Posted on 10/08/2008 10:52:36 AM PDT by bs9021
Candidates for Better Healthcare
by: Irene Warren, October 08, 2008
American leaders and healthcare experts met at the Heritage Foundation Tuesday to discuss the endless debate over national healthcare reform, as they looked to which 2008 presidential candidate had the most successful plan to revamp the nation’s economic system altogether.
The latest cost-analysis study conducted by the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) states of both presidential nominees, U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), “despite their different styles, the major party presidential hopefuls have one thing in common: both their agendas would add billions more to the taxpayer’s tab every year.”
The study, covering proposals made by both presidential nominees from January 29 through September 19 revealed that “Senator McCain would increase yearly federal spending by $92.4 billion, compared to Senator Obama’s $293.0 billion.”
“Both the McCain and Obama campaigns have tried to keep pace with the political issues of the day—largely by responding with proposals for new programs and regulations that could reach deeper and deeper into taxpayer’s pockets,” NTU reported. “If eight months on the campaign trail can mean an increase of tens of billions of dollars in yearly outlays, imagine what four—or potentially, eight years in office could bring.” Further, they claimed that “both candidates have talked about reducing wasteful spending, but neither has been specific enough.”
As for healthcare reform, President Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute had a lot to say about the topic. “Health spending in the United States is nearly equally divided between the public and private health sectors. In 2007, U.S. healthcare expenditures totaled more than $2.2 trillion, representing 16 percent of the gross domestic product,” Turner said, as she highlighted key points from a recent publication by the Galen Institute....
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Problem is as an employer-I will have to play or pay...Nobama doesn’t say HOW MUCH that pay (penalty) for not playing will be.
I can’t see risking my employees health care plan to a government run health care...anybody really want their health care to be like the post office???, so I don’t want to “play”.
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