McAlister said, "If Mike DeWine wants to team up with Teddy Kennedy to decide what's best for America's health care then why doesn't he just join the Democratic Party and stop calling himself a Republican. I don't think Washington politicians have any more insight on what's best for our children no matter how much they try to entice us with the carrot of federal give-away dollars and the stick of federal taxes that take control away from individuals and private organizations."
McAlister posted his own comments about healthcare on the LWV website, dnet.org. In stark contrast to DeWine, McAlister would like to see the federal government get completely out of the nation's health care system.