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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (1467)	1/22/2007 12:42:55 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

OK, I see - "The current health system relies primarily on employers to provide health-care coverage as a fringe benefit. Employees are not taxed on the benefits but the Bush plan would set a cap on the amount of coverage that could be offered tax-free. Anything above that would be taxed as income, the administration official on condition of anonymity." today.reuters.com gregmankiw.blogspot.com So its a cap on how much health care insurance can get special tax treament. Companies would be free to insure beyond that point but they wouldn't be able to offer the insurance tax free. I suppose by "taxed as income" they mean the employee would pay the tax on that benefit. On the surface that sound like a good idea, but I realize it could cause problems. I haven't thought about this specific proposal much so far. I might have a different opinion later.

To: TimF who wrote (1467)	1/22/2007 7:33:35 PM
From: 10K a day	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

>>As a general rule I am against government set price controls.<< Well maybe you don't know much about health Care in general. Fee Schedules and price controls are the NORM. HELLO. Oh my gosh TIM. 25 to 38 percent on the dollar would be about the norm paid according to a health care fee schedule. Doesn't matter if it's medicare, Medi Cal, Workers' Compensation, Private Insurance. HELLO. In part B medicare i can tell you EXACTLY what is going to be paid and it's about 30 to 38 percent of what is billed. Medi Cal aka EDS a 'FEDERAL' Corporation et al is the worst. They pay 10 cents on the dollar when they decide to pay. You can bill them 160 dollars and they will pay you 20 dollars. You can lose money with MEDI CAL and make it up in volume. A REALLY SHlT HOLE OF A SYSTEM. The only people who benefit from MEDI CAL are the Bureaucrats that administrate it.