Bernie Sanders would likely raise taxes to pay for universal health care

[the_human_being]

CNN ^ | January 16, 2016 | Tami Luhby
Bernie Sanders likely wants to raise everyone's taxes to pay for universal health care, but promises it will be worth it. The Democratic presidential contender has long promoted a single payer health care system, which would eliminate the private insurance market in favor of a government-run program. He calls it 'Medicare for All. Sanders' plan for health insurance is now in the spotlight, with rival Hillary Clinton demanding that he reveal how he'd pay for it. Her campaign contends it would require raising taxes on the middle class by 9%. Sanders has waffled on whether he'd unveil details before the...

Your taxes would replace your insurance premiums.

No, they wouldn't!

Any why not? You would no longer be paying thousands of dollars annually for private insurance. Paying for profit margins would be history. True, you'd be paying for government bureaucracy, but right now you are paying for the health care insurance bureaucracy which is well known to be huge and overlapping.
You're an old fucker Vag, So I would guess you're on Medicare and maybe you added a private insurance supplemental plan and what you are paying for that is probably around a third of what you'd end up paying if there was no Medicare and you had to deal with private insurance.

Well, I'm like Hillary on this one. Why won't Bernie explain exactly how he's going to pay for it? The reason is, and Hillary knows it, is that the computations have already been don on Bernie's plan and it will raise taxes on everyone that currently pay taxes.

 

[Arianrhod]

CNN ^ | January 16, 2016 | Tami Luhby
Bernie Sanders likely wants to raise everyone's taxes to pay for universal health care, but promises it will be worth it. The Democratic presidential contender has long promoted a single payer health care system, which would eliminate the private insurance market in favor of a government-run program. He calls it 'Medicare for All. Sanders' plan for health insurance is now in the spotlight, with rival Hillary Clinton demanding that he reveal how he'd pay for it. Her campaign contends it would require raising taxes on the middle class by 9%. Sanders has waffled on whether he'd unveil details before the...

Your taxes would replace your insurance premiums.

No, they wouldn't!

Any why not? You would no longer be paying thousands of dollars annually for private insurance. Paying for profit margins would be history. True, you'd be paying for government bureaucracy, but right now you are paying for the health care insurance bureaucracy which is well known to be huge and overlapping.
You're an old fucker Vag, So I would guess you're on Medicare and maybe you added a private insurance supplemental plan and what you are paying for that is probably around a third of what you'd end up paying if there was no Medicare and you had to deal with private insurance.

Well, I'm like Hillary on this one. Why won't Bernie explain exactly how he's going to pay for it? The reason is, and Hillary knows it, is that the computations have already been don on Bernie's plan and it will raise taxes on everyone that currently pay taxes.

Will the increase in your taxes be more than your insurance premiums?

 

[NYcarbineer]

CNN ^ | January 16, 2016 | Tami Luhby
Bernie Sanders likely wants to raise everyone's taxes to pay for universal health care, but promises it will be worth it. The Democratic presidential contender has long promoted a single payer health care system, which would eliminate the private insurance market in favor of a government-run program. He calls it 'Medicare for All. Sanders' plan for health insurance is now in the spotlight, with rival Hillary Clinton demanding that he reveal how he'd pay for it. Her campaign contends it would require raising taxes on the middle class by 9%. Sanders has waffled on whether he'd unveil details before the...

Your taxes would replace your insurance premiums.

And you would trust the government to do that? Sorry I lost all trust in this government a long time ago.

I trust the government that is accountable to the voters over an insurance company that wants to screw me out of every nickel they can.

 

[Desperado]

CNN ^ | January 16, 2016 | Tami Luhby
Bernie Sanders likely wants to raise everyone's taxes to pay for universal health care, but promises it will be worth it. The Democratic presidential contender has long promoted a single payer health care system, which would eliminate the private insurance market in favor of a government-run program. He calls it 'Medicare for All. Sanders' plan for health insurance is now in the spotlight, with rival Hillary Clinton demanding that he reveal how he'd pay for it. Her campaign contends it would require raising taxes on the middle class by 9%. Sanders has waffled on whether he'd unveil details before the...

