 McCain would have paid for individual tax credits primarily by eliminating the tax break currently offered to employers for providing health insurance to employees.On October 5, 2008, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain's senior policy adviser, said the tax credits would also be funded in part from eliminating Medicare (United States) fraud and by changing Medicare and Medicaid payment policies to lower the overall cost of medical care.In 2017, McCain voted in favor of proceeding with a motion to debate healthcare legislation.