McCain's plan for health care CAN be good for you... as long as you have perfect health

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Health care experts say McCain's plan would make it easier for younger and healthier people to shop around for affordable health insurance coverage. That's a huge group: Nearly half the nation's uninsured adults are ages 19-34.

But people with health troubles could have more trouble obtaining coverage. Because of their pre-existing health conditions, they would not have the luxury of buying coverage in the least-regulated states. They would be stuck with plans in the most-regulated states, where premiums would increase if younger, healthier people went elsewhere for coverage.

"In the long run, what you'll end up with are fairly bare-bone policies sold to the healthy," said Len Nichols, a health economist at the New America Foundation, which is pushing for universal medical coverage.

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