Resolved: That the 2003 Dean health care plan would be unacceptable...

[Davis_X_Machina]

...on this board.

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* No single payer.

* A public option (A super S-CHIP), but one limited to children and young adults (up to age 25) with family incomes under 300% of the poverty level or adults between ages 25 and 64 with incomes up to 185% of the poverty level.

* For everyone else, above 25 years old, and/or above 185% of poverty, insurance via your employer via one of a spectrum of plans offered by a pool of private insurers (a super FEHBP). Highly regulated -- but private. Subsidies by refundable tax credit, participant buy-in capped at 7.5% of AGI. Self-employed, ditto, but you choose.

* Opt out entirely and you are automatically enrolled, via tax return, in one of the plans as appropriate or Medicare, or Medicaid, as appropriate.

* Any insurance company that offers a plan to federal workers through the FEHBP will be required to offer an identical plan open to other Americans.

* Corporations not enrolling their workers in a plan from the pool have their tax deductions limited, and cannot bid for government contracts.

[Oregone]

1. Yeah, I totally got caught up in his rhetoric too

Seems like everyone wants to co-opt the term "Universal Health Care".

With that said, seems thats all a bit more coherent than the current reform though.

[ContinentalOp]

2. Yeah, that's pretty unacceptable. So what?

I never supported the guy. Neither did the majority of Democrats. He's a great political strategist though and I applaud him and thank him for the 50 state strategy. But just because he was a doctor doesn't mean he's right on health care.