What did you all think about what President Bush oulined for the healthcare issue in the present and future? Do you think that his ideas are good or bad? Why or why not?
2007-01-23 14:36:24 · 4 answers · asked by deftonehead778 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
For people who have health insurance the plan would give a $7500 for individuals and $15000 for families tax credit unless your employer pays more than $7500 for an individual plan or $15000 for a family plan for you. If this is the case the amount that the employer pays for your health plan will be considered taxable income. For example, If you make $40,000 per year and your employer pays $5,000 for your heath insurance than your taxable income will only be $32,500. If you make $40,000 per year and your employer pays $10,000 for your heath insurance for a single plan your taxable income will be $50,000.
This plan is the most intelligent thing that has ever come from Bush. For people who get heath insurance from work they will get a tax break to help them pay for premiums and co-pays. For those people that get no heath insurance through work they will get a tax break to help them buy insurance. The only people that will be hurt by this plan are those who have very, very expensive health benefits provided to them by their employer. My health plan was just rated the second best in the country and my employer only contributes $3,000 per year to it. The coverage is great and the cost of the plan is low. Any plan that costs more than $7,500 for a single person or $15,000 for a family is incredibally overpriced. The company that offers the plan either is making a huge profit or is mismanaging the funds. This policy would force employers to drop unefficient plans like this and would force insurance companies to come up with better options. Perhaps best of all it would most likely force auto labor unions to reconsider their rediculous demands for health insurance. This would allow American automakers to offer more resonable plans to their empoloyees and would save then money, making them more competitive in the world market.
The unfortunate thing is that most people hate Bush so much they wont listen to anything he has to say anymore. I urge all of you Bush haters to research this plan more because it really does make sense. I dont really like Bush either, but if he is going to do something to finally lower taxes for the middle class we should support that.
2007-01-23 17:35:40 · answer #1 · answered by Tim H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever heard talk is cheap? That is what I think and it will never be possible, some of what he said is good but how with what money? And when? congress will not pass that. I am against the socialized medical as well. If it is anything like HMO it sucks the big one. We shall see within the next 14 months because after that is it over it is not 2 years left, 14 months from now he will be still in office but the election is on come now and all they will be doing after 14 months is hiding the evidence and campaigning.
2007-01-23 22:50:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it must be good all those that have blindly followed bush are now upset at bush.
2007-01-23 22:44:16 · answer #3 · answered by J Q Public 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad.
2007-01-23 22:39:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