What if we knock just a little hole in the HCB dike.

[Aaria]

We have a HCB that is total crap and seems to be a boon doogle for the Insurance companies. We all need health care and we also need a jobs bill, so let's tie the two together. There's isn't a company out there that needs a tax break for an employee that they don't need but if we offer them Medicare for their employees and future retires, then we have people taking retirement that otherwise would stay because they need the health care and companies saving money directly. How do we pay for it, easy, we offer them Medicare for half of what they are paying now for their health insurance and workmens comp. Will the price of half of their old insurance bill cover the cost maybe, maybe it'll be too much and after the first year we can make an adjustment.
This is the little hole in the dike because after the first year, all the small businesses will have learned that they can save money with the plan and everyone will want to take advantage of the system.
Then we would have everyone clamoring to get on the system cause it's only fair, if a small business can do it why can't I. Then comes the problem of paying for everyone else. Well after a year we will have a good idea of what it costs per person and can charge people accordingly. Paying for it is the easy part, you won't have to buy health insurance yourself, so part of that money saved can go to your yearly health care bill. The other source of saving for everyone, small and large businesses, and we citizens, ( that should really be used more) is no more liability insurance bills. Look at your car, home or business insurance bill it's right at the top, we won't need it cause if you in a car accident the injuries will be takin care of , you might get your ass sued cause you f'd up but no medical. Hurt on the job, go get fixed up and get yourself back to work.
But, I like my insurance, well keep it, this system will be voluntary. But Medicare sucks, well I've never heard of anyone being booted from the hospital during their operation while being covered by Medicare. There are no fricking death panels with medicare, like at the insurance companies (yea they actually kill people to make all that money).
What about the poor folk? Believe it your already paying for them, so lets give them preventative medical care instead of paying for them after they are waaay sick. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Anyone remember that old one? If you make less then X a year your covered.

It took 11 years to get the first Medicare bill passed so it could take a while to cover the rest of us. This election they have to understand that if they were not for single payer they will be replaced with someone who is.

Flame on and eat your veggies.

[dkf]

1. Offering Medicare as a jobs bill is a genius idea.

I've often thought I'd be unable to retire until Medicare age simply to acquire health care. If we enable retirement we will open up some very nice paying jobs.