Your taxes would replace your insurance premiums.

And you would trust the government to do that? Sorry I lost all trust in this government a long time ago.

I trust the government that is accountable to the voters over an insurance company that wants to screw me out of every nickel they can.

Let me know when we get a government that is accountable to the voters, currently the government officials only give lip service to the voters and once elected do what their wallets tell them to do,

 

[Zoom-boing]

Any why not? You would no longer be paying thousands of dollars annually for private insurance. Paying for profit margins would be history. True, you'd be paying for government bureaucracy, but right now you are paying for the health care insurance bureaucracy which is well known to be huge and overlapping.
You're an old fucker Vag, So I would guess you're on Medicare and maybe you added a private insurance supplemental plan and what you are paying for that is probably around a third of what you'd end up paying if there was no Medicare and you had to deal with private insurance.

Did you type that with a straight face? Like the gov't isn't a bureaucracy which is well known to be huge and overlapping AND wasteful.

 

[Vigilante]

CNN ^ | January 16, 2016 | Tami Luhby
Bernie Sanders likely wants to raise everyone's taxes to pay for universal health care, but promises it will be worth it. The Democratic presidential contender has long promoted a single payer health care system, which would eliminate the private insurance market in favor of a government-run program. He calls it 'Medicare for All. Sanders' plan for health insurance is now in the spotlight, with rival Hillary Clinton demanding that he reveal how he'd pay for it. Her campaign contends it would require raising taxes on the middle class by 9%. Sanders has waffled on whether he'd unveil details before the...

Your taxes would replace your insurance premiums.

No, they wouldn't!

How would they not? You're just making shit up as you go along.

Did you see ANYTHING IN THERE that said he would?.... You fuck ups THINK a Socialist would do away with premiums for a raise in your taxes?... Have any Communist/DemoRATS ever done that? Assholes, all Bernie will do is BERN you so he can give FREE SHIT to the indigent!

 

[the_human_being]

CNN ^ | January 16, 2016 | Tami Luhby
Bernie Sanders likely wants to raise everyone's taxes to pay for universal health care, but promises it will be worth it. The Democratic presidential contender has long promoted a single payer health care system, which would eliminate the private insurance market in favor of a government-run program. He calls it 'Medicare for All. Sanders' plan for health insurance is now in the spotlight, with rival Hillary Clinton demanding that he reveal how he'd pay for it. Her campaign contends it would require raising taxes on the middle class by 9%. Sanders has waffled on whether he'd unveil details before the...

Your taxes would replace your insurance premiums.

No, they wouldn't!

Any why not? You would no longer be paying thousands of dollars annually for private insurance. Paying for profit margins would be history. True, you'd be paying for government bureaucracy, but right now you are paying for the health care insurance bureaucracy which is well known to be huge and overlapping.
You're an old fucker Vag, So I would guess you're on Medicare and maybe you added a private insurance supplemental plan and what you are paying for that is probably around a third of what you'd end up paying if there was no Medicare and you had to deal with private insurance.

Well, I'm like Hillary on this one. Why won't Bernie explain exactly how he's going to pay for it? The reason is, and Hillary knows it, is that the computations have already been don on Bernie's plan and it will raise taxes on everyone that currently pay taxes.

Will the increase in your taxes be more than your insurance premiums?

My personal data is not the problem though, is it? The simply fact is that Bernie has a tax plan from which he intends to pay for all his proposals. That tax plan is estimated to bring in an additional $4 Trillion dollars over ten years. His proposals for universal health care, "free" college tuition, and infrastructure expenditures is estimated to cost some $18 Trillion dollars. Bernie is short $8 Trillion dollars. As far as his health insurance proposals, the numbers have already been crunched and it has been found that Bernie will have to increase taxes on the Middle Class by 12% to fund it. Again, Hillary is aware of all this. So is Bernie. You can find it on the internet were you inclined to search "How Will Bernie Pay For His Proposals"

Don't forget, new spending requires Congressional action. Executive Order does not invoke new spending by Congress. Congress at present has a Republican majority in both houses.

