Over the past few months a lot of people have been asking about Obama’s health plan. I suppose they are trying to determine whether or not to buy a Florida Health Insurance policy or wait and see if the politicians introduce some kind of universal health care plan. The reality is that medical care is expensive and some one has to pay for it.
You can read the full article on Yahoo just click here.
In a nutshell,
“The upfront tab could reach $1.2 trillion to $1.5 trillion over 10 years, while expected savings from wringing waste and inefficiency from the health care system may take longer to show.”
And,
“Obama wants to build on the current system in which employers, government and individuals share responsibility for health care. He says his plan would make health insurance more affordable, particularly for small businesses and individuals. The government would subsidize coverage for low-income people and some in the middle class.”
And,
“Obama’s opposition to taxing employer-provided health insurance isn’t the only campaign position he might have to jettison to pay for health care.
He once criticized his chief Democratic presidential rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, for proposing that everyone in the U.S. be required to have medical insurance. Yet such a mandate probably will be in what Congress puts together because requiring individuals to pay would lower federal costs.
For Obama, there are no easy ways to pay for health care. Options include raising other taxes, cutting deeply into Medicare payments to providers, or phasing in the expansion of coverage for the uninsured — beyond his four-year term.”
Definitely an article worth reading.