Reply #1: Bush's plan avoids the real issue. [View All]

[JDPriestly]

Everyone should put money into the healthcare pot. Young, old, rich, poor, healthy or sick. We should all be paying a fair share based on our incomes. Our healthcare costs are so high because a lot of healthy people don't have insurance. They think they don't need it. When they get children and when they get older or sick, they suddenly realize they need it, and then they can't afford it.

In addition, many people just don't make enough money to afford any kind of health care.

$60,000 barely covers the most basic costs for a family of four in California. A family that size with that income isn't paying a huge amount of income tax. It is paying a lot of social security, a good sized mortgage or rent and a lot for transportation. Lots of families earning that money cannot afford the cost of healthcare for the whole family.

Bush's plan won't help them much at all. If they are buying a house, they already get a deduction for the interest and taxes. Bush's proposal is irrelevant for the people who really need help. It's just another Republican red herring.