doathlon - 1/8/2025 11:51
Notofthisworld - 1/8/2025 12:07
Problem is we see it with Obamacare, that may be 4% average tax that sounds great, but it’s going to be more like 0% for 90% and 30% for the rest of us.
Teacher insurance is garbage in Texas anyway. It’s ok for a single person, but you try and put a family on it and 2/3 your check is gone!
I think what makes a lot of us sour is knowing what we had pre Obamacare vs today. It used to be awesome if you worked for a big company, many of them covered your whole family for free and most Atleast covered employee for free. Deductibles have doubled since Obamacare. It’s harder to find in network providers and about impossible to get stuff like chiropractic care covered. When we go to the Dr we tell them no insurance, because it’s cheaper to just pay it then get a bill for double that as your copay a month later.
No doubt something has to change. This system we have now just plain sucks. When I hear Medicare for all I’m imagining something like a workers comp claim situation, if you’ve ever been there you know it’s horrible and would be very costly if you can’t farm/work and they are trying all the cheap stuff for 6 months before they let the dr do what he knows needs done.
Healthcare is corporate wage suppression. It was offered by companies originally to avoid paying payroll tax. My plan of a tax works because your salary is going up now that your employer isn't paying for health insurance. Trust me. Americans just bury their heads in the sand when it comes to health because the government and insurance companies have made sure you stay ignorant. I've dealt with it enough professionally in health care and as an employer to know its total crap. Its just an inflationary system that benefits huge corporations from paying fair wages and payroll tax and keeps prices inflated for all goods and services dependent and offered by the system. Give me Canada's system any day.
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