So what is the difference between a state requiring that 6.5% of everyone's
income be spent on private health insurance and public funds paying for
the
rest of the populace's health care, vs the government taking 6.5% of all
income and providing health care for all?
What, two or three less layers of insurance overhead paperwork and a
simple 6.5% of payroll form, vs one form for each employee and five forms
for each non-insured otherwise covered plus government oversight by person
and special adds and endless extras? God knows we wouldn't want to be
efficient and remove overhead and deliver more product.
If you want to get a handle on health care costs, cap the cost at 6.5% of
all US income and collect the money. For employers, on total salary paid.
For non-wage-earners, on gross income up to a cap.
Then do not allow anyone to be denied service as a condition of license
to practice, and require that 5.9% of all that collected health care money
be spent on primary care workers and equipment - salaries and equipment -
and only 10% may go to overhead in administering the money - management,
accounting, etc.
Then instead of 60% of premiums going to paperwork and buildings and BS,
only 10% will, and 90% will go to direct health care.
And then between removing the staggering present indirect overhead and the
huge costs of delayed care, we won't even need 6.5%.
Hell, add a token $10 waivable co-pay per visit to slow down the lonely.
Guess what - Adding a layer of insurance paperwork only assures increased
costs... that is not news. So why do the Repubes want to increase health
care costs?
Because they lack a grasp of business fundamentals. Overhead costs.
<ericmatteson2003november@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Dear California and Massachusetts Voters:
> The California assembley allegedly removed a limit
> of 6.5% of a rich persons income to be spent on a premium
> for a proposed required very high deductible
> health insurance policy.
> As of Jan 18,2009 health insurance companies
> already want more than 6.5% of a wealthy Californians
> income even though they are too rich to qualify
> for the state income tax reduction.
> ---------------
> If the California Senate still wants mandatory health
> insurance they should ammend the bill so no
> individual will have to pay more than 30 per cent of their
> income on required health insurance premiums and
> no one shall be fined more than 30 per cent
> of their income for not having health insurance in
> California or Massachusetts
> instead of the much larger fine equal to what
> their totally unlimited premium
> would have been.
> If the HMO lobby rejects limiting premiums to 30
> percent of a rich persons income then the HMOs
> must admit NOW that they are already
> planning on raising premiums above 30 per cent
> of the income of even the richest of Californians
> who are too rich to qualify for a state income
> tax reduction.
> ------------------
> Are there any politicians or individuals who
> are willing to vote against requiring everyone to
> buy health insurance no matter how expensive it
> becomes ??
> If 30% is too much The state legislatures can choose
> a lower percentage for the maximum percentage of each
> individuals income that is required to be spent on
> mandatory health insurance premiums.
> This number will be greater than 6.5% because the 6.5%
> maximum limit on premiums was forcibly removed from California's
> bill by HMO lobbyists!
> ..
> -------------
> As far as I know both Hillary Clinton and
> Mitt Rommney are planning on requiring everyone
> to buy health insurance with no limit on
> how high health insurance companies (HMOs)
> can raise premiums.
> Is anybody willing to vote against Hillary Clinton
> or Mitt Rommney in any primary ??
> Eric Matteson ericmatteson2003november@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Dec 26 2007, 8:40 pm, ericmatteson2003novem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> > All states that have mandatory health insurance
> > are no longer able to afford Microsoft Windows
> > or Microsoft Office or any full price software
> > from Microsoft.
> > When individuals are required to buy health insurance
> > by their states premiums are high and then they can
> > no longer afford Microsoft software such as Windows.
> > Those states that are spending billions of dollars
> > partially subsidizing mandatory HMO premiums for
> > poor peoples mandatory health insurance are facing
> > bankruptcy. Both states and individuals can save money
> > by using low cost Linux instead of Microsoft Windows
> > on all computers.
> > If you are living in a state with mandatory health
> > insurance you should lobby that states government
> > to switch all school computers ( K-12,Communnity colleges,
> > Universities) to use Linux as their operating system
> > instead of making you get less of a premium subsidy
> > to continue to pay rent on Microsoft Windows and
> > Microsoft office site liscences for schools.
> > When you buy new computers get Linux instead
> > of Microsoft Windows for them. Windows can run on only
> > one computer but Linux can run on all computers that you
> > own.
> > Linux has good programming capabilities. Linux uses
> > the full 32-bit c programming language that can be used
> > for large programs and not just small programs like
> > 16-bit Liberty Basic or qbasic.
> > There are some c example programs written for Linux.
> > Click here for the list of three files for
> > edelev14 text editor
program.http://groups.google.com/group/alt.destroy.microsoft/browse_thread/t
h...
> > After downloading and compiling edelev14.c and its two headers
> > wgslater.c and zackvga.h
> > ./edelev14.out
> > has home gets menu and the end key works differently
> > so left arrow from beginning of next line gets to right
> > of line.
> > There is another c program that uses the same header files
> > It is vgview07.c .bmp picture file viewer program at the
linkhttp://groups.google.com/group/alt.student.affairs.net/msg/0672e12579...
> > put vgview07.c in same subdirectory as the headers from the other link
> > and
> > gcc -Wall vgview07.c -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -o vgview07.out
> > ./vgview07.out
> > to compile and run the program.
> > If there is a list of bitmaps ending with .bmp in the same directory
> > ;
> > ,
> > to get first picture then
> > ,
> > to get to next picture.
> > c
> > changes colormode in vgview07
> > Different pictures look better in different colormodes.
> > .....
> > ...
> > ..
> > .
> > Mandatory health insurance is unfair to individuals because the
> > premiums are too high and unfair to states because the subsidies
> > for poor peoples premiums are more costly than expected
> > and also unfair to Microsoft because states that have mandatory
> > health insurance are no longer able to afford Microsoft software
> > such as Windows and Office any more with all that extra
> > money being wasted on HMO premiums. The low cost LINUX
> > operating system is already ready to compete with
> > Microsoft Windows. If your state has mandatory health insurance
> > have the schools and universites there switched their computers
> > to LINUX to save money yet??
> > Eric Matteson
> > ericmatteson2003novem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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