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Originally Posted by Goat Blower
While this is all well and good on paper, there's no way this will actually happen. Show me ONE government program that has gone according to plan without massive overspending, there is no such animal. Medicare, medicaid, welfare, food stamps, the post office and the list goes on and on. This is a spending bill pure and simple and everybody will get taxed, not just "high earners".
While premiums have been increasing, they jumped massively in the last two years. I've been paying for my own healthcare for over 20 years now, I'm pretty good at noticing trends when I'm writing the checks.
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That is my take on it too, while it may not look horrible now, what government run program actually works? Look at other countries with healthcare systems similar to this and see what the people think. It isn't as extreme as Canada, but it is a step in that direction and their system is horrible. People pay full costs to come to the U.S. and get treatment, not just rich people either.
I think everyone can agree that the government is too big now, why make it even bigger? I want the government involved in less things in my life, not more. They never run things efficiently. This always take too long to do (10 committees to approve anything) and the costs are way too high ($400 toilet seats for the military anyone?). It is just going to end up being one more tax burden on us, no matter how good the intentions were.