One of the main problems we have with health care is affordably. People just cannot afford to pay monthly premiums, in addition to co-pays and other stuff associated with being healthy. If so, why are Democrats determent to increase costs of health care?
First came the idea of taxing employer-provided health care, which is nuts considering that a person with a 30% tax bracket who receives a $10,000 health plan, will need to pay $3,000 in taxes. In other words: $3,000 more in annual health care costs. Once the Dems dropped this plan, came a plan from Senate Finance Committee Chair, Dem Senator Baucus, which will tax you and your family if you don’t get health care coverage.
Is Baucus kidding? If a person can afford health care, would he/she not get it? I am sure they would, which means that those who are not covered cannot afford it, so why give them a penalty? Some Dems will say ‘well, a lot people who can afford it just choose not to get covered, so we need to give them a penalty if they don’t get coverage.’ Em, if a lot people “choose” not to get coverage, it confirms again (this time directly from the Dems) that the “horrifying” 47 million without coverage ain’t such a BIG problem, since a lot of them do it by their own choosing.
At any rate, after hearing again about another tax hike associated with health care, I was like: what?
i think this is part of his plan.
The Baucus proposal would impose, starting in 2013, a 35 percent excese tax on insurance companies for “high-cost plans” — defined as those above $8,000 for individuals and $21,000 for family plans.
I dont think he is going to tax anyone for not having health care coverage
By: SOL MERMELSTEIN on 09/21/2009
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