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Depends on how you look at it. If you're in favor of universal health care, then yes (Obama is a supporter of UHC, but that doesn't mean that it will be put into effect). But universal health care cannot provide good coverage and will be a huge drain on the US's budget. If UHC isn't put into place (McCain doesn't support UHC), then it will stay the same; you have to pay for your health care. McCain plans to make up for the cost in lowering taxes, and he supports smaller government and UHC would be bigger government (government controls what kind of health care you recieve). So it's an opinionated question. You have to pick what side of the issue you feel benefits you more.
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Regardless of rhetoric, there will be very few if any major healthcare reforms during the next Presidents' first term because of the deficit, the continuing cost of the war, etc. Clinton ran into a similar roadblock when he came in after the 1992 election. He had a lot of healthcare proposals during the campaign, then during the transition he had meetings with his economic advisors and Alan Greenspan who basically told him that given the deficit and the state of the economy he really couldn't do most of it at that point.
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