[samtheman]

On the surface, it sounds like a good idea.

[Always Right]

Sounds like a good plan. Relying on government to take care of you is just stupid.

[DManA]

I presume the democrats position, at least for this election, is “feed yourself”. How heartless. How cruel.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

"There must be public funding for abortions, it's a constitutional right" - Rudy in 1989

No thanks Rudy, you can take your healthcare schemes and shove it.

[what's up]

President Bush has proposed a similar plan.

It's a good one.

[Wolfie]

Bah. Just sign me up for the same healthcare plan Congress has. That’ll do.

[muawiyah]

All of these plans account for all present healthcare payments made by the government ~ and then "spread the wealth".

That will include 100% of the expenditures now made for Veterans Administration, public employee health plans, welfare related health plans, Medicare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, etc.

Veterans and the elderly will go to the back of the line for a lesser quality of service. Government workers will take a serious pay cut, as will private sector retirees who will continue to pay premiums for less service.

CDC will go out of business among other things.

All of the plans propose spending everything primarily on the health of young professionals and workers and their children.

[Reagan Man]

Giuliani is a lifelong liberal.

Never trust any liberal.

[from occupied ga]

Critical to Giuliani's plan is a $15,000 tax deduction for families to buy private health insurance, instead of getting insurance through employers. Any leftover funds could be rolled over year-to-year for medical expenses

CALL A CODE STAT I think I'm going to have a heart attack - I ACTUALLY HEARD SOMETHING FROM THE LITTEL FASCIST POS THAT I DIDN'T TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH. Of course even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

[ari-freedom]

My health plan for America:

eat less. drive less and walk more.

Cost? $0. Actually you’ll save money otherwise spent on food and gas

[kidd]

If the $15,000 per family tax break is paid for by an equal reduction in government expenitures (thus no increase in taxes to make up for it), then I’m for this.

But we all know that will not happen.

Thus, the $15,000 per family tax break is really an insurance allotment. From the government. Everyone pays more taxes so that the government can hand out more candy.

No thanks. My employer and I have a deal. I work hard, they pay my insurance. No government involvement.

Rudy is still a socialist.

[Clam Digger]

I’d bet a body part taxpayers paid for his prostate cancer treatment.

[FormerACLUmember]

Outstanding health care plan! The best put forward by any politician to date. I was leaning to Thompson and Romney, but Rudy just stole home plate!

The absolute antithesis of any of the democrat party's nightmare Sicko ideas, especially Hillary.

[MuttTheHoople]

We don't need government in health care. It was started in WW II when industry used health insurance to get around wage and price controls when luring workers. Then, in 1964, Medicare and Medicaid began and has been getting bigger and bigger.

Eliminate Medicare and Medicaid, SSI benefits, and allow the market to work. Health care prices will plummet.

[gunservative]

Critical to Giuliani's plan is a $15,000 tax deduction for families to buy private health insurance

Gee, and how is this going to reduce the cost of health insurance? What an idiot..... Giuliani doesn't understand the first thing about the FREE MARKET.

[Williams]

If the headline is meant to be negative, think how wrong headed that is. There is no plan possible by which a person does not "take care of themselves" whether they pay for a doctor visit, or buy insurance, or pay taxes to obtain a benefit. Just strikes me that "take care of yourself" would be considered a bad thing.

Plus, Giuliani's plan can in no way be described as taking care of yourself. It's a government plan to offset your health insurance costs.

[MEGoody]

Critical to Giuliani's plan is a $15,000 tax deduction for families to buy private health insurance, instead of getting insurance through employers.

Uh, no, Rudy.

[gpapa]

And where exactly will this $15,000 tax deduction come from? Can I take the deduction as a widowed retiree on medicare? How much would the program cost? If my family’ health care cost is $5,000 per year will I get a $10,000 rebate from the IRS? Will the deduction remain in effect if the government should introduce a fair or flat tax?

[ridesthemiles]

First real common sense plan I have heard.

Rudy is smarter than the average Liberal gives him credit for.

[M. Dodge Thomas]

Rudi can come right over, sit down in my living room, and explain to my wife - who "took care of herself" by leading a super-healthy life style and then got cancer at 58 - how a tax credit - of any size - helps people that private insurers will not cover at any price.