sub, the health care in America is very complicated. I doubt many, besides those in the industry for a lot of years, truly understand the current systems (there are multiple) enough to figure out the BEST way to preserve solid, available healthcare nationwide while giving more care.
Here is an example of a state that is trying it and failing miserably!
"The law established an independent public authority, the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, also known as the Health Connector, which offers the subsidized coverage and facilitates the selection and purchase of private insurance plans by individuals and small businesses.[2][3] Incentives for residents to obtain health insurance coverage include tax penalties for failing to obtain an insurance plan. In 2007, Massachusetts tax filers who failed to enroll in a health insurance plan that was deemed affordable for them lost the $219 personal exemption on their income tax. In 2008, penalties increase by monthly increments, and are based on half of the cost of a health insurance plan"
Health Care Plan Could Cost Some Bay Staters as Much as a Third of Their Income New York, NY. The Massachusetts Health Care Plan, negotiated by former Governor Mitt Romney and the legislature, is proving to be expensive, just as critics warned, with the lowest cost plan costing state residents as much as $9,560 per year in out-of-pocket expenses if they suffer a serious illness. While the Mass plan has been pointed to as a model for other states, these new numbers make clear that the Romney model of individual mandates is not a reasonable approach. "Having an individual mandate impose such a cost, which could be as much as a third of a person's income under the plan, is unacceptable," said Adam Thompson, a health care policy specialist with the Progressive States Network The lowest cost plan would carry an average monthly premium of $380 and a deductible of $2,000 per year with a total annual limit on out-of-pocket costs of $5,000. These numbers apply to any individual who earns more than $29,400 per year – the cutoff for state subsidies. To penalize individuals who reject this expensive proposal by levying $1,000 fines borders on cruel. The Massachusetts law has been hailed as a national model, but Thompson warned that states looking at copying Massachusetts plan should look carefully at the price tag to consumers before moving forward.
Telling someone who earns $30,000 a year that one in three dollars they earn will have to go to health care is not just bad policy, it is likely to anger voters.
