Megan proposes something constructive:
Raise the Medicare tax by half a percentage point, and eliminate the tax-deductibiity of health insurance benefits for people making more than $150K a year in household income, $100K for singles. Then make the federal government the insurer of last resort. Any medical expenses more than 15% or 20% of household income, get picked up by Uncle Sam.
Maybe Obama could get McCain to sign on. Yeah, right. But why not Scott Brown? I think Obama should form an alliance with this allegedly moderate Northeastern Republican. But actually paying for a benefit through taxes has long since been demonized by the GOP. They prefer to borrrow.
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