http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/10/23/mccain-plan-would-tax-100-of-health-insurance-costs/ Health Policy Consulting and Writing to Improve Quality, Reduce Costs, and Increase Value in US Healthcare Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/10/23/mccain-plan-would-tax-100-of-health-insurance-costs/#comment-4472 David White Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:03:11 +0000 http://www.healthpolcom.com/blog/2008/10/23/mccain-plan-would-tax-100-of-health-insurance-costs/#comment-4472 Here's the deal. What both McCain and Obama see is that the benefits programs, SS, Medicare, etc., will go bankrupt by the time "ALL" the babyboomers get fully involved. How to offset that? 1. Raise taxes (Obamas solution). 2. Kill off the babyboomers (McCains solution). I tell you, I myself at 60 years of age, I don't give a hoot for either plan. Over time the government has grossly rewarded the sloth of the young poor to the point that benefits from the government are overwhelming the tax revenue. I like millions of Americans consider my health insurance from my self-insured employer to be nearly equal to my salary in terms of value. McCain's ideas really, really suck. Obama is a little better, as long as he leaves companies taxes where they are. It's really hard to decide who to vote for when neither person represents very much of what this country needs. Here’s the deal. What both McCain and Obama see is that the benefits programs, SS, Medicare, etc., will go bankrupt by the time “ALL” the babyboomers get fully involved. How to offset that? 1. Raise taxes (Obamas solution). 2. Kill off the babyboomers (McCains solution). I tell you, I myself at 60 years of age, I don’t give a hoot for either plan. Over time the government has grossly rewarded the sloth of the young poor to the point that benefits from the government are overwhelming the tax revenue. I like millions of Americans consider my health insurance from my self-insured employer to be nearly equal to my salary in terms of value. McCain’s ideas really, really suck. Obama is a little better, as long as he leaves companies taxes where they are. It’s really hard to decide who to vote for when neither person represents very much of what this country needs.

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