03-22-2010, 08:00 AM
So the house of representatvives voted for this bill, which is a historic change in the US healthcare system.
The costs of these reforms (don't know how they calculated that) is 938 billion dollars the first 10 years.
I think to make this healthcare system work (we have discussed this before) other things need to change. If no good cost savings can be made this new system will kill the economy.
(but on the other hand, bank bail-outs and wars also cost these amounts of money so nothing really changes there)
Maybe stopping the employer paid health insurance would be a good idea. It seems it will get cheaper for companies to stay in the US and work with american employees, compared to moving to another country where they don't need to pay healthcare benefits.
The costs of these reforms (don't know how they calculated that) is 938 billion dollars the first 10 years.
I think to make this healthcare system work (we have discussed this before) other things need to change. If no good cost savings can be made this new system will kill the economy.
(but on the other hand, bank bail-outs and wars also cost these amounts of money so nothing really changes there)
Maybe stopping the employer paid health insurance would be a good idea. It seems it will get cheaper for companies to stay in the US and work with american employees, compared to moving to another country where they don't need to pay healthcare benefits.