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Originally Posted by JosieFB 
It may not be this bad in all Euro countries, but I just want people to understand what adding national healthcare will cost. People making $38K in the US today only pay about 20 - 25% of their gross income in taxes and maybe less than that. Would those of you who make around $38K be willing to give half your income to the government? |
How much do you pay for premiums for insurance? For 1 person at $250 a month is $3000 a year. Now include in medication, doctors visits, possible emergencies. "In 2007, total national health expenditures were expected to rise 6.9 percent — two times the rate of inflation. Total spending was $2.3 TRILLION in 2007, or $7600 per person..," reported the NCHC. Now if you are married with 2.5 kids
that's $31500 a year at $7000 per person. That's $10,000 more than what I make. Try doing that as a single mother that makes enough money to make her ineligible for government assistance. Should she quit working and get on government assistance? Which we pay out of taxes? What usually happens is they don't go get preventative care or wait till it's life threatening. And preventative medicine is a whole lot cheaper than emergency medicine. And I don't want to get in to infant mortality rates....
There are many different plans about how they are going to pay for this. Most people are for the idea that Bush's tax cuts for the rich is going bye bye. Many different politicians have plans on this. It's worth researching to see who you want to stand behind.
But to answer your question
Yes, I would. If it meant I didn't have to worry about a bill. If someone I loved became seriously ill then they were treated no matter how much money they had. If their quality of care was not based on how much money they made and they got the same treatment as any other person. If people didn't go bankrupt over medical bills then yes. If it meant that I may be paying to provide a fellow American with healthcare that they couldn't otherwise afford then yes. Because one day I may need help and I would want my fellow countrymen to do the same for me. But that's just me
