Comments on: Morning Bell: The Road to Single Payer http://blog.heritage.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:29:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Morning Bell: Empty Ethics Rhetoric Exposed | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News. http://blog.heritage.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-80631 Morning Bell: Empty Ethics Rhetoric Exposed | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:26:32 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-80631 [...] are arbitrary.” These words ought to be remembered when we consider other liberal priorities: allowing Congress to both compete in the health care market while also setting its rules and creating a “market” for carbon out of thin [...] [...] are arbitrary.” These words ought to be remembered when we consider other liberal priorities: allowing Congress to both compete in the health care market while also setting its rules and creating a “market” for carbon out of thin [...]

]]> By: Jolene, Dallas http://blog.heritage.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-5010 Jolene, Dallas Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:11:18 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-5010 I do not want socialized medicine. That is what I am afraid they are going to force on us. It is really frightening. I do not want socialized medicine. That is what I am afraid they are going to force on us. It is really frightening.

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]]> By: Brent from Virginia http://blog.heritage.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-4935 Brent from Virginia Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:27:11 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-4935 Hugh Miller from TN, You need to talk to you HR department. You and your employer are ALREADY paying over $1000/month for your health insurance benefits. When your employer stops paying it "for you" in order to get the tax deduction, your salary would increase by the amount of the current employer-paid premium, and instead of having two choices for a health insurance plan, you have your pick of the entire health insurance market. More than once in my career my family and I have opted out of employer-provided (read: taken out of my base pay and then called a "benefit") health-care insurance and purchased our own. Even without having the employer-paid portion of the premium put back in my salary, my family with several small children came out ahead. Thankfully we were assisted by two things: a) We, like you, lived in TN, which does not YET have state-mandated levels of insurance coverage that drives premiums up and drives health insurance providers out of the state. It never would have worked when we lived in WA, thanks to then insurance-commissioner, and now governor Christine Gregoire. b) By the grace of God, we had no significant pre-existing health conditions that would have disqualified us from coverage God bless you and you family. Please give this plan a second thought. Brent Hugh Miller from TN,

You need to talk to you HR department. You and your employer are ALREADY paying over $1000/month for your health insurance benefits. When your employer stops paying it "for you" in order to get the tax deduction, your salary would increase by the amount of the current employer-paid premium, and instead of having two choices for a health insurance plan, you have your pick of the entire health insurance market.

More than once in my career my family and I have opted out of employer-provided (read: taken out of my base pay and then called a "benefit") health-care insurance and purchased our own. Even without having the employer-paid portion of the premium put back in my salary, my family with several small children came out ahead. Thankfully we were assisted by two things:

a) We, like you, lived in TN, which does not YET have state-mandated levels of insurance coverage that drives premiums up and drives health insurance providers out of the state. It never would have worked when we lived in WA, thanks to then insurance-commissioner, and now governor Christine Gregoire.

b) By the grace of God, we had no significant pre-existing health conditions that would have disqualified us from coverage

God bless you and you family. Please give this plan a second thought.

Brent

]]> By: A Pareidoliac Quest for the Southwest · http://blog.heritage.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-4316 A Pareidoliac Quest for the Southwest · Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:07:07 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-4316 [...] Mexico News » News Morning Bell: The Road to Single-Payer2008-08-24 23:07:02Asked system.” OBama was responding to aa voter who asked why he did not ... [...] [...] Mexico News » News Morning Bell: The Road to Single-Payer2008-08-24 23:07:02Asked system.” OBama was responding to aa voter who asked why he did not … [...]

]]> By: sinking · http://blog.heritage.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-4138 sinking · Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:26:43 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-4138 [...] Mexico News » News Morning Bell: The Road to Single-Payer2008-08-21 08:26:43Asked system.” OBama was responding to aa voter who asked why he did not ... [...] [...] Mexico News » News Morning Bell: The Road to Single-Payer2008-08-21 08:26:43Asked system.” OBama was responding to aa voter who asked why he did not … [...]

