Comments on: Response to a Critique of the McCain Health Care Plan http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/response-to-a-critique-of-the-mccain-health-care-plan/ Insights on Health Care Reform | NCPA Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:37:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: skebber http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/response-to-a-critique-of-the-mccain-health-care-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-39733 skebber Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:51:35 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=623#comment-39733 Tips you were indeed very good.. Thank you for his all information.. Glad to have made your acquaintance Tips you were indeed very good..
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]]> By: James Lansberry http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/response-to-a-critique-of-the-mccain-health-care-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-39300 James Lansberry Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:06:32 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=623#comment-39300 "There is a fourth consideration, often overlooked. Embedded in a McCain-type proposal is a pay-or-play choice for individuals. Middle-income families who choose to be uninsured would face up to $5,000 in additional taxes. So there would be no free ride. Relative to the current system, the "tax price" of uninsurance would be transparent and large." So you think mandating the purchase of health insurance is a good idea? “There is a fourth consideration, often overlooked. Embedded in a McCain-type proposal is a pay-or-play choice for individuals. Middle-income families who choose to be uninsured would face up to $5,000 in additional taxes. So there would be no free ride. Relative to the current system, the “tax price” of uninsurance would be transparent and large.”

So you think mandating the purchase of health insurance is a good idea?

]]> By: Health Care BS - HEALTH AFFAIRS & MCCAIN’S HEALTH PLAN http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/response-to-a-critique-of-the-mccain-health-care-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-39296 Health Care BS - HEALTH AFFAIRS & MCCAIN’S HEALTH PLAN Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:56:40 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=623#comment-39296 [...] not to be taken seriously. It reads like it was written by Barack Obama’s campaign staff. John Goodman does a good job of exposing how slanted the piece really [...] [...] not to be taken seriously. It reads like it was written by Barack Obama’s campaign staff. John Goodman does a good job of exposing how slanted the piece really [...]

]]> By: Tom http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/response-to-a-critique-of-the-mccain-health-care-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-39293 Tom Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:34:54 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=623#comment-39293 I think the authors of this paper are treating the McCain proposal as if it were nothing more than extending the tax exclusion for group health insurance to the individual market. They clearly do not understand the concept of a lump sum tax credit. I think the authors of this paper are treating the McCain proposal as if it were nothing more than extending the tax exclusion for group health insurance to the individual market. They clearly do not understand the concept of a lump sum tax credit.

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