Re:Hospitals Block ‘Surprise Billing’ Measure
by gowld on Friday July 12, 2019 @03:10PM
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That's not really relevant. Who pays premiums is separate from how the structure works. USA has various welfare programs for the needy, with wide support. Social Security is one of the largest and most popular items in the Federal budget.
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Re:Hospitals Block ‘Surprise Billing’ Measure
by lotsofpulp on Friday July 12, 2019 @03:25PM
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It’s the big reason people don’t want to be dumped on healthcare.gov. Employers can get cheaper premiums due to having healthier pools of employees and the rest of society, and they get to pay with pre tax dollars to boot, which has never made sense.
Re:Hospitals Block ‘Surprise Billing’ Measure
by ztormbringer on Friday July 12, 2019 @09:13PM
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Social Security DOES NOT come out of the general fund (tax revrnues) so cannot have any effect on the budget (which is the plan of how to spend the general fund). Social Security is paid out of the separate Social Security Fund. The only way it affects the General Fund is via the contracted repayment of borrowed monies (and interest) owed to the SSF which the government seemingly wants to default on.