Senator McCain’s desire to maintain a private health insurance system is laudable.  His desire to have a free market approach is also in keeping with mainstream American views which oppose a large, new federal health program.  HOWEVER, his view of how to do this is NOT realistic.  State pools will NOT work to solve the problem.  Only a mandatory acceptance of ALL applicants is a possible solution to save any private health insurance network (see blogitorial and about on this blog).  The article from the New York Times below outlines just some of the flaws.  Come on Senator McCain, health insurance REFORM is the only solution if you really wish to save a market based system in any fashion . . . jomaxx

If Senator John McCain’s radical plan for remaking American health care is to work, he will have to find a way to cover people like Chaim Benamor, 52, a self-employed renovator in this Baltimore suburb. Mr. Benamor never found it necessary to buy insurance before having a mild heart attack last year and now, 13 years shy of Medicare, has little hope of doing so . . . link to entire article