In continuing my coverage of the convention, I’ll have videos appearing all day here that I just didn’t have time to convert yesterday.  The first, with Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), covers the specifics of John McCain’s health-care policy.  Dr. Burgess is an OB/GYN specialist, just as Dr. Tom Coburn in the upper chamber, and he serves on McCain’s advisory board on health-care issues.  As you can see for yourself, the McCain plan does not lack for specifics:

Please excuse the poor transfer on this particular video. I had to watch file size because of the tricky nature of my Internet connection, and I compressed this a little harder than necessary. Rep. Burgess gives an excellent rundown of McCain’s plan, though, and he was quite generous with his time.

One particular concept comes out clearly from this interview. McCain wants to revamp the government’s current effect on health insurance to allow the self-employed the same kind of access and the same level of tax support as those who work for companies providing those benefits. It’s revenue-neutral, but allows people (like me, as I say here) to take more risks in going to self-employment. That can only help make the economy more dynamic, and get us away from a corporate insurance structure that locks people into jobs.

Michael Burgess is running for re-election to Congress in his Fort Worth-area district. If you like what you hear, consider making a donation.