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Clinton’s Proposed Health Care PlanFrom Bloomberg: would require everyone to have health coverage If you have private insurance you like, nothing changes Insurers would be barred from restricting coverage to the healthiest people and charging those who are sick higher premiums Large employers would be required to provide policies for their workers or pay to help the government subsidize health-care insurance Small businesses, with about 15 employees or fewer, would qualify for tax credits if they chose to provide insurance. The savings would include cutting back payments to private insurers that provide benefits under Medicare, the U.S. program for the elderly and disabled; efficiency from using electronic medical records; better management of chronic diseases; and other changes to improve the quality of care The plan would cost about $110 billion a year, according to a statement from Clinton's campaign. Of that, $54 billion would come from revoking Bush's tax cuts for those in the top income brackets. The remaining $56 billion would result from reducing government ``overpayments.'' Let’s see, according to the Henry Kaiser Foundation, the cost of US health care was $2 trillion in 2006. So her plan is only going to cost $110 billion of which $54 billion will come from top tier tax brackets. So who makes up the difference? Also, how many will be out of work when $54 billion is sucked out of the economy. I’m also curious how those unemployed will be covered. Cyclist's blog | login to post comments![]() |