Bryon Daly wrote:
>
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:10:39 -0700 (PDT), Deborah Harrell
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Kerry states that "he will give every American access
> > to the health care plan that the President and Members
> > of Congress already have." Unless he plans to finance
> > it by repealing at least part of Bush's tax cuts,
> > which will require Congressional cooperation, I don't
> > see how that is possible. [Please note: I haven't
> > actually looked up the #s, but to cover the ~42
> > million Americans currently without health insurance
> > coverage would be expensive -- still, what with the
> > tossing about of billions for the Iraq war, even $42
> > million doesn't sound like much.] In addition to the
>
> But $42 million would only provide $1 for every uninsured person - did
> you mean $42 billion ($1000/person)? But even $1000/person seems low
> - I think health insurance normally runs $3-7K or perhaps even much
> more.
Depends. I know of someone who is paying about $1K PER MONTH for health
insurance.
Julia
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