]]> By: Edwin Buck, Albuquer http://blog.heritage.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-4149 Edwin Buck, Albuquer Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:25:50 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-4149 Why is every body in a tizzy about healthcare? The perfect solution. Take an hour a day of salary from each employee. Deposit the money, in his name, to a savings institution. The money will be tax free. The money will buy a catastrofic insurance policy, and the rest will be on reserve, as cash, to pay the doctors as co-pay. If the employee doesn't have any hospital bills for the year, the money is in a savings institution earning interest. As the money grows, his co-pay grows. Eventually, his co-pay will be $10,000, because he will have more than that in savings. His catastrofic insurance will be cheaper as his co-pay increases. The money can only be used for medical or dental costs. At age 65, the money is returned to him to use how he sees fit. Should he die before age 65, his heirs will inherit the money as part of his estate. Problem solved Why is every body in a tizzy about healthcare? The perfect solution. Take an hour a day of salary from each employee. Deposit the money, in his name, to a savings institution. The money will be tax free. The money will buy a catastrofic insurance policy, and the rest will be on reserve, as cash, to pay the doctors as co-pay. If the employee doesn't have any hospital bills for the year, the money is in a savings institution earning interest. As the money grows, his co-pay grows. Eventually, his co-pay will be $10,000, because he will have more than that in savings. His catastrofic insurance will be cheaper as his co-pay increases. The money can only be used for medical or dental costs. At age 65, the money is returned to him to use how he sees fit. Should he die before age 65, his heirs will inherit the money as part of his estate. Problem solved

]]> By: Health Care News » Morning Bell: The Road to Single-Payer Health Care http://blog.heritage.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-4121 Health Care News » Morning Bell: The Road to Single-Payer Health Care Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:28:36 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-4121 [...] Continued here: Morning Bell: The Road to Single-Payer Health Care [...] [...] Continued here: Morning Bell: The Road to Single-Payer Health Care [...]

]]> By: Hugh Miller, Tenness http://blog.heritage.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-4100 Hugh Miller, Tenness Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:05:43 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-4100 I have read many of the blogs about health care and this conservative idea that all we need is "consumer choice" and "individual plans". Have you not studied the health insurance system and the fact that what makes group plans so affordable is that as part of a group, the risks are being shared so that the cost is manageable. The reason that I can not support John McCain is that under his plan, employers would not provide coverage and we all would have to go shopping for health plans and I have already looked and to have the comprehensive plan my wife and I have would cost me "1000.00 a month or more! I have to have comprehensive insurance, my wife has MS and her drugs alone cost over $3000.00 a month not to mention all the Dr. visits. I could not afford John McCain's health plan!!!!! I have read many of the blogs about health care and this conservative idea that all we need is "consumer choice" and "individual plans". Have you not studied the health insurance system and the fact that what makes group plans so affordable is that as part of a group, the risks are being shared so that the cost is manageable. The reason that I can not support John McCain is that under his plan, employers would not provide coverage and we all would have to go shopping for health plans and I have already looked and to have the comprehensive plan my wife and I have would cost me "1000.00 a month or more! I have to have comprehensive insurance, my wife has MS and her drugs alone cost over $3000.00 a month not to mention all the Dr. visits. I could not afford John McCain's health plan!!!!!

]]> By: Please Never Lets This be My Obituary · http://blog.heritage.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-4084 Please Never Lets This be My Obituary · Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:50:41 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/08/20/morning-bell-the-road-to-single-payer/#comment-4084 [...] Mexico News » News Morning Bell: The Road to Single-Payer2008-08-20 09:50:40Asked system.” OBama was responding to aa voter who asked why he did not ... [...] [...] Mexico News » News Morning Bell: The Road to Single-Payer2008-08-20 09:50:40Asked system.” OBama was responding to aa voter who asked why he did not … [...]

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