Bush Focusing on Health Care in Michigan

[papau]

In contrast to the Kerry idea of the federal government to pick up 75 percent of catastrophic health care costs, cutting premiums by an average of 10 percent, with a small businesses a tax credit to help them bear the cost of health insurance, and of course - lower cost drugs from Canada.



http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Bush.html

Bush Focusing on Health Care in Michigan
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 12:17 p.m. ET

MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) -- President Bush on Monday denounced Democrat John Kerry's health care proposal as a government takeover that would trigger tax hikes.<snip>

``Not only is his plan going to increase the power of bureaucrats in your life, but he can't pay for it unless he raises your taxes.'<snip>'

He said he wants small businesses to be allowed to pool resources to buy health insurance at discounts available to large companies. He also favors expanding health saving accounts and plans to propose a tax credit to help poor families and individuals buy coverage. Further, he wants to ensure that each of America's poorest communities has a health center to serve the underprivileged.

In addition, Bush has called for a medical liability overhaul that he says would speed damage awards to those injured through malpractice and help keep insurance premiums within the reach of good doctors. He rarely misses an opportunity on the campaign trail to note that Kerry's running mate, Sen. John Edwards, earned millions as a trial attorney before turning to politics.<snip>

[ET Awful]

1. Gee, for some reason he doesn't mention the 14% increase in premiums

this year, and the millions who losts their healthcare under his "leadership" in the past 3 years.

[leftchick]

2. How many times has * actually even said "Health Care" in the last...

3 1/2 years? Is there some way to find out?

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

3. Bush needs to focus on world health

He's massacring entire populations.

[amandabeech]

4. As though his plan is cost-free!

How is he going to pay for it? Usually he pays with things by cutting taxes to the rich, assuming that then, Laffer-like, that tax revenues will rise.

HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!

[papau]

5. health saving accounts are a plan to screw the non-rich and help ins co's

Yet again

Indeed, It is yet one more tax dodge for the rich as "choice" means you accept the risk of being too short of funds to get medical care.

But you know that Government obligations and the taxes that support such common good - well - they are evil - just evil

Just read our media and learn how they do not object to this "choice" to accept the risk of bad medical care.

[polmaven]

6. I'm scratching my head here.

He also favors expanding health saving accounts and plans to propose a tax credit to help poor families and individuals buy coverage.

That will fix it...let's give a tax credit to all them there poor folk so's they kin buy health insurance with it! What's that you say? They don't earn enough to pay taxes? Well, we awtta put a stop to that! Make 'em pay taxes on their puny little paychecks. Then they kin be elgerbal for their tax credits 'n buy insurance with it.

:shrug: