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Kuehl Pushes for State-Run Health Plan
or Economics, not sure where to put this except in the trash, via Lucianne:Despite the ballot defeat last fall of a plan requiring that most California businesses provide employee healthcare, some Democratic lawmakers are considering an even broader insurance overhaul that would replace private companies with one government-run program. Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica), its chief legislative proponent, released a study Wednesday that said her proposal could save $8 billion of the $184 billion expected to be spent on healthcare in California next year. It would also reduce the state's ranks of 5.3 million uninsured (how many of those are illegal???) residents, one of the highest levels in the country. SNIP Let's get to the wallet: Kuehl's proposal would establish a single health plan that would replace private insurance, as well as Medicare and Medi-Cal and other state-run programs. There would be no deductible or co-payments, but instead a patchwork of taxes: an employer payroll tax equal to 8.2% of salaries; an employee payroll tax of 3.8% of salary; a 12% tax on the net business income of the self-employed; a 3.5% tax on unearned income; and a 1% surcharge on all income of more than $200,000 a year. Does CA have a personal property tax??? Then you'd capture Babs' Toms' Susan's, Steven's Ron's Rob's and all those Silicon Valley assets. Makes more sense. SNIP Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-01-20 |
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