The reporter neglected to mention that McCain should have been covered as a dependent under his father’s military health plan as well.
McCain Gets Testy With Des Moines Register
Sam Stein, The Huffington Post, 1 October 2008
McCain gave another sharp answer when the editorial board noted that — having served in the military, then in Congress, and now being over the age of 65 — McCain has always been covered by a taxpayer-financed health care plan.
“I was out of the military for a while before I went to Congress,” McCain said. “But that is an interesting statement. And I have never been an astronaut, but I think I know the challenges of space,” he said. “And I have never done a lot of things in my life that I think I am familiar with. I have always been a free enterprise person who thinks families make the best choices for themselves.
“I did go a period of time when the health care wasn’t very good,” he added, in reference to his time as a POW.