Outlined below is summary of the Obama-Biden plan to help people with disabilities.
- Providing Americans With Disabilities Educational Opportunities.
- Ending Discrimination and Promoting Equality of Opportunity For People With Disabilities.
- Increasing Employment Rate of Workers With Disabilities.
- Supporting Independent, Community-Based Living For Americans With Disabilities.
The republican ticket of McCain-Palin plan appears to cover changes to the health care systems without directly targeting the disabled.
- John McCain's Vision for Health Care Reform
- Making Health Insurance Innovative, Portable and Affordable
- A Specific Plan of Action: Ensuring Care for Higher Risk Patients
- A Specific Plan of Action: Lowering Health Care Costs
- Confronting the Long-Term Challenge
- Setting the Record Straight: Covering Those With Pre-Existing Conditions
Clicking on underlined campaigns will take you directly to their website for more detail. The election is still three weeks away so my suggestion is to review the information if you have not decided how you will vote.
Currently, the Democratic ticket of Obama-Biden appears to be leading the presidential election based on the latest polls. Taking into account the current difficult economic realities that the new president will have to face. It may be difficult for either Democrats or Republicans to implement the programs they campaigned on.