Yes, universal healthcare may or may not be a great thing. That remains to be seen but anyone promising to increase government spending and passing new laws must first explain how he intends to fund those aspirations and bring Congress onboard as well. Pipe-dreams are worth little in the real scope of things.

 

[the_human_being]

CNN ^ | January 16, 2016 | Tami Luhby
Bernie Sanders likely wants to raise everyone's taxes to pay for universal health care, but promises it will be worth it. The Democratic presidential contender has long promoted a single payer health care system, which would eliminate the private insurance market in favor of a government-run program. He calls it 'Medicare for All. Sanders' plan for health insurance is now in the spotlight, with rival Hillary Clinton demanding that he reveal how he'd pay for it. Her campaign contends it would require raising taxes on the middle class by 9%. Sanders has waffled on whether he'd unveil details before the...

Your taxes would replace your insurance premiums.

And you would trust the government to do that? Sorry I lost all trust in this government a long time ago.

I trust the government that is accountable to the voters over an insurance company that wants to screw me out of every nickel they can.

Health insurance is one of the best purchases available today. The cost of medical services is so expensive that just one trip to a hospital can repay you for one or more years of insurance premiums.

 

[NYcarbineer]

CNN ^ | January 16, 2016 | Tami Luhby
Bernie Sanders likely wants to raise everyone's taxes to pay for universal health care, but promises it will be worth it. The Democratic presidential contender has long promoted a single payer health care system, which would eliminate the private insurance market in favor of a government-run program. He calls it 'Medicare for All. Sanders' plan for health insurance is now in the spotlight, with rival Hillary Clinton demanding that he reveal how he'd pay for it. Her campaign contends it would require raising taxes on the middle class by 9%. Sanders has waffled on whether he'd unveil details before the...

Your taxes would replace your insurance premiums.

And you would trust the government to do that? Sorry I lost all trust in this government a long time ago.

I trust the government that is accountable to the voters over an insurance company that wants to screw me out of every nickel they can.

Let me know when we get a government that is accountable to the voters, currently the government officials only give lip service to the voters and once elected do what their wallets tell them to do,

So you don't care who is president, and you don't care which party controls Congress...

Really?

 

[leftwinger]

Yes, universal healthcare may or may not be a great thing.

They could certainly control the rationing and death panels better. Many would die on waiting list. Win-Win. SSI payout could drop.

 

[NYcarbineer]

CNN ^ | January 16, 2016 | Tami Luhby
Bernie Sanders likely wants to raise everyone's taxes to pay for universal health care, but promises it will be worth it. The Democratic presidential contender has long promoted a single payer health care system, which would eliminate the private insurance market in favor of a government-run program. He calls it 'Medicare for All. Sanders' plan for health insurance is now in the spotlight, with rival Hillary Clinton demanding that he reveal how he'd pay for it. Her campaign contends it would require raising taxes on the middle class by 9%. Sanders has waffled on whether he'd unveil details before the...

Your taxes would replace your insurance premiums.

And you would trust the government to do that? Sorry I lost all trust in this government a long time ago.

I trust the government that is accountable to the voters over an insurance company that wants to screw me out of every nickel they can.

Health insurance is one of the best purchases available today. The cost of medical services is so expensive that just one trip to a hospital can repay you for one or more years of insurance premiums.

Medicare covers 80% of your insurance needs. You have to buy the other 20% in the insurance market.

That 20% will likely cost you 3 or 4 hundred dollars a month.

Imagine if you had to buy 100%, or 5 times that, from the insurance companies...

 

[Billy000]

CNN ^ | January 16, 2016 | Tami Luhby
Bernie Sanders likely wants to raise everyone's taxes to pay for universal health care, but promises it will be worth it. The Democratic presidential contender has long promoted a single payer health care system, which would eliminate the private insurance market in favor of a government-run program. He calls it 'Medicare for All. Sanders' plan for health insurance is now in the spotlight, with rival Hillary Clinton demanding that he reveal how he'd pay for it. Her campaign contends it would require raising taxes on the middle class by 9%. Sanders has waffled on whether he'd unveil details before the...

