tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892866690662666995.post7471289621057954645..comments2024-01-10T07:49:11.396-06:00Comments on The Chief: Paul Ryan's BudgetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8892866690662666995.post-16506748961660366872010-02-02T09:12:40.384-06:002010-02-02T09:12:40.384-06:00Yea, as long as Ryan has a gold-plated insurance p...Yea, as long as Ryan has a gold-plated insurance policy he's just fine. But his healthcare fix for the rest of us stinks. <br /><br />Unless, that is, he proposes the same voucher for congressmen that he proposes for Medicare patients (to buy a private insurance policy, of course).<br /><br />Health care is not free, but why is he so willing to see the insurance industry add 30% ($700B per year) to the cost of health care without ever laying hands on the patient? <br /><br />I'd rather see those dollars spent on the doctors and nurses and hospitals needed to extend coverage to the 45 million uninsured and 50 million under-insured Americans. But then again, I'm a crazy lefty.<br /><br />Granted, Ryan may be well fixed, but 50,000 Americans die each year because they lack health care... some of them Vets, some are children whose mothers could not afford pre-natal care, some are cancer patients who couldn't afford to get checked out earlier. Or is that "compassionate conservatism?"<br /><br />Ryan should educate himself on the Medicare-for-all system the insurance industry has paid $46 million to keep "off the table." For the same amount of dollars we are spending today (16.5% of GDP) we could provide first-class Cheney-care to 100% of our population. Including those in BadgerCare and Medicaid, and those who are uninsured and under-insured.<br /><br />We’d pay for the system through our national infrastructure... about 2% on individual taxes and 8% on companies (as opposed to the 15% they pay today). Businesses could spend the savings on keeping jobs in the US instead of outsourcing to countries already with universal healthcare. A bailout for 100% of our businesses, not just the banks and car manufacturers.<br /><br />But Ryan wants anything the Dems don't want. He is a pure obstructionist. He doesn't want a fix, he wants to be ahead.Jack Lohmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10214373845549362680noreply@blogger.com