I spent this past weekend in Butler, PA. Every other commercial on TV and Radio came from one of the Democratic contenders for President.
B. Hussein Obama continued his message of blind hope and optimism. All of the bitter voters out there can relax because he will fix everything so that you don't have to cling to guns and religion. Upon visiting B. Hussein's website I see that he is asking us to believe in not just his ability to change Washington, but also to believe in our ability to change Washington. Then a statement about how there is nothing "elitist" about 1.371 million people donating to his campaign. Surely this is the campaign of the common man...of course, viewed another way this represents contributions by roughly 0.45% of the population. Less than half of 1% of the population, if that isn't an overwhelming statistic in support of B. Hussein being a common man, I don't know what is...
According to his website, the Obama Health Care plan saves the average American $2500 per year. I would be more impressed with a total cost figure, not a theoretical savings of Up To $2500. After all, if you know that you are saving the average American $2500 per year, shouldn't you be able to tell us what it will cost? Surely there must be a statistic on the average cost of health care for Americans. Just take that number and subtract the savings. How else could you figure that you are going to save $2500? According to the website we spend 2 trillion on health care. With the number of "insured" Americans approximately 250 million, we would average $8000 per person. That means his plan should cost $5500 per person. A family of 4 would be $22,000.
The Health plans are extremely interesting to me as an insurance agent and small business owner. Since Obama's is to be the least expensive, after all he said it so it must be true, I am only looking at the summary of his plan, not Hillary's. The summary brings a lot of promise of better coverage with lower premiums without much guidance as to where the money to fund the vast increases will come from. I did come across one excerpt that indicates a source of revenue
Employer Contribution: Employers that do not offer or make a meaningful contribution to the cost of quality health coverage for their employees will be required to contribute a percentage of payroll toward the costs of the national plan. Small employers that meet certain revenue thresholds will be exempt. -http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/
What is considered a meaningful contribution? I also find it interesting that you can be exempt if you meet revenue thresholds not payroll thresholds. What if you have a large gross revenue but small payroll like a retail shop owner with a part time employee to fill in on weekends?
According to his website, the Obama Health Care plan saves the average American $2500 per year. I would be more impressed with a total cost figure, not a theoretical savings of Up To $2500. After all, if you know that you are saving the average American $2500 per year, shouldn't you be able to tell us what it will cost? Surely there must be a statistic on the average cost of health care for Americans. Just take that number and subtract the savings. How else could you figure that you are going to save $2500? According to the website we spend 2 trillion on health care. With the number of "insured" Americans approximately 250 million, we would average $8000 per person. That means his plan should cost $5500 per person. A family of 4 would be $22,000.
The Health plans are extremely interesting to me as an insurance agent and small business owner. Since Obama's is to be the least expensive, after all he said it so it must be true, I am only looking at the summary of his plan, not Hillary's. The summary brings a lot of promise of better coverage with lower premiums without much guidance as to where the money to fund the vast increases will come from. I did come across one excerpt that indicates a source of revenue
Employer Contribution: Employers that do not offer or make a meaningful contribution to the cost of quality health coverage for their employees will be required to contribute a percentage of payroll toward the costs of the national plan. Small employers that meet certain revenue thresholds will be exempt. -http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/
What is considered a meaningful contribution? I also find it interesting that you can be exempt if you meet revenue thresholds not payroll thresholds. What if you have a large gross revenue but small payroll like a retail shop owner with a part time employee to fill in on weekends?
The plan also calls for the government to use it's masterful efficiency templates to reduce administrative and overhead costs. Just look at all of the government programs that show a strong track record for the government improving efficiency and reducing costs. I'm sold.
I also found it interesting that within the Obama health plan is a provision to fund a world wide campaign against HIV/AIDS. Shouldn't this be in the foreign policy section? Why is this being added to the US Health Care plan?
I also found it interesting that within the Obama health plan is a provision to fund a world wide campaign against HIV/AIDS. Shouldn't this be in the foreign policy section? Why is this being added to the US Health Care plan?
Which Domestic Terrorist Barack Obama Is Friendly With?
ReplyDelete- William Ayers
- Theodore Kaczynski
- Timothy McVeigh
- Does it matter? A terrorist is a terrorist is a terrorist!
This poll is available at http://b-hussein-obama.blogspot.com/
Obama hopes to hide the monumental costs of his plan behind vague assurances. He thinks people will not stop to analyze. Health care is not a right because providing health care to all infringes too much on basic natural rights such as that of property.
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