U. Maryland: U. Maryland prof: Fixing health care transcends party lines

UWIRE-10/08/2008-U. Maryland: U. Maryland prof: Fixing health care transcends party lines (C) 2008 The Diamondback via UWIRE By Kevin Robillard, The Diamondback (U. Maryland) COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The United States will be unable to fix its health care problems "unless we pull the best strands from Democratic and Republican proposals," a University of Maryland professor and health policy expert said yesterday. "This is not a problem that will cure itself," said Jack Meyer, a professor in the university's school of public health and policy, during his presentation on the health care plans of presidential candidates Sens. John McCain, (R-Ariz.), and Barack Obama, (D-Ill). There are 45.7 million uninsured people in the United States - including about 8 million children - and 25 million underinsured people who have too little... [read full story]