No matter who wins on November 4th, one thing we know for sure: neither the health care reform plan advocated by
Barack Obama, which builds on employer-provided insurance, nor that favored by
John McCain, who argues for a free market system with tax credits to help some on affordability, is going to be enacted as is. So says health care policy expert
Drew Altman, speaking at the
Maxwell School/Public Agenda Policy Breakfast series. "My view," says Altman, is "it will be a centrist deal, or no deal at all." For more on
this and other key issues, see our
Voter's Survival Kit.