Your taxes would replace your insurance premiums.

No, they wouldn't!

How would they not? You're just making shit up as you go along.

Did you see ANYTHING IN THERE that said he would?.... You fuck ups THINK a Socialist would do away with premiums for a raise in your taxes?... Have any Communist/DemoRATS ever done that? Assholes, all Bernie will do is BERN you so he can give FREE SHIT to the indigent!

Ever done that? We have never tried this system before you dumb shit. The entire point is that we don't pay a monthly premium. How are you not getting this?

 

[Rexx Taylor]

after over 6 months of campaigning, Hillary has yet to speak about how she will create jobs for the millions of middle classers out of work,,,it seems that trans gender rights are of more concern.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Go look at the % of GDP the single payer countries pay for healthcare, and then compare it to us.

 

[Anathema]

Your taxes would replace your insurance premiums.

My insurance premiums are considerably LESS than 9% of my income. Besides, I'd rather have NO insurance than Government Insurance.

 

[leftwinger]

Go look at the % of GDP the single payer countries pay for healthcare, and then compare it to us.

you are winning me over.

 

[the_human_being]

CNN ^ | January 16, 2016 | Tami Luhby
Bernie Sanders likely wants to raise everyone's taxes to pay for universal health care, but promises it will be worth it. The Democratic presidential contender has long promoted a single payer health care system, which would eliminate the private insurance market in favor of a government-run program. He calls it 'Medicare for All. Sanders' plan for health insurance is now in the spotlight, with rival Hillary Clinton demanding that he reveal how he'd pay for it. Her campaign contends it would require raising taxes on the middle class by 9%. Sanders has waffled on whether he'd unveil details before the...

Your taxes would replace your insurance premiums.

And you would trust the government to do that? Sorry I lost all trust in this government a long time ago.

I trust the government that is accountable to the voters over an insurance company that wants to screw me out of every nickel they can.

Health insurance is one of the best purchases available today. The cost of medical services is so expensive that just one trip to a hospital can repay you for one or more years of insurance premiums.

Medicare covers 80% of your insurance needs. You have to buy the other 20% in the insurance market.

That 20% will likely cost you 3 or 4 hundred dollars a month.

Imagine if you had to buy 100%, or 5 times that, from the insurance companies...

I did buy major medical insurance for myself and my family since I was eighteen years of age. I only got Medicare after I turned 65. I have never been without medical insurance. In my mind that requires a special kind of stupid. Actually, I have received more in insurance benefits than I have ever paid out in insurance premiums.

 

[leftwinger]

My insurance premiums are considerably LESS than 9% of my income. Besides, I'd rather gave NO insurance than Government Insurance.

They already give Catastophic to anyone w/o anything. who pays? They just go to ER. I don't know. what a mess.

 

[leftwinger]

I see cost already $1.275T for HHS in 2015. This says Medicare % Medicaid.

 

[Vigilante]

CNN ^ | January 16, 2016 | Tami Luhby
Bernie Sanders likely wants to raise everyone's taxes to pay for universal health care, but promises it will be worth it. The Democratic presidential contender has long promoted a single payer health care system, which would eliminate the private insurance market in favor of a government-run program. He calls it 'Medicare for All. Sanders' plan for health insurance is now in the spotlight, with rival Hillary Clinton demanding that he reveal how he'd pay for it. Her campaign contends it would require raising taxes on the middle class by 9%. Sanders has waffled on whether he'd unveil details before the...

Your taxes would replace your insurance premiums.

No, they wouldn't!

How would they not? You're just making shit up as you go along.

Did you see ANYTHING IN THERE that said he would?.... You fuck ups THINK a Socialist would do away with premiums for a raise in your taxes?... Have any Communist/DemoRATS ever done that? Assholes, all Bernie will do is BERN you so he can give FREE SHIT to the indigent!

Ever done that? We have never tried this system before you dumb shit. The entire point is that we don't pay a monthly premium. How are you not getting this?

You leftist scumbag, You fucks have NEVER SEEN a TAX INCREASE you didn't LIKE, and to think it would REPLACE the premiums, you're fucked up more than the muslim president!