Reply #34: every single person is covered

[dana_b]

and pays a percentage based upon their income (ex. you earn > $100,00/yr, you pay 7.5% of income. You earn $75,000-$99,999/yr, you pay 6% of income, and so on). Those making less than some predetermined amount pay nothing. If we have to have insurance companies, they would have NO SAY in what procedures are done. It is up to the doctor and the patient. Period.

My ideal is single payer though. Always has been.