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

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (8633)	8/24/2009 11:00:39 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42652

This proposal addresses your concerns: So the Feds take responsibility for regulating insurance? More centralized government... you trust the Feds more than your state government? This is what I would like to see (in my dreams): 1. Give a one year lead time and make employer provided health care illegal. 2. Employers who provide health care as a benefit would be required to increase each employees salary by the cost of the current program. 3. Health insurance would be fully tax deductible for individuals. 4. There would be a competing public option, and co-op options (options are GOOD things). 5. Yes insurance companies could sell across state lines. 6. Yes there would be some tort reform. 7. There would be an insurance exchange established. 8. Individuals would be required to get some minimum type of policy (??? Devil in the details). The insurance companies AND the providers would really have to scramble to cut costs because there would be SO MUCH business up in the air. Back to a REAL free market...