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"Guaranteeing Health Care Coverage: Many people with disabilities do not seek work or leave the workforce because they need the guaranteed health insurance that the federal government’s benefit programs provide. As a result, many stay on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which include Medicare or Medicaid coverage, rather than take a job that might jeopardize their health care coverage. Barack Obama has pledged to sign universal health care legislation by the end of his first term in office that will assure that Americans with disabilities will have quality, affordable, portable coverage that will allow them to take a job without fear of losing coverage. People with disabilities who lose their Medicare or Medicaid eligibility by taking a job, but still cannot afford coverage, will be provided a subsidy in order to purchase coverage.

MOREOVER, UNDER THE OBAMA-BIDEN PLAN, INSURERS
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DENY COVERAGE ON THE BASIS OF PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS." (emphasis mine)

I don't know about you, but I'm a little worried about my daughter being denied coverage when our plan no longer covers her. I love that Obama addresses this issue.

Directly from his Blueprint for Change regarding children with disabilities:

"Early Intervention for Children with Disabilities: Children’s ability to succeed in school relies on the foundation they build in their first three years. Pre-kindergarten for four-year-olds is important, but it is not enough to ensure children arrive at school ready to learn. This is particularly so for children with disabilities and/or special health care needs, who already face challenges in the early years that can set them behind their peers before they ever enter school. Barack Obama and Joe Biden will invest $10 billion per year in early intervention educational and developmental programs for children between zero and five. Their plan will help expand Early Head Start to serve more children with disabilities, and will spur states, through programs like Early Learning Challenge Grants, to expand programs for children with disabilities, such as IDEA Part C, and integrate these programs with other early childhood programs.

Support Universal Screening: Roughly 90 percent of infants in the United States are screened for various potentially disabling or life-threatening conditions, but fewer than half the states screen all infants for the American College of Medical Genetics’ full recommended panel of 29 disorders. Many of these conditions, if caught early, can be treated before they result in permanent impairments or even death. And parents are often unaware that the tests are available. Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe that we should ensure that all states have comprehensive newborn screening programs. In addition, they support setting a national goal to provide re-screening for all two-year-olds – the age at which some conditions, including autism spectrum disorders, begin to appear. Part of Obama’s early childhood intervention plan will be directed at coordinating fragmented community programs to help provide parents with information about screening for disabilities as infants and again as two-year olds. Achieving universal screening is essential so that disabilities can be identified early enough to help children and families get the special supports and resources they need."

Read more about his plans to help those with disabilities here:

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/disabilities/

And more about his healthcare plans here:

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/

In BOTH sections, be sure to scroll to the bottom where it says "For more information" and click "Read the plan" This will bring up the plan in full instead of just a brief overview.

For the record, I'm MUCH more impressed with what Obama says about healthcare, children, AND helping those with disabilities. If you want more of my opinion, read here (or email me):

http://psychmamma.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/why-obama-has-my-vote/

While I don't go for Universal Health Care because I believe that will lead to less coverage for kids like Parker, plus more of a push to abort kids with any kind of anything thought to be 'not perfect', my research into McCain's health care plan caused me to literally hyperventilate.

I spent all day Friday on the phone fighting to keep Parker's new vent that we just received notice that our insurance company won't pay for.

Reed and I just want to keep Parker alive. We believe in his potential. Why is that so hard a concept for my insurance company and the powers that be to grasp?

Generally, it is misunderstood that insurance=medical care. Does not. Insurance for all is most likely to lead to restrictions on medical care for all, felt most by those who need most of the medical care.

IS “Children are relatively inexpensive to insure.” to be believed and will provide an improvement in services for lower cost? That is the question.

I agree with you that someone who hasn't had to fight for medical coverage for their child, just doesn't get what a true uphill battle it can be. Lifetime max is another issue in my brain…arrrrgg!

I don't know that McCain's opinion that we should pay taxes on the amount that our companies spend on our insurance works either. I have a really bad feeling about both heath insurance options.

I guess my subconscious was attempting to trick my brain! I would never intentionally misquote on anything, especially as important as this.

Well said Anissa!