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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 04:06 PM
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14. Hillary's plan would be far more costly than extending
and improving Medicare for all. You do pay for Medicare through your payroll taxes but you can't use it until you are sixty-five. How much better would it be for everyone to be able to pay into and partake of it? Like Social Security, Medicare has a cut off amount meaning the very rich don't pay their fair share. Lifting the cut off on both Social Security and Medicare would flood the coffers and preserve the programs for future generations.

Hillary's plan would add a payroll tax. This is not a very efficient solution in my estimation. By not eliminating the problem, the for profit health care parasitic middle men, she is not solving the problem and only making it more costly.
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