Health Insurance Blog Looks at Presidential Race

There's no doubt this year's presidential election has been a turning point in American history. Not only has the country nominated the first African-American as a major party's presidential candidate, it has also nominated the first woman to a Republican presidential ticket.

But the importance of this election goes even further beyond these historical nominations. Among the many critical issues the country faces, two of the biggest are the broken health care system and 45 million Americans who are living without medical insurance.

From the beginning of the primary season during this election, health care and health insurance reform has been a top issue for Americans. Health care was even the number one domestic issue for voters when the primary campaign began. Now with the economic downturn, Americans are especially worried how they will be able to find health insurance quotes and pay for their health care costs.

The presidential candidates have made bold promises during their campaigns on how they would fix the health care system -- and have spent millions on advertising their proposals. Whoever is elected, a broad health system reform in the U.S. could go in one of two very different directions. And the candidates also have fundamental differences in how they would reduce the number of uninsured.

The Coverage Corner health insurance blog (http://www.gohealthinsurance.com/blog) at GoHealthInsurance.com has been following the candidates' health care and health insurance policy differences every step of the way on the campaign trail.

At The Coverage Corner, voters can get campaign updates on health policy and take a closer look at the reform proposals from the Democratic candidate, U.S. Senator Barack Obama, and the Republican candidate, U.S. Senator John McCain. In addition, the GoHealth Insurance blog stays on top of the latest health insurance news all around the country.

GoHealth Insurance has also created a Web site devoted exclusively to the health insurance platforms of the presidential candidates at www.gohealthinsurance.com/politics.