New Health Bill
Eugene
location: Maryland
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Your thoughts? It has some very good things and some items I don't like. I suppose overall the good things outweigh the negatives, despite it's exhorbitant cost, which will be passed on to taxpayers for generations. The whole bill will not be in play until 2014.
What I like:
1. Pre-existing conditions don't preclude coverage..effective immediately.
2. Children can now be covered under parent's plan longer...until age 26; currently most policies stop coverage when the "child" reaches age 21 or 22.
3. Premiums remain unchanged or raised within reason, no more steep increases.
4. Uninsured get insurance (don't know about how good the coverage is).
What I don't like:
1. Medicare gets cut for at least a few years to help fund it, then (we hope) there is supposedly a payback to the Medicare coffer in 5 years, when the baby boomers really start getting their terminal illnesses (that will include me...yippeee, geezerdom here we come).
2. Self-employed and others without insurance are mandated to "buy" insurance or face penalty on their tax returns. However a tax cut is supposed to come into place to help offset the cost of premiums for those who cannot afford it.
3. The cost of this thing is ridiculous. Taxes will have to go up, significantly and for a long time to pay for it.
Your thoughts?
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Your thoughts? It has some very good things and some items I don't like. I suppose overall the good things outweigh the negatives, despite it's exhorbitant cost, which will be passed on to taxpayers for generations. The whole bill will not be in play until 2014.
What I like:
1. Pre-existing conditions don't preclude coverage..effective immediately.
2. Children can now be covered under parent's plan longer...until age 26; currently most policies stop coverage when the "child" reaches age 21 or 22.
3. Premiums remain unchanged or raised within reason, no more steep increases.
4. Uninsured get insurance (don't know about how good the coverage is).
What I don't like:
1. Medicare gets cut for at least a few years to help fund it, then (we hope) there is supposedly a payback to the Medicare coffer in 5 years, when the baby boomers really start getting their terminal illnesses (that will include me...yippeee, geezerdom here we come).
2. Self-employed and others without insurance are mandated to "buy" insurance or face penalty on their tax returns. However a tax cut is supposed to come into place to help offset the cost of premiums for those who cannot afford it.
3. The cost of this thing is ridiculous. Taxes will have to go up, significantly and for a long time to pay for it.
Your thoughts?
