http://www.beers4nevada.org/wordpress/10/08/the-schip-trip/ Fiscal Responsiblity For Nevada Fri, 16 May 2008 04:26:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.beers4nevada.org/wordpress/10/08/the-schip-trip/#comment-11661 Jerry Simmons Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:09:45 +0000 http://www.beers4nevada.org/wordpress/10/08/the-schip-trip/#comment-11661 We are arguing over tactics that each side of the issue is using and then cherry-picking the facts to justify each side position. The fact is that we have a health care crisis now and it will get much worse if we as a nation fail to act. Socialize health care well become an enormous tax burden but, private health insurance alone is not the answer either. We as consumers pay for it through taxes or increase cost at the doctors’ office. I recommend a combination of both. I went to Congressman Porter’s office in Henderson and briefed his staff on my idea. To my surprised they were intrigued. Basically, we pay into a national pool and pick a plan that we can afford and meets our needs. No longer will we get insurance through work but through the national pool. How it would benefit the employer is that put the money they would spend on a plan, that money would go into our paychecks and we could use that money to purchase our own health plan. There is more to my idea and I realize that it is not perfect solution but it is a start. I do have one last comment concerning tax money being spent. I would have more respect for the right complaining about government spending if I read or heard you all going after the contractors that are ripping us taxpayers off of billions of dollars in Iraq & Afghanistan instead of a middle income family! We are arguing over tactics that each side of the issue is using and then cherry-picking the facts to justify each side position. The fact is that we have a health care crisis now and it will get much worse if we as a nation fail to act. Socialize health care well become an enormous tax burden but, private health insurance alone is not the answer either. We as consumers pay for it through taxes or increase cost at the doctors’ office. I recommend a combination of both. I went to Congressman Porter’s office in Henderson and briefed his staff on my idea. To my surprised they were intrigued. Basically, we pay into a national pool and pick a plan that we can afford and meets our needs. No longer will we get insurance through work but through the national pool. How it would benefit the employer is that put the money they would spend on a plan, that money would go into our paychecks and we could use that money to purchase our own health plan. There is more to my idea and I realize that it is not perfect solution but it is a start. I do have one last comment concerning tax money being spent. I would have more respect for the right complaining about government spending if I read or heard you all going after the contractors that are ripping us taxpayers off of billions of dollars in Iraq & Afghanistan instead of a middle income family!

]]> http://www.beers4nevada.org/wordpress/10/08/the-schip-trip/#comment-11615 Bob Beers’ Blog » Blog Archive » Rymin’ Simon Cryin’ Whinin’ and Collectivizin’ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:10:43 +0000 http://www.beers4nevada.org/wordpress/10/08/the-schip-trip/#comment-11615 [...] mention was made, of course, of the gigantic D PR disaster two weeks ago, when they enlisted a 12-year-old to evoke sympathy with how SCHIP had paid for his medical bills, [...] […] mention was made, of course, of the gigantic D PR disaster two weeks ago, when they enlisted a 12-year-old to evoke sympathy with how SCHIP had paid for his medical bills, […]

]]> http://www.beers4nevada.org/wordpress/10/08/the-schip-trip/#comment-11552 jfnance32 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:45:41 +0000 http://www.beers4nevada.org/wordpress/10/08/the-schip-trip/#comment-11552 Will this new expansion of SCHIP also require more money from the state? Will this new expansion of SCHIP also require more money from the state?

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