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Candidates Talk Health Care, But Not Their Own

Posted Jan 14, 08 7:52 PM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – With health insurance heating up campaign trails, NPR takes a look at how the candidates are covered, and finds not all of them forthcoming. Sitting senators are eligible for a federal plan, which is good but no panacea—packed with co-pays and deductibles. John Edwards reports he and his family are covered through his campaign. But Romney, Huckabee, and Thompson declined to share details about their own coverage, or those of their staffs.

Rudy Giuliani did reveal that, like John McCain, his staff is covered through his campaign, as are employees of all Dems except cash-strapped Dennis Kucinich. One policy analyst said revealing personal details could shed light on plans for reform. Particularly of note is that three candidates—Rudy, Mac, and Fred Thompson—are cancer survivors, and might be unable to buy insurance in the current market.

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Republican presidential hopeful, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks about health care during a round table discussion in Manchester, N.H. Monday Oct. 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)   (Associated Press)
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., outlines his health care plan during the Rotary Club of Des Moines meeting Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards outlines details of his health care plan at the East Riverside Health Center, a federally funded community clinic in Detroit, in this June 14, 2007 file...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks about her health care policy, Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill speaks during a presidential forum on health care coverage, Saturday, March 24, 2007, in Las Vegas. The Forum was sponsored by the Center for American...   (Associated Press)
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