I don't get it...
"First, I propose a standard tax deduction for health insurance that will be like the standard tax deduction for dependents. Families with health insurance will pay no income on payroll tax -- or payroll taxes on $15,000 of their income. Single Americans with health insurance will pay no income or payroll taxes on $7,500 of their income. With this reform, more than 100 million men, women, and children who are now covered by employer-provided insurance will benefit from lower tax bills. At the same time, this reform will level the playing field for those who do not get health insurance through their job. For Americans who now purchase health insurance on their own, this proposal would mean a substantial tax savings -- $4,500 for a family of four making $60,000 a year. And for the millions of other Americans who have no health insurance at all, this deduction would help put a basic private health insurance plan within their reach. Changing the tax code is a vital and necessary step to making health care affordable for more Americans." -GW Bush State of the Union 2007
Wait they’re supposed buy the insurance they can’t afford to get a tax credit NEXT April. With what?... the money they find in the couch?! How does that level the playing field. It's like offering a belt to a person with no pants.
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Especially if you end up paying $868.00 a month for private insurance if you work part-time from the home that is for a non smoking household with a 2yr old! Im now insurance less because I can't afford that price any longer and in limbo waiting for another private insurance to accept us. So any major childhood illness or ob will be handled by the free/discounted clinic. God knows they get the funding they need :{
the man is a fortunate idiot. he has no concept of the real world. do we really expect anything valid from him? i don't bother listening to him anymore because i know everything that comes out of his mouth is junk.
ann richards once said his dad was born with a silver foot in his mouth. w was born with that same foot up his ass.
What we need is Malpractice law reform, to limit some of the ridiculous monetary settlements and prtect doctors. Then we need to kick the illegals out of the emergency rooms, because they use them for a doctor's office and don't pay. Finally, if the medical insurance industry were de-regulated so that you could get med. insurance like you get car insurance, the competition would bring prices way down.
Just sayin'.
What we need is Malpractice law reform, to limit some of the ridiculous monetary settlements and prtect doctors. Then we need to kick the illegals out of the emergency rooms, because they use them for a doctor's office and don't pay. Finally, if the medical insurance industry were de-regulated so that you could get med. insurance like you get car insurance, the competition would bring prices way down.
Just sayin'.
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