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Re:Build Your Own ‘Medicare for All’ Plan. Beware: There Are... by zeroonetwothree on Friday February 22, 2019 @12:03PM (#19226896)
The could be good in theory but it seems like a nightmare to implement. At the time you pay you don't actually know your income for the year so how would it work exactly? You guess and then get it adjusted at tax time (would everyone then just put $0?)
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Re:Build Your Own ‘Medicare for All’ Plan. Beware: There Are... by nybble41 on Friday February 22, 2019 @04:05PM (#19229104)
You could just use average income over the previous 3-5 years rather than the current tax year income. The IRS already has that data on file.
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Re:Build Your Own ‘Medicare for All’ Plan. Beware: There Are... by occamrazor on Friday February 22, 2019 @12:27PM (#19227132)
Two possible solutions relatively easy to implement:

1. Use previous year income.

2. Everybody pays the maximum copay and then gets some money back with their taxes.

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