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Read my lips: We need healthcare
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by YankeeJim | January 14, 2011 at 06:04 am
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That being said, wage earners pay for the baseline. They contribute a higher share during peak earning years that stops when 1) people are eligible to retire and 2) people do not have the means to support themselves independently. That second caveat introduces the idea that people who are well off are exempt from the benefit if and until their wealth is depleted and they become eligible.
Benefits should be apportioned based on individual needs and circumstances determined by a simple formula for ease of administration.
The challenge to Congress and the President is to produce such a plan and program and to define the funding and self-sustainable mechanism.
There is no need to turn health care into a public institution. Private sector care can provide the services that are paid for by a combination of private and public funding mechanisms whereby all patients are assured equal treatment under the law without discrimination based on the source of payment.
That is not a difficult task for competent legislators to address. I could do it myself.
We are not asking for repeal; we are demanding legislation that satisfies these needs.
“House GOP to resume health-care repeal effort, but with more civil tone
By Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, January 14, 2011; 12:00 AMHouse Republican leaders said Thursday that they will begin their effort to repeal the new health-care law next week, a return to normal legislative business after the shootings in Arizona suspended activity on Capitol Hill.
But no one quite knows what normal will look like, following a wrenching week in which members confronted concerns about their own safety and whether their heated rhetoric played any role in last Saturday's shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 18 others.
As Giffords recovers in a Tucson hospital, many of her colleagues in Washington said they plan to change the tone in the House, a body that has served as the epicenter of caustic political debate for the past 20 years.
"It doesn't mean the issues go away, it doesn't mean that the positions on those issues change, but yes, this is going to affect everybody," said Rep. Jason Altmire (D-Pa.).
House Republicans had envisioned repealing the health-care law as a triumphant moment - a chance to vote down legislation that helped inspire the tea party movement.”
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SouthernJim (not verified)at 07:20 on January 14th, 2011
After reading the first few sentences about how Americans "deserve" healthcare and a minimally acceptable living standard after they retire I was ready to start blasting about the issue of entitlements, corruption, and the economic mess government creates but after reading on I see we are on the same page. I agree with you that the people don't just want "Obamacare" overthrown by the GOP, they want genuine reform and if that means a private/public system then so be it. I think it is much more than just a public program fix. Unfortunately many of the problems with the current system are due to restrict legislation. Fix that then the portion that does need public assistance should be easily attainable with little economic impact.
at 07:55 on January 14th, 2011
I agree Southernjim.
at 12:00 on January 14th, 2011
Here in Canada we had a pretty good health care system that worked pretty well for years. Unfortunately, the costs have been artificially inflated to a point it is bogging down. I think the industry is charging far too much from administrators, to surgeons, to supplies and medications. It's great to have health care for all but if the industry keeps pushing up the prices, sooner or later it will crumble.
at 13:04 on January 14th, 2011
Proof that greed is contagious no matter the system.