Comparison of House & Senate Health Bills

[sunman]

Anthony,

You said HR676 "WAS LIKE MEDICAID".

People on Medicaid are so poor they pay almost NO TAXES.

I'm retired Air Force, I'm good to go but my brother pays 16% of his gross income, plus 25% copay with no out of pocket limit and a low prescription cap for his Blue Cross/ Blue Shield. Thats a Carpenters Local 327 union plan.

He would rather pay the 7% in HR676. He has had to use his insurance and with his copay is now one of the working poor, savings wiped out, on the verge of bankruptcy, to sick to work but has to work for insurance.

HR676 is not "FREE TO ALL WORKING CLASS AS WELL" as your partial quote states. It would be a deduction from your pay.

These are people I know, facts, figures, union names, insurance company names, and a bill you can read, understand and post on this site, HR 676.

I repeat, PEOPLE ON MEDICAID ARE POOR AND PAY ALMOST NO TAXES.

And thats all I got to say about that. No reply needed. I'm going out to the shop to work on the Cobra.

I'm preping it to jump the new Devon Building, the tallest building west of the Mississippi.

Sunman

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by sunman

I'm retired Air Force, I'm good to go but my brother pays 16% of his gross income, plus 25% copay with no out of pocket limit and a low prescription cap for his Blue Cross/ Blue Shield. Thats a Carpenters Local 327 union plan.

He would rather pay the 7% in HR676. He has had to use his insurance and with his copay is now one of the working poor, savings wiped out, on the verge of bankruptcy, to sick to work but has to work for insurance.

HR676 is not "FREE TO ALL WORKING CLASS AS WELL" as your partial quote states. It would be a deduction from your pay.

7% is not going to be enough. At the current government spending, expect between $250-350 dollars per month per person for insurance, as that is what the gov currently spends on the Medicaid program (250/month/person), and Medicare pays about 20% more than Medicaid rates. $1000 per month for a family of four. 7% aint going to cover it.

Originally Posted by sunman

Anthony,

I repeat, PEOPLE ON MEDICAID ARE POOR AND PAY ALMOST NO TAXES.

Why are these people poor ? Do you have any personal experience with people on Medicaid? Are alot of your relatives on Medicaid?