Solution to get more people covered: Everyone who has insurance (either individually or through their employer) gets a check every year.
There's your incentive to buy health insurance, and a nice tax refund to boost business while we are at it.
I like this proposal, but the problem is that it wouldn't apply to those in the lower class, who are living paycheck to paycheck and won't be motivated by some long-term incentive.
TheCapisBack posted...
Mershaaay posted...Solution to get more people covered: Everyone who has insurance (either individually or through their employer) gets a check every year.
There's your incentive to buy health insurance, and a nice tax refund to boost business while we are at it.
Isnt this essential whats happening now? Everyone has to buy insurance, but they get a tax credit towards the endeavour. isnt that essentiall the same thing?
Not really. Almost everyone's insurance today is covered through one's employer, and it's those who don't have access to stable jobs that are the real concern when it comes to going uninsured. Another part of the reason Mersh's idea falls a little short.
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