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While I am not a fan of government interference in health care?
While I don't approve of the government public "option" I find few flaws with the plan laid out here.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090916/ap_on_go_co/us...
Any thoughts? I can see the slippery slope to the public option and he admits this is just the beginning. Is this going to lead to socialized health care? Where are the more balanced plans? Where are the amendments to close the loopholes to people who don't contribute to the system(not just illegal immigrants but the dead beats as well)? While I understand why they want to fine those without insurance, what about the border line income that truly can't afford ANY option? Are they going to make them pay because they make a little to much? Some families are barely getting by now, why add a penalty to push them under?
by deadbeat, I mean people who work under the table and don't pay into the tax system.
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- AvengerLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
I think it will inevitably lead to either socialized medicine or single payer, because the bill is so bad that it will make things lots worse.
People who do not have employer-provided health insurance will be forced to spend 13% of their income on premiums, and lower income end people may or may not get a subsidy. I think the subsidies will be cut. And they still have to pay their co-pays and deductible themselves.
I'm not sure who you are saying is a "deadbeat". People without income already are covered under Medicaid.
There are a lot of people who currently have to pay all their own health care bills who will have to pay for this instead. More people will fall into poverty and health care will be less affordable and available. `
- Victory !Lv 61 decade ago
I agree with Tom Harkin, “Mark my word — I’m the chairman — it’s going to have a strong public option,” said Harkin, who last week replaced the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) as chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee.
“It now falls to me to pick up the torch” left by Kennedy, he noted.