[AOII Angel]

I have to disagree about having employers insure their employees. This is one of the best ways to assure that everyone- whether sick or well has access to good insurance. It is much harder to find insurance as a person with medical issues when you go into it alone. The lovely thing about group insurance policies is that it evens out the risk. The insurance company can give a decent rate because they can lump healthy and sick patients together. Also, insurance companies cannot then dump a single employee who may be using a lot of health care resources because the group policy doesn't allow them to exclude one patient.

I actually couldn't watch to entire debate...both parties ignored the questions frequently and went on their talking point tangents. One thing I did notice before turning off the tv, however, is that John McCain looked like a nursing home patient shuffling around the stage, especially against a healthy looking Barak Obama.

P.S. McCain's tax plan does call for an increase in taxes. He wants us to pay taxes on the health insurance benefits given to us by our employers, a benefit that is currently tax exempt.