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

To: TimF who wrote (4873)	2/24/2008 11:19:14 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Respond to of 42652

s" the program potentially would pay benefits to people making over $70K or possibly even over $80K. Those aren't people who can't afford insurance. " You were even more pessimistic earlier when you said people making 50K could afford it in some places...... "There is no settled view about what makes health insurance affordable. A survey last year by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that the average annual premium was $4,479 for an individual and $12,106 for a family.""' nytimes.com