Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills
by lotsofpulp on Monday December 21, 2020 @03:00PM
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I've never heard of a prominent Republican politician voice support for taxpayer funded healthcare. It would require a significant increase in federal income/FICA taxes. And in the enormous portion of federal spending that Medicare/Medicaid is, it doesn't even include outpatient services/medications for everyone over 65.
Of course, this would be mitigated by the elimination of health insurance premiums and other redundancies, but a federal taxpayer funded solution would result in a more transparent wealth transfer, whereas the employer sponsored tax deductible health insurance gimmick allows for better discrimination on who receives healthcare, and ideally reduces the amount of wealth transfer by reducing the healthcare many people receive.
Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills
by uoaei on Monday December 21, 2020 @05:29PM
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> I've never heard of a prominent Republican politician voice support for taxpayer funded healthcare.
Just goes to show where our "representative" democracy has gone. The number I quoted is for voters registered Republican.
Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills
by lotsofpulp on Monday December 21, 2020 @06:06PM
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People will talk the talk, but they won’t walk the walk when it comes to paying.
My conversations are usually reminiscent of this:
FTFY
People "love their health insurance" when they have it forever through their employment, and feel safe in their position.
80% of people in the US, including 50% of Republicans, support M4A precisely because they are not part of the upper-crust minority who are afforded such luxuries.