New Medicare for All Bill

[KeithE]

[Sandy]

I'm not completely following your numbers here, Keith, but what I see is that there will be an increase in payroll taxes, and an increase of taxes on the "wealthy," which would include most business owner-employers, that would be about 25% less than the average cost of insurance premiums currently. So this plan puts, on the average, about 25% of what most people now pay for insurance back in their pocket. I watched a couple of news reports, and read the Washington Post report, but didn't see anything about this plan having negotiated rates for medical care. I'd be in favor of that as well.

[KeithE]

[KeithE]

I have not read it yet but is the Senate Bill offered by Bernie in case anyone here cares to study it further. I’ll expand my comments as I have time.

Meanwhile consider and more went to Republicans. This is why it will probably not even get a hearing or even a CBO score (it would look so much better than any ACA mod). Btw, Bernie took $0 from the health insurance companies.

[Haruo]

[KeithE]

Another Poll has the GOP Better Care Reconciliation Act

This is not the new Graham- Cassidy (G-C) Plan possibly being brought to a vote next week (sans CBO analysis or discussion of amendments).

One difference is that this plan block grants funds to states for some matters (mostly Medicaid and ability drop any of the 10 essential health care matters that OC demands). It also does not eliminate the taxes on the rich and corporations like the GOP Plan did. It allows for high rate pools for those with pre-existing conditions and maternity. It also does away with mandates (personal and corporate)/penalties and will likely lead to 30M+ losing coverage. The + comes from my belief that if corporate mandates disappear there will be companies that drop health care coverage for their employees (something the CBO did not consider when estimated 30M people losing coverage when scoring the previous Plans).

What approach do you favor? and why?

[Sandy]

Probably goes without saying, I favor medicare for all. Everything else that has been proposed from the GOP side is purely political, and doesn't take into consideration the effect it will have on people. Their only interest is the political prestige of overturning the previous President's signature legislation, not in proposing any kind of health care legislation that will do anything except make their rich contributors richer. The more days that the proposal is out there, the slimmer the chances that it gets passed.