Allen James
Article Analysis
New health care plan and your wallet
The health reform debate is still far from the finsih line, but Wednesday brought an important milestone: A key senator’s highly-anticipated proposal echoing many of the reforms that President Obama is calling for. “My bill is very, very similar to the framework that the president was talking about when he gave his message the other day. It’s very similar,” Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., told reporters. The proposal’s price tag, according to the Senate Finance Committee, is $856 billion over 10 years. It would be paid for through cuts and savings from government health programs and through new taxes and fees on health industry players. Over 10 years, estimates are that the plan could reduce the deficit.
My opionion is that this could be very good. Of course we will have new taxes but that’s expected with any good plan. Max Baucus’s proposal might be similar but Obama’s is going to be better. We get unified health care so if you lose your job you won’t have to worry about losing your health benefits. It helps everyone to have those benefits. If you lose your job you get a chance to find a new job and not have to worry about health care. I think it is a good idea no matter the price.