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| Kuehl Pushes for State-Run Health Plan |
| 2005-01-20 |
| 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 |
| #6 Bring it on, California. You'll add to my state's employer base. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2005-01-20 9:19:14 PM |
| #5 Didn't they just elect Arnold in part because employers were fleeing the state? What is it about the Dummycrats and the interest in a Nanny state? They are so foreign to economics and commerce. They think business owners are evil, but who pays the check? |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-01-20 8:10:51 PM |
| #4 I could shave a LOT more than $8 Billion by ejecting every illegal from the (hyper)expensive emergency room care that they use as their primary physician. Sheila's a fav of the Limousine Liberal set in the People's Republic of Santa Monica™ - a carpet-munching stalinist liberal (not that there's anything wrong with carpet-munching...heh heh) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-20 7:38:03 PM |
| #3 She wants me to give up my cadilac insurance for state insurance. FOAD bitch. If I had to rely on state insurance I would be dead from cancer and not here. She can go screw herself. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-01-20 7:32:02 PM |
| #2 I'd move to Nevada. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2005-01-20 7:07:19 PM |
| #1 12% net business income on the self-employed... That includes every single contractor. We're already taxed at 8-10% by the state ... She wants to push my tax rate over 60%??!? FYVM. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2005-01-20 6:08:09 PM |