Comments on: John McCain’s Health Tax Credit http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/ Insights on Health Care Reform | NCPA Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:06:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Taxing Health Insurance | John Goodman | NCPA http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-51803 Taxing Health Insurance | John Goodman | NCPA Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:44:19 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/#comment-51803 [...] McCain health plan, by contrast, would have substituted a new and better tax regime for the current one. People would [...] [...] McCain health plan, by contrast, would have substituted a new and better tax regime for the current one. People would [...]

]]> By: Jadee http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-51688 Jadee Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:00:03 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/#comment-51688 John McCain might have been a good US President but the people in the US does not need another Republican, that is why he lost in the election. Obama perfectly states the need of the people in his campaign slogan and that is "change we can". John McCain might have been a good US President but the people in the US does not need another Republican, that is why he lost in the election. Obama perfectly states the need of the people in his campaign slogan and that is “change we can”.

]]> By: Jamie3 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-47670 Jamie3 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:15:17 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/#comment-47670 John McCain is also a good politician and he got some good political ideology. i admire John McCain more than Obama, John McCain is also a good politician and he got some good political ideology. i admire John McCain more than Obama,

]]> By: The Democrats’ Dilemma on Health Reform | John Goodman | NCPA http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-44185 The Democrats’ Dilemma on Health Reform | John Goodman | NCPA Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:46:00 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/#comment-44185 [...] way the federal government subsidizes private health insurance — along the lines suggested by John McCain during the election and in a bill by Sens. Tom Coburn and Richard Burr and Reps. Paul Ryan and [...] [...] way the federal government subsidizes private health insurance — along the lines suggested by John McCain during the election and in a bill by Sens. Tom Coburn and Richard Burr and Reps. Paul Ryan and [...]

]]> By: A Health Plan for Barack Obama | John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-40267 A Health Plan for Barack Obama | John Goodman's Health Policy Blog Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:04:36 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/#comment-40267 [...] The McCain Plan. There are two principal elements: (1) McCain would replace the current arbitrary, wasteful and unfair system of federal tax subsidies for health insurance with a system under which all families get the same tax relief for private insurance, no matter how it is obtained. (2) He would also allow people to buy insurance across state lines, effectively allowing a national market to develop. (See the NCPA analysis here.) [...] [...] The McCain Plan. There are two principal elements: (1) McCain would replace the current arbitrary, wasteful and unfair system of federal tax subsidies for health insurance with a system under which all families get the same tax relief for private insurance, no matter how it is obtained. (2) He would also allow people to buy insurance across state lines, effectively allowing a national market to develop. (See the NCPA analysis here.) [...]

]]> By: Health Affairs Blog http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-39761 Health Affairs Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:08:31 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/#comment-39761 [...] The McCain Plan. There are two principal elements: (1) McCain would replace the current arbitrary, wasteful, and unfair system of federal tax subsidies for health insurance with a system under which all families get the same tax relief for private insurance, no matter how it is obtained. (2) He would also allow people to buy insurance across state lines, effectively allowing a national market to develop. [...] [...] The McCain Plan. There are two principal elements: (1) McCain would replace the current arbitrary, wasteful, and unfair system of federal tax subsidies for health insurance with a system under which all families get the same tax relief for private insurance, no matter how it is obtained. (2) He would also allow people to buy insurance across state lines, effectively allowing a national market to develop. [...]

]]> By: John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog » Blog Archive » Response to a Critique of the McCain Health Care Plan http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-39687 John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog » Blog Archive » Response to a Critique of the McCain Health Care Plan Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:33:10 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/#comment-39687 [...] the reasons why economists tend to like proposals such as the McCain plan. [See my description (here).] That is, it ignores the expected benefits: First, the current system of $250 billion in annual [...] [...] the reasons why economists tend to like proposals such as the McCain plan. [See my description (here).] That is, it ignores the expected benefits: First, the current system of $250 billion in annual [...]

