Since Congress has such a great health plan and the salary every Congressman earns comes out of the taxes paid by the US taxpayer, shouldnt the US government provide every US citizen with a similar health care medical plan with zero deductible and no monthly payment?
2007-07-21 16:55:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
Can't really happen - there's not enough money around to pay for that, unless taxes for everyone went up astronomically. Congressmen get a lot of perks. Nothing new.
2007-07-22 04:23:18 · answer #1 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only if you want your taxes to be doubled! Socialized medicine is not the answer to the healthcare crisis.
Mandatory health insurance, either privately funded or through employer sponsored plans as is now required in MA is much more likely the answer. The jury is still out on the experiment in MA -- pushed through a Democratic state legislature by Mitt Romney, a Republican governor -- though early indications are positive.
One of the key provisions there was that all state residents were placed in the same risk pool. This did increase health insurance rates for the ultra-healthy but substantially reduced rates for the rest of the state's population. The rates are indexed to income, not health, and this appears to be the key to the early success of the program.
2007-07-22 06:24:47 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have one of the best in the world. But guess who pays for it.
2007-07-21 23:58:56 · answer #3 · answered by David M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