Obama Campaigned AGAINST Two Major Provisions In This Health Care Bill

Obama campaigned AGAINST two major provisions in this health care bill
By thesquanderer | Democratic Underground

As David Zephyr pointed out in this thread, the current heath care bill has a provision allowing people to buy insurance across state lines (as described in the LA Times article here). The problem is that, once insurance can be sold across state lines, insurance companies will gravitate to the states that most favor them and least favor the consumer.

In fact, before the election, this is exactly what McCain wanted, and Obama opposed.

From the second Obama-McCain debate (transcript here):

MCCAIN:
Don't we go across state lines when we purchase other things in America? Of course it's OK to go across state lines because in Arizona they may offer a better plan that suits you best than it does here in Tennessee.

Obama's response?

OBAMA:
And the reason that it's a problem to go shopping state by state, you know what insurance companies will do? They will find a state -- maybe Arizona, maybe another state -- where there are no requirements for you to get cancer screenings, where there are no requirements for you to have to get pre-existing conditions, and they will all set up shop there. Read more.