My Healthplan

[Sea Ray]

I would make that a stipulation. Can't deny coverage.

Look, costs for prescriptions and healthcare in general would go down if everyone was paying directly.

If you make that stipulation then we're back to OC all over again.

 

[hog88]

If you do that you won't have any $400 family plans. In fact that's Obamacare. Very few insurers even want to get into that. The few that do, like Anthem here in Ohio, charge through the nose, $1900/mo

I think the fact many insurers are paying for the majority of every Dr visit minus co-pays and with ACA they pay 100% of all wellness visits plus prescriptions all add up to your high premiums. Take all of that away and your premiums would drop even with covering existing conditions.

 

[hog88]

If you make that stipulation then we're back to OC all over again.

No, there is way more with ACA than existing conditions.

 

[n_huffhines]

#1 is as stated. #3 adds back one provision of OC that was a good one. Not all of OC sucked. There were some good points. That's one good point I included.

I don't have the ability to crunch numbers. The CBO won't crunch numbers for me so it is a wild ass guess. Understand, the numbers are fluid based on how much you charge people to buy in. Under my plan, very few will need to buy in. 85% already have insurance. Of the 15% many will opt to go with a plan that's underwritten...but the folks with pre-existing conditions will need to avail themselves of this plan

You can't just raise taxes and increase tax revenue. That's not the way it works. You might be able to create a blip for a year, but then the top 5% just find loopholes with the new system and revenue as a % of GDP returns back to normal (16-18%).

 

[LouderVol]

You can't just raise taxes and increase tax revenue. That's not the way it works. You might be able to create a blip for a year, but then the top 5% just find loopholes with the new system and revenue as a % of GDP returns back to normal (16-18%).

I would love to see an overlay with the tax rates with this. I think this should change people's opinion.

 

[Sea Ray]

No, there is way more with ACA than existing conditions.

Pre-existing conditions are by far the biggest risk for insurance companies. Some people will argue that free visits pay for themselves 'cause they catch things early. I will say I don't buy that but I suppose it does catch some things

 

[Sea Ray]

You can't just raise taxes and increase tax revenue. That's not the way it works. You might be able to create a blip for a year, but then the top 5% just find loopholes with the new system and revenue as a % of GDP returns back to normal (16-18%).

If you can't raise taxes in order to raise revenue then how do we raise revenue?

 

[hog88]

If you can't raise taxes in order to raise revenue then how do we raise revenue?

Cut taxes, eliminate obstacles for business expansion and reduce spending.

 

[McDad]

You can't just raise taxes and increase tax revenue. That's not the way it works. You might be able to create a blip for a year, but then the top 5% just find loopholes with the new system and revenue as a % of GDP returns back to normal (16-18%).

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish this was a sticky post in our forum.

 

[McDad]

If you can't raise taxes in order to raise revenue then how do we raise revenue?

Grow the economy. Drastically modify tax code. Or both.