[Vision2020] Something you need to know

[lfalen]

If insurance companies have to compete with one another for the business, the price should come down. People should be able to buy insurance from any where.
Roger
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From: Donovan Arnold donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 13:17:35 -0700
To: Rosemary Huskey donaldrose at cpcinternet.com, 'Tom Hansen' thansen at moscow.com,  'lfalen' lfalen at turbonet.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Something you need to know

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> Roger,
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> Tax credits wouldn't work because insurance companies and medical providers would just raise their rates the same as the tax credit. They are for-profit, not for-charity. 
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> There is only one way to save our health care. We do to the giant medical corporations jobs that they did to the working classes jobs, ship them overseas. Why should the US taxpayer pay $200 for a prescription and $100,000 in medical care in the United States when we can ship them overseas and get the same care for a fraction of the cost. If we let people retire in luxury at 65 in overseas retirement communities, enough people would go to where the increased taxpayer costs of social security and medicare would disappear. 
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> Yes, that means some mega millionaires and a couple billionaires would lose their jobs, but it didn't bother us when millions lost their good paying blue collar jobs overseas, so it shouldn't bother us now.
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> Did you know in the Philippines, you can hire a private nurse, same skills and qualifications as US nurses, for just $3-$5 an hour. Compare that to the cost of a nurse in the US at $50 to $100 an hour. 
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> Donovan Arnold
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> From: Rosemary Huskey <donaldrose at cpcinternet.com>
> To: 'Tom Hansen' <thansen at moscow.com>; 'lfalen' <lfalen at turbonet.com> 
> Cc: 'Moscow Vision2020' <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 1:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Something you need to know
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> Let’s focus please.  Roger, how do you propose indigent patients gather enough resources to buy their meds in the first place let alone benefit from a tax credit? I am sick unto death hearing about tax credits as a solution to anything..  How ‘bout single payer (much like the Medicare and Tricare System which works very well) and a flat payment (according to income level) to be assessed by all working adults.  And, frankly, I would be delighted if those making over  250K per year (including investment earnings) would pay 10 times more for the privilege of medical care than those making $25,000.
> Rose Huskey
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> From:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 12:14 PM
> To: lfalen
> Cc: Moscow Vision2020
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Something you need to know
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> Roger Falen suggests:
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> "Here is a plan that should satisfy everyone and should give everyone health care insurance. Give a tax credit to everyone to buy their own insurance."
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> Ah, yes . . . the infamous coupon system in the guise of a tax credit.
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> Just how big of a tax credit do you suggest, Mr. Falen?
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
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> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
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> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
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> - Unknown
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> On May 2, 2012, at 12:03, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
> Here is a plan that should satisfy everyone and should give everyone health care insurance. Give a tax credit to everyone to buy their own insurance. 
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