Employers don't have to pay, and the self-employed, employed, and unemployed are all put on a level playing field. There's a tax deduction for health insurance that could be tweaked to provide a 100% deduction for the cost of primary health insurance up to a limit. That way the only disadvantage would be that people employed by others pay a bit more in FICA. Boo hoo.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Obama care repeal and replace
- 07/03/2017 12:33:18 AM
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The new House version looks fine.....
- 07/03/2017 03:12:55 AM
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A few questions - I've been doing a lot of reading on it but it's a hugely complicated matter.
- 07/03/2017 08:09:57 PM
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The "accross state lines" buzz is a farce. Do YOU want a PCP that is 800 miles away? *NM*
- 07/03/2017 09:18:57 PM
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That isn't what it means at all.
- 08/03/2017 03:21:27 AM
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But physician networks are local
- 09/03/2017 04:25:33 PM
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Of course they are.
- 09/03/2017 04:52:31 PM
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And your insurance premium would be WAY higher than it currently is with a native MA company.
- 10/03/2017 02:21:21 PM
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We could have benefited from reviews by Romneycares victims before taking it national
- 14/03/2017 02:17:28 PM
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One breakdown
- 07/03/2017 10:25:12 AM
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My head is going to blow up from reading all this news
- 07/03/2017 09:16:22 PM
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They can make it work and will just rasie rates
- 08/03/2017 03:52:50 PM
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That's the point though, isn't it?
- 08/03/2017 04:35:56 PM
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but it was the young that made it work and they are already opting out
- 10/03/2017 02:56:50 PM
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it wasn't a bone
- 10/03/2017 02:30:00 PM
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When you cut cancer out of a body, you don't replace it with something else...
- 07/03/2017 11:34:31 AM
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You know what I would propose?
- 08/03/2017 03:06:27 PM
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decoupling health insurance from employment eliminates an existing subsidy
- 08/03/2017 03:25:27 PM
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So what?
- 08/03/2017 03:53:29 PM
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I wasn't raising it as a show-stopper, because obviously it isn't one.
- 08/03/2017 04:17:47 PM
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As a self-employed individual, I have little sympathy for extending employer-based care 
- 09/03/2017 03:41:59 AM
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- 09/03/2017 03:41:59 AM
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Interesting. Wasn't expecting that, though it looks good to me. *NM*
- 08/03/2017 07:17:01 PM
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Looks like Republicans have TWICE the votes they need to kill it (in either chamber)
- 14/03/2017 01:50:35 PM
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As to healthcare itself, how are there no good options?
- 14/03/2017 01:59:17 PM
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I'm glad you asked...
- 14/03/2017 02:36:40 PM
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I have heard it said that "the perfect is the enemy of the good" 
- 14/03/2017 03:03:34 PM
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- 14/03/2017 03:03:34 PM
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the reason why Canadians with money seek treatment in the US is not bureaucracy
- 14/03/2017 04:00:09 PM
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