Comments on: Can we *really* insure every single American? http://liz.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/08/05/can-we-really-insure-every-single-american/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:06:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Wonk Room » Humana CEO McCallister Endorses Univeral Health Care http://liz.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/08/05/can-we-really-insure-every-single-american/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Wonk Room » Humana CEO McCallister Endorses Univeral Health Care Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:39:16 +0000 http://liz.blogs.foxbusiness.com/?p=63#comment-64 [...] appearance on Fox Business News’ Countdown to the Closing Bell, Humana CEO Mike McCallister endorsed the progressive prescription of universal health insurance: HOST: Can we cover everybody, Michael? [...] [...] appearance on Fox Business News’ Countdown to the Closing Bell, Humana CEO Mike McCallister endorsed the progressive prescription of universal health insurance: HOST: Can we cover everybody, Michael? [...]

]]> By: chuck http://liz.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/08/05/can-we-really-insure-every-single-american/comment-page-1/#comment-59 chuck Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:09:35 +0000 http://liz.blogs.foxbusiness.com/?p=63#comment-59 Insure every american,rich,poor and middle class? Honestly if the Federal Goverment,any insurance corporation took such an approach like this. I can't help think of bankruptcy. High taxes. But in the end I can't help but of thinking if feds did this--they would go bankrupt. Now if the insurance corporations were to do this,how would thier shareholders respond? The only solution I see from a plan like this is: that all the Insurance Corporations morphed into a huge comglerate to handle the costs of varied insurances policies. But insure every american would honestly be a daunting task. Insure every american,rich,poor and middle class?
Honestly if the Federal Goverment,any insurance corporation took such an approach like this. I can’t help think of bankruptcy. High taxes. But in the end I can’t help but of thinking if feds did this–they would go bankrupt.
Now if the insurance corporations were to do this,how would thier shareholders respond? The only solution I see from a plan like this is: that all the Insurance Corporations morphed into a huge comglerate to handle the costs of varied insurances policies. But insure every american would honestly be a daunting task.

]]> By: Ted Sherman http://liz.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/08/05/can-we-really-insure-every-single-american/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Ted Sherman Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:21:23 +0000 http://liz.blogs.foxbusiness.com/?p=63#comment-58 Liz, I agreee that everybody should get some form of insurance weather it is long term catastophic insurance or regular insurance. What I am tired of hearing is that we are a wealthy nation so that spending other people money from the gov't is the answer. The truth is that today we have a $10 trillion dollar that $10,000,000,000,000 debt. Look at all those zeros and tell me that we are able to insure everyone. I have some ideas myself. Stop frivolous lawsuits. I would like to find as many uninsured as I could and tell them to get into a group first go to your local insurance agent and tell him that you are going to insure us for $10 a month, then get into their cars and go to a doctor (general practioner) and as a group tell the Dr. that you are going to treat us every six months for $10. How many of us go to the Dr and all we have done is a blood pressure test and our tempature is taken. When they leave the Dr's office they go to the Pharmasist and tell him that you are going to give us our generic drugs for $10. How you work that out with the drug company is your headache. Allow Phizer and SmithKlien Beecham and other drug makers to fully right off any R&D cost immediately. Lastly institute a flat tax of 5% (no loopholes, no deductions) to every man woman and child working including corporations, Partnerships, and Sole Proprietorships. I would then cut out the Federal Dept of Commerce, Energy, Labor, Education, Interior, Health and Human Services and Housing and Urban Development. Each of these Departments have a state componant so let them run them. Since we are in a war with radical Islam increase the federal flat tax to 10% until the war is over. Liz,

I agreee that everybody should get some form of insurance weather it is long term catastophic insurance or regular insurance. What I am tired of hearing is that we are a wealthy nation so that spending other people money from the gov’t is the answer. The truth is that today we have a $10 trillion dollar that $10,000,000,000,000 debt. Look at all those zeros and tell me that we are able to insure everyone.

I have some ideas myself. Stop frivolous lawsuits. I would like to find as many uninsured as I could and tell them to get into a group first go to your local insurance agent and tell him that you are going to insure us for $10 a month, then get into their cars and go to a doctor (general practioner) and as a group tell the Dr. that you are going to treat us every six months for $10. How many of us go to the Dr and all we have done is a blood pressure test and our tempature is taken. When they leave the Dr’s office they go to the Pharmasist and tell him that you are going to give us our generic drugs for $10. How you work that out with the drug company is your headache. Allow Phizer and SmithKlien Beecham and other drug makers to fully right off any R&D cost immediately. Lastly institute a flat tax of 5% (no loopholes, no deductions) to every man woman and child working including corporations, Partnerships, and Sole Proprietorships. I would then cut out the Federal Dept of Commerce, Energy, Labor, Education, Interior, Health and Human Services and Housing and Urban Development. Each of these Departments have a state componant so let them run them.

Since we are in a war with radical Islam increase the federal flat tax to 10% until the war is over.

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