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GOP UNVEILS HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN
As in moderately-to-left-leaning independent, I actually think there is a LOT of good in this proposal. I'd like to see some true debate about this proposal (and its nice to see something coming from GOP except "the wealthy need a tax cut" and budget-news conferences with no numbers). As with all proposals there would be enough debate to 'vet' the plan and find any flaws... for example
"This means federal programs should not promote or support unhealthy behaviors...."
Does this strike anyone here as far too vague? This could mean anything from smoking (bad, but legal) to not wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle to having unprotected sex to doing drugs (illegal and completely right for tax payers to not support, of course) to ANYthing that "the Feds" decide is too unhealthy to 'support'.
And what does that mean, anyway? "Not support" how? Denying coverage if you take a spill while hang-gliding because it's an unhealthy risk? Not covering your chemo if you have cancer if you're a smoker?
I think we'd need to replace "unhealthy" with "illegal". I mean, we're talking about health insurance here - so I don't understand what exactly they mean by "Federal programs should not support...."
I'd also demand that there be increases in the new "refundable credit" tied to future increases in inflation. And finally, I'm not sure what "refundable credit" means... if it means you purchase a plan now and get a tax break on April 12th, that won't do a lot of good for working people who are living paycheck to paycheck as it is.
But still, this is a very promising idea and I'd like to see it explored more in depth by both sides (only by listening to the left and the right can you come to some sort of truth in the middle).
Comment Posted By harsens-rob On 21.05.2009 @ 16:26
