The NY Times (Graphic: Candidates on Health Care ) has a great table on the positions of the various presidential candidates on healthcare:
Republicans:
Sam Brownback: market-based health care; establish regulatory competition among states
Rudy Giuliani: market-based health care; make private insurance affordable through tax deductions
Mike Huckabee: market-based health care; make private insurance affordable through tax deductions and cost control measures
Duncan Hunter: market-based health care; opposed to government-subsidized universal health care
John McCain: Affordable health care for every American without a federal mandate; expected to release a detailed plan this summer
Ron Paul: market-based health care; opposed to federal mandate
Mitt Romney:Encourage states to develop market-based health care programs; opposed to a national version of the plan he supported for Massachussets as governor of the state, requiring everyone to get insurance
Tom Tancredo: market-based health care; would not rule out federal subsidies for the needy
Tommy Thompson: Make health care more affordable and accessible without federal mandate
Democrats
Joseph Biden: Immediately insure everyone under 18
Hillary Clinton: Pledges to insure everyone
Chris Dodd: Universal healthcare subsidized by government and employers
John Edwards: Require everyone to get insurance, subsidized by employers and the government
Mike Gravel: Issue vouchers to everyone based on their projected needs
Dennis Kucinich: Establish medicare for all
Barack Obama: Require children to get insurance; Aims for universal coverage
Bill Richardson: Require everyone to get insurance, subsidized by employers and the government