Friday, February 02, 2007
I almost forgot to comment on President Bush’s new “healthcare plan” which I thought was hilarious. He wants to place a tax on corporations who give healthcare benefits to employees and then give that money back as a tax credit for people who pay their own healthcare. LOL!! Do you know what will happen as a result of this?
Employers will start cancelling coverage for workers to avoid the tax. They will justify this decision by pointing out this new tax credit and how people should be able to buy coverage on their own, thus cancelling coverage for their workers. So Bush’s new “healthcare plan” will probably result in more uninsured Americans and will end healthcare in the US as we know it. Then, eventually this tax credit will be too expensive and will be abandoned leaving us with nothing. LOL!!
This is exactly what corporations want. They have been trying to end corporate healthcare coverage for years and now Bush has given them their “out”. Yet another example of a brilliant plan to help corporate America at the expense of middle class America. At least he is consistent.
I’ll bet Rush Limbaugh and the ditto heads also loved this idea. I can imagine them spinning this idea as “very good for the country”. You see, Rush and his cohorts believe in a “laissez faire” style of benefits where everybody buys their own and if you can’t afford it then, “oh well”. I think they call the current system a corporate welfare system. Rush and Bush care little for humanity and see healthcare as a luxury and not a necessity.
So Bush’s new “healthcare plan” will result in no healthcare at all. Message to Bush: Not everybody in the country is a complete moron.
Employers will start cancelling coverage for workers to avoid the tax. They will justify this decision by pointing out this new tax credit and how people should be able to buy coverage on their own, thus cancelling coverage for their workers. So Bush’s new “healthcare plan” will probably result in more uninsured Americans and will end healthcare in the US as we know it. Then, eventually this tax credit will be too expensive and will be abandoned leaving us with nothing. LOL!!
This is exactly what corporations want. They have been trying to end corporate healthcare coverage for years and now Bush has given them their “out”. Yet another example of a brilliant plan to help corporate America at the expense of middle class America. At least he is consistent.
I’ll bet Rush Limbaugh and the ditto heads also loved this idea. I can imagine them spinning this idea as “very good for the country”. You see, Rush and his cohorts believe in a “laissez faire” style of benefits where everybody buys their own and if you can’t afford it then, “oh well”. I think they call the current system a corporate welfare system. Rush and Bush care little for humanity and see healthcare as a luxury and not a necessity.
So Bush’s new “healthcare plan” will result in no healthcare at all. Message to Bush: Not everybody in the country is a complete moron.
posted by DarthImmortal at 6:43 AM
4 Comments:
What an asshole.
I watched a show called "2057". In the future your toilet will be able to test your urine for drugs and alcohol. If you get injured while intoxicated you lose your health coverage. Nice to know what we have to look forward to in the future. I'm moving to England where health care is free.
I saw that too, it was totally crazy!!! I am preparing a post for next week (finally) which will list some new laws which will bring our society much closer to that reality. They will scare the hell of or you.
Yet another reason I'm pushing my Canadian mother to find out how to get me Canadian citizenship.
I recently saw a news story about a new trend; Americans traveling overseas to have surgery because it is so much cheaper. Because the corporations have taken over all of the hospitals, profits are more important than the health of patients. The nonprofit model works so well in this industry but our capitalistic rulers believe profits are the most important thing in our society. It is too late for us.
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