Bernie Believes Raising Your Taxes Will Save You Money In The Long Run

Townhall.com ^ | July 28, 2019 | Beth Bauman

[headstamp 2]

“It costs you money, because it saves you money.”

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Kamala's "plan" sounds like Obamacare 2.0 (twice as bad as O-care).

Harris gets further ahead of her skis in a question and answer page on her website when she asks, "Will I be able to keep my doctor under Medicare for All?" and answers, "Yes. 91 percent of eligible doctors participate in the Medicare program today." But the current Medicare program is not an accurate point of comparison, because it exists within a universe in which doctors can afford to get paid less from Medicare, because they can shift costs by charging more to private insurers and those paying out of pocket. With everybody in the same government-run system, they will no longer have that option.

[Mr. Jeeves]

“...we're going to do away with the incredible profiteering of the insurance companies and the drug companies," Sanders said.

Obamacare didn’t make a dent in this problem - Berniecare would just give you new middle-class taxes and no premium relief. Because fixing the problem would cause an immediate, short-term, 20% hit to GDP as all the medical fakery is squeezed out - and no American politician (including Trump) could survive that.

In the long term, taking that GDP hit plus allowing a truly free and open market for healthcare would prove to be a tremendous benefit for all Americans. So naturally, the idea has few supporters in DC.

Bernie just wants to keep the great fraud in place and nationalize it - so all of those redundant health care administrative workers and managers can become AFSCME members.

[RipSawyer]

Yeah, yeah, yeah and you’ll have more time to do nothing.

[Kickass Conservative]

Even after paying into the Medicare Trust Fund for Decades, it still isn’t “free” when you actually qualify for it.

You pay a $135 Premium every Month that is taken out of your Social Security Check if you have Part B. If your Income is too high they raise that amount.

You pay for a Part D Drug Plan with Premiums that can be anywhere from $20 a Month to $100 a Month. There is usually a Yearly Deductible of $440 before the Benefit kicks in.

You ether get on an Advantage HMO Plan (which the Rats want to eliminate) usually only available in Metro areas or a Supplemental Plan with Monthly Premiums that cost about $100 to $300 a Month.

Nothing is “free”, but half the Electorate thinks there is.

[2CAVTrooper]

Exactly, because nobody will have any money to do anything.

The green new deal alone is projected to cost each household $70k the first year or the first five years, then $45k a year after that for eternity.