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CBO Says Some Middle Class Families Would Pay Thousands For Health Care
A family of four with a $66,000 household income could face a health care bill of $10,000 a year under the Democratic health care bill, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday.
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WASHINGTON (November 2, 2009)--Some middle-class families would still face a big budget hit for health care, even with the new help that Democrats want to provide, government experts said Monday.
For example, a family of four with an annual household income of $66,000 could face a total annual health care bill of $10,000 counting premiums, copayments and deductibles under the House Democratic health care bill, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday and that's after counting $10,500 in government assistance.
The estimates apply to people who purchase their own coverage, and not those enrolled in employer plans.
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Posted by: do the math?
Location: Waco, TX
on Nov 7, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Observer, I agree with you that there are no easy answers about Health Care Reform. Anything that we do will require trial and error. We can review the health care systems of other countries that have government run health care. Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Japan and Thialand all have government run health care. There are some great resources to review. The most common theme among all these nations health care systems is government regulation of health care cost. The option for government run health care varies in complexity, but all gov run health is comprehensive. The option being purposed in Washington is an alternative, not comprehensive. Therefore, it could never work financially. The ideology behind a completely comprehensive plan in the US would never fly, and it would never work in any other form. Therefore, it has no real option for success. I'm glad it's not a real option, but reform and regulation can go a long way to curbing the cost of HC & it needs to be done.
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Posted by: Observer
Location: Bryan
on Nov 7, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Perhaps there is not an educated response conerning Helathcare Reform. It does need reforming. To do nothing is not acceptable. The problem is that Healthcare is not simple, thus Healthcare Reform is not simple either, but instead very complicated. Never been done before, so no one knows what will really work and what really won't work. We are about to find out what will work & what won't. It is what it is.
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Posted by: do the math?
Location: Waco, TX
on Nov 7, 2009 at 09:52 AM
Actually, I work in retail selling an American icon. I was hoping, Observer, that I would have received an educated response. No one I know has been able to give an educated response to the current health care solution in Washington. I was hoping you would be able to, instead you like to throw around babies. Actually, I guess that does make sense considering your views on health care.
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