Sep 19
Does A Democratic Congress Bring New Hope for Health Insurance?
The short answer: maybe. Certainly Democrats are historical proponents of the uninsured in America as well as a more socialist answer to the problem on a national scale. Now that there is a Democratic majority in Congress, albeit slim, the uninsured could be in for a little more attention than they’ve enjoyed for the past 8 years.
A surprising move by President Bush in his State of the Union address offering tax breaks to those who pay for their own insurance wasn’t as well received by congressional Democrats as one might think. The backlash, of course, is against those who have health insurance as part of their salary. Formerly untaxed, these insured folks will now be offering up a hefty fee to offset the lost money the government will now give to those who buy their own insurance.
And Democrats are protesting. Democratic Senator Barak Obama wants a stop to what he calls “disappointing charade of debate on affordable health care coverage.” His solution? Federal health insurance for every American within the next six years.
One can only wonder what the tax structure behind that plan would look like, both for the currently insured and the insured-hopefuls – certainly nothing a Republican Congress would endorse.
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October 8th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Is wonder if there is a middle ground on the health insurance issue? I don\’t know that a Democratic OR a Republican majority will lead to any appreciable progress, frankly. Here\’s hoping that I\’m wrong…
Jerry
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