]]> By: John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog » Blog Archive » McCain vs. the Critics, Part II http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-39553 John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog » Blog Archive » McCain vs. the Critics, Part II Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:19:53 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/#comment-39553 [...] McCain health plan subsidizes, dollar-for-dollar, the core insurance everyone should have, forcing people to buy [...] [...] McCain health plan subsidizes, dollar-for-dollar, the core insurance everyone should have, forcing people to buy [...]

]]> By: ari-freedom http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-39463 ari-freedom Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:49:56 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/#comment-39463 Wouldn't it be better if instead of introducing a special tax credit for individual insurance to counter the tax subsidy for employer based insurance, that we simply have no special deduction for anything and just increase the standard deduction or lower tax rates (flat tax)? Because every time we introduce a special break for a certain good, the cost of that good goes up as the market is distorted. Just look how expensive college tuition is, despite all of the subsidized loans and grants. I like the part of the McCain plan that allows the purchase of out of state insurance. However, there are lots of other regulations and mandates that add to the cost and inflexibility of insurance options. Wouldn’t it be better if instead of introducing a special tax credit for individual insurance to counter the tax subsidy for employer based insurance, that we simply have no special deduction for anything and just increase the standard deduction or lower tax rates (flat tax)?

Because every time we introduce a special break for a certain good, the cost of that good goes up as the market is distorted. Just look how expensive college tuition is, despite all of the subsidized loans and grants.

I like the part of the McCain plan that allows the purchase of out of state insurance. However, there are lots of other regulations and mandates that add to the cost and inflexibility of insurance options.

]]> By: Anne http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/comment-page-1/#comment-39261 Anne Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:45:29 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/john-mccains-health-tax-credit/#comment-39261 Interesting. All this praise for continuing with the for-profit health insurance industry. Why? What percentage of the health care dollar will continue to be spent on marketing of competing health plans, administration of the health plans, and other such non-medical care items? Let us not forget time and energy spent by consumers trying to determine which plan is best for them--something which can, BTW, change in the blink of an eye. Then there is the need to create of a special system for the so-called "hard-to-insure" and the concomitant need for regulations to keep that part of the “system” as fair as possible. The U.S. currently spends almost twice as much per capita as Canada for its health care. Both systems have their shortcomings but imagine what could be done with a system that continued to put the same amount as the U.S. is currently spending into single-payer health care that covered everyone. And with a much higher percentage of that money going for actual medical care. Add in a commitment to remaking the whole health care system so that it fit the 21st century rather than being an archaic system that uses high tech here and there as well as a commitment to creating a healthy citizenry rather than to making profits for those who already have quite a lot in life. I have nothing against profit, BTW, I just don't believe it should be the primary and driving force behind how our health care system is organized. I realize that this view will probably be quite unwelcome at a site that seems dedicated to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic that is health care in the U.S. today and that is full of people who shake in their boots at the thought of "socialized" health care for reasons perhaps best left unexamined since they are hardly so noble as many would like to believe. Interesting. All this praise for continuing with the for-profit health insurance industry. Why? What percentage of the health care dollar will continue to be spent on marketing of competing health plans, administration of the health plans, and other such non-medical care items? Let us not forget time and energy spent by consumers trying to determine which plan is best for them–something which can, BTW, change in the blink of an eye. Then there is the need to create of a special system for the so-called “hard-to-insure” and the concomitant need for regulations to keep that part of the “system” as fair as possible. The U.S. currently spends almost twice as much per capita as Canada for its health care. Both systems have their shortcomings but imagine what could be done with a system that continued to put the same amount as the U.S. is currently spending into single-payer health care that covered everyone. And with a much higher percentage of that money going for actual medical care. Add in a commitment to remaking the whole health care system so that it fit the 21st century rather than being an archaic system that uses high tech here and there as well as a commitment to creating a healthy citizenry rather than to making profits for those who already have quite a lot in life. I have nothing against profit, BTW, I just don’t believe it should be the primary and driving force behind how our health care system is organized. I realize that this view will probably be quite unwelcome at a site that seems dedicated to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic that is health care in the U.S. today and that is full of people who shake in their boots at the thought of “socialized” health care for reasons perhaps best left unexamined since they are hardly so noble as many would like to believe.

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