“[This post by Michael Halasy was published at Angry Bear Blog.]
Much has been said about “repeal and replace” it has become almost as much a part of GOP lexicon as “drill baby, drill”. The GOP despite having been supportive of the framework for the ACA previously, wants badly to discredit the administration and claim a victory in the name of “freedom”. Too bad history shows that the Heritage Foundation and VP Stuart Butler supported a plan almost virtually identical to the ACA.
Now, along comes Congressman Ryan, despite being rebuffed last year for the “Roadmap”, he has come along with a v 2.0. Unfortunately, he is making headway. I won’t comment on the other aspects of the new and improved Roadmap, but it seems to be just as much of a disaster as the previous one. The House has already passed it of course, and Romney, aka etch a sketch, has enthusiastically received the Congressman’s endorsement and has endorsed Ryan’s plan as well.
So we know that the GOP, primarily the Tea Partier, despise the individual mandate as a violation of their freedom. Ezra Klein had a great article last week about the hidden mandate in the Ryan bill , but does not discuss the fact that it will essentially eliminate employer based insurance.
Now, Ryan’s plan assumes that the state based exchanges (sound familiar?) will produce a lot of savings, and he assumes that market forces will do even more. To that end, he offers a couple of tax credits. But, oh by the way, you LOSE employer based coverage under Ryan. It severs it completely. So an individual gets a 2,300 dollar tax credit (family is 5,700) to buy insurance. I can tell you now, that the average per the Kaiser Family Foundation for a single individual is much higher than 2,300.
Family plan premiums are $15,073 on average, while coverage for single employees is about $5,429.
Workers contributed an average of $921 toward the premium of single coverage and $4,129 for family plans.
What this means, is, that under the Ryan plan, your single insurance premium will cost you 2,208 MORE per year out of your own pocket at current cost. Family plans will cost you 5,244 MORE per year out of your own pocket.
That’s the repeal and replace plan folks…..That’s what the House voted on and passed…..That’s what Romney endorsed….THAT’s the GOP plan…
It’ll save businesses money, and it’s great for corporate America. However, it is not so great for the average small family living on 40-45k per year combined income.”
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i think it’s time to institute the “lamp post” brigade.and as our founding fathers would say”with utter dispatch”.
Non employer based insurance is yours and follows you (similar to 401K vs pension). Most uninsured folks are between employers.
Eggsactly. And this doesn’t contemplate the Health Savings Plans which are tax free (like group insurance is deductable to your employer) and CUMULATIVE and follow you as well.
That means all you need is a relatively high deductable cat plan which is MUCH cheaper than typical first dollar insurance featured today.
Why can’t lefties do anything but get shit wrong? You’d think they were doing it on purpose to scare the hoi-polloi, but thank goodness we know how much respect they have for the little guy.
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when will you admit that the left and right are virtually the same aside from how they appeal to belief structures to acquire votes ?
being lopsided is unhealthy for you and the country!
Who cares, the senators and congressmen are immune from any shitty deal they present and have an entirely different Medicare and healthcare and social security plan. What happened to no taxation without representation. As if these numbnuts can represent us.
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