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The Bush Doctrine - Take This Tax Deduction And Get Plenty Of Sleep
Category: News Defused
Joe Paduda, at Managed Care, sees through the nonsense in the State of the Union address about a new plan to provide health insurance for the uninsured.
So a lot of folks are finding good things in Pres. Bush's plan to use tax policy to help uninsured people get health insurance.Not me. I see it as the worst kind of incrementalism, on a par with consumer-directed health care. To the naive, it promises a quick solution using financial gimmickry that will not cost anyone very important much of anything, and may help a few folks get coverage thru a state program.
But it won't do anything to fix the underlying problem - people who need insurance can't get it, and if they can, many can't afford it, leaving the rest of us to pay for their health care. Meanwhile, insurance companies compete not on the basis of how healthy they can keep us, but on how good they are at denying coverage to anyone who may have a claim.
In the world of George W. Bush, sadly, providing a tax deduction can solve every problem. Mr. President, some of us don't earn enough money to worry about tax deductions. That is why we don't have health insurance or a brand new car.
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