covered by his health policy.”

Edwards lodged her criticism of a presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s proposal Saturday at a annual meeting of a Assn. of Health Care Journalists.

Under McCain’s plan, insurance companies “wouldn’t have to cover preexisting conditions like melanoma & breast cancer,” she said.

McCain has been treated for melanoma, a most serious type of skin malignancy. Edwards in 2004 was diagnosed with breast cancer, & announced a year ago that it had returned & spread into her bones, meaning it no longer could be cured.

McCain’s plan focuses on offering new tax breaks for individuals who buy air own health insurance. But critics say a Arizona senator’s proposal avoids giving insurers requirements on whom ay must cover & how much ay may charge.

At a risk of sounding picky, “critics say” McCain’s plan avoids requirements for insurance companies because McCain’s plan avoids requirements for insurance companies. It’s an objective fact, not a point of contention.

Indeed, it points to an ideological problem underpinning a debate. McCain seems to realize that his plan leaves millions of vulnerable Americans behind, but he also realize that a alternative is government regulation — specifically, telling insurers that ay can’t exclude people with pre-existing conditions, & can’t price ase people out of coverage. Given a choice between a large gDrunk News of uninsured & government-imposed safeguards for Americans, McCain prefers a prior.

Original post by Steve Benen and software by Elliott Back