Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:01:49 -0400, wrote:
Median family wages is this country is about $46k.
Probably less than 15% income tax for a couple, even less with kids.
Average health insurance family cost is about $12k.
So the median family who carries health insurance is "taxed"
talk about.
It's a big mess, but I guarantee it will be changed one way or
another.
As with many things that come out of the democrats, the cost of Medicare
is overrated. Many people who are eligible for Medicare participate in
what is called the advantage plan. In this plan the Medicare
contribution is given directly to the insurance company. The insurance
company then administers the Medicare plan and provides additional
benefits for those people who want to use that company for their
insurance.
Of course the "expense" of this Medicare plan is going as more and more
people opt out of the government managed insurance and go to the private
companies who participate in this plan. They get the same insurance
that the government provides plus they are treated as human not numbers
when they need assistance.
If this plan is eliminated, the cost of the government manage health
care will have to go up just to provide the additional staff to manage
the accounts now managed by the private company.
I'm predicting they'll end up with gov subsidies for private health
care insurance, as they're already doing with the unemployed
Companies pay into the the unemployment fund per the number of people
they employee. Governments subsidizes it when the government uses the
money for other purposes, or when Government policies or actions cause
high unemployment. Example: the job loss caused by congress's action at
the end of September 2008.
The unemployment agencies are a perfect example of why we don't want the
government in our health care. I was on unemployment for several
months. During that time I never was able to get a phone call through
to a real person. I tried their email address and got an automated
response telling me to call the phone number that I had been trying for
days. If you have a problem with a government agency that needs
special handling you are SOL. Why do you think that most congressmen
have a special constituent assistance tab on their web pages.
IOW, you'll pay more taxes that go to private companies.
Who will manage the plans EFFICIENTLY and supplement it with additional
benefits.
Perfect solution really. Commie private enterprise. Pretty much how
Wall Street already operates.
One of the more humorous things that obama keeps saying is that the
democrat plan will not restrict the amount of insurance a company may
provide or a person may buy. HOWEVER out of the other side of his mouth
he says the will raise some of the money for his nationalized health
care by taxing those company health plans with what the government
considers excessive benefits. That sounds like a restriction to me.