http://www.polimom.com/2007/01/21/the-coming-health-care-tax-proposal/ I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.polimom.com/2007/01/21/the-coming-health-care-tax-proposal/#comment-54370 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:11:55 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/01/21/the-coming-health-care-tax-proposal/#comment-54370 [...] Nearly 14 years later, we’re facing a health care crisis, and the debate has returned at last. [...] […] Nearly 14 years later, we’re facing a health care crisis, and the debate has returned at last. […]

]]> http://www.polimom.com/2007/01/21/the-coming-health-care-tax-proposal/#comment-54266 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:14:04 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/01/21/the-coming-health-care-tax-proposal/#comment-54266 I am a Benefits Director for a Fortune 500 company. President Bush's proposal is exactly what is needed. It alone will not solve the health care cost crisis but it is a step in the right direction. Something must be done to transform the health care market from one where most rely on their employer for coverage to an individual market. This looks to me like it first of all will create a level playing field for the first time between individuals who buy their own coverage and those that get coverage through their employer. Second, if you begin to offer people a flat $15,000 dedcution if they buy individual coverage you are going to have lots of people say they would rather buy their own than be covered in an employer plan. Employers will quickly become irrelevant for health care which is the way it should be anyway. I don't buy my clothing, autos or food through my employer why should I have to buy my health care through them? I am a Benefits Director for a Fortune 500 company. President Bush’s proposal is exactly what is needed. It alone will not solve the health care cost crisis but it is a step in the right direction. Something must be done to transform the health care market from one where most rely on their employer for coverage to an individual market. This looks to me like it first of all will create a level playing field for the first time between individuals who buy their own coverage and those that get coverage through their employer. Second, if you begin to offer people a flat $15,000 dedcution if they buy individual coverage you are going to have lots of people say they would rather buy their own than be covered in an employer plan. Employers will quickly become irrelevant for health care which is the way it should be anyway. I don’t buy my clothing, autos or food through my employer why should I have to buy my health care through them?

]]> http://www.polimom.com/2007/01/21/the-coming-health-care-tax-proposal/#comment-54255 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:45:56 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2007/01/21/the-coming-health-care-tax-proposal/#comment-54255 [...] ***** Another friend; Polimom of Polymom Says has referred to this post with The coming health care tax proposal Technorati Tags:  Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bush, Congress, Fix healthcare, Healthcare, Healthcare reform, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Liberal Health Care, Lobbyist for Healthcare, Mass Health, Medicare, New York Times, Prescription drugs, Ronald Reagan, State of the Union, Ted Kennedy [...] […] ***** Another friend; Polimom of Polymom Says has referred to this post with The coming health care tax proposal Technorati Tags:  Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bush, Congress, Fix healthcare, Healthcare, Healthcare reform, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Liberal Health Care, Lobbyist for Healthcare, Mass Health, Medicare, New York Times, Prescription drugs, Ronald Reagan, State of the Union, Ted Kennedy […]

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