TELL BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA THAT HE IS FULL OF IT!
Posted on 07/10/2009 7:02:23 PM PDT by Kaslin
The campaign ad was ominous: "John McCain would make you pay income tax on your health insurance benefits. Taxing health benefits for the first time ever."
So warned candidate Barack Obama less than a year ago. In ads and speeches, Obama went on to predict the horrific fallout of McCain's proposal: financial hardship and millions dumped from employer-provided health plans.
Today, spokesmen for President Obama are saying a tax on employer-provided health benefits wouldn't be such a bad thing after all.
Roughly 163 million Americans receive health insurance through their employer. While actually a form of compensation, the value of the employer's contribution to that insurance is not taxed under the federal income or payroll taxes.
This exclusion is a solidly middle-class tax benefit. More than 70% of middle-income, nonelderly Americans have employer-based health coverage. And about half of people with employer-based coverage have family income of less than $75,000.
Now, in a desperate search for $1 trillion to $2 trillion to pay for Obama's medical insurance reform plan, congressional Democrats are considering proposals to limit or repeal this tax exclusion. And the Obama administration says it may go along.
(Excerpt) Read more at ibdeditorials.com ...
How about a Readers Digest version of what makes the German health care system so great....
A Kaslin editorial.
All based on your ability to pay.
But private insurance is still available I think.
In Australia, it’s similar components but more like 25% also have private insurance. In Australia, if you don’t have private insurance, you ain’t gettin’ in any time soon. Period.
But for those who choose to pay for private insurance, it’s great if expensive.
‘O’Bozo died and health freedom died.
Sort of like the sliding scale that attorneys use based on your ability to pay?
Sort of like income tax brackets I suppose.
Countries with governments and economies similar to the United States have come up with a variety of methods to make sure that all of their citizens receive health care. While residents in Europe and Japan may pay higher insurance premiums or taxes than Americans, in the end, when all costs are added up, Americans spend more money on health care per person — with fewer people covered. Compare countries. (Data most recent available as of July 2008.)
Population: 82.3 million
Life expectancy at birth: 79
Health spending as part of GDP: 10.7%
System type: Universal coverage. Mostly employer-employee based (88%).
Coverage: 99.8 % -- all citizens and legal residents
Average annual per-person spending: Total: $3,673 Breakdown: $2,518 on mandatory employment-based coverage, nonprofit insurance; $259 on for-profit insurance; $349 by government; and $547 consumer out-of-pocket*.
Financing: Workers split premiums with employers, with each paying about 8% of workers' gross income to nonprofit "sickness funds." Those earning over $75,000 may purchase insurance from for-profit insurers.
Notable features: Comprehensive coverage including basic dental and long-term care. Short waits - usually less than a month - for elective surgery. New programs provide extra attention to diabetes and other chronic illnesses.
Biggest challenges: Large and growing aged population, high costs, high rate of specialist visits.
Prescription drug coverage: Full coverage with small copayments. Federal panel controls prices and an expert committee decides which new treatments should be covered.
Doctors: Regional groups of office-based doctors negotiate with insurers over annual budgets. Hospital-based doctors, including most specialists, are salaried.
Hospitals: Insurers negotiate with hospitals over annual budgets.
* Payments borne directly by a patient, separate from insurance fees.
Also check this out
Most Patients Happy With German Health Care
Needless to say is that I speak from personal experience as I was born and raised in Germany
“all citizens and legal residents”
That trashes the dim plan.
You meant ‘O’bozo lied and health freedom died, don’t you?
Yup!
Obama lied, Obama lies, he didn't "flip flop" and he doesn'T "flip flop".
He lied, He lies, he's a liar...and a fraud, period.
If you want to see them jump up and down screaming call him what he is, a liar.
"Bush lied people died"?...Obama flip flopped?...*YAWN!*
Why has no one ever checked out the German health care system, which is the oldest in the world; it dates back to Otto von Bismark's Health Insurance Act of 1883, or something around that and is the most successfulYou answered your own question.
“Otto von Bismark’s Health Insurance Act of 1883, or something around that and is the most successful “
Would this be akin to rate the most successful Edsel model.
President Bush did not lie. 0bama is a liberal. Lying comes natural to them. It’s as simple as that. He also is a charlatan and people who fell for him are stupid
Can you ask any more ignorant question? *rme*
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