To the editor:
Suppose Mitt Romney had been president the past four years. Would Jr., Jimmy, and Jeff be driving Chevrolets built in China in NASCAR? Would Osama bin Laden still be running free? Would the children of the working class still be at war in Iraq? Would there be any chance of reforming rules and regulations for our out-of-control financial system? Any protection for the working people from financial predators? Any chance of reform of our medical system? (In my last years of working, my health insurance could have cost me about $21,000 per year.)
According to a new report, released by Families USA, in 2016 Wisconsin families under RomneyCandidateCare would see almost a $4,000 annual increase. There would be 590,000 fewer Wisconsinites with health insurance, and, by 2016, 830,000 Wisconsinites would have no health insurance.
Under "Obama Care," by 2014 we will have protections that: 1) our health insurance companies can't cancel our benefits when we are sick; 2) insurance companies must provide coverage to Americans who have pre-existing conditions; 3) young adults can stay on their parents' policies until they are 26; 4) there will be no lifetime limits on your coverage; 5) insurance companies must publicly justify any unreasonable rate increases; and 6) you can seek emergency care outside your network which means that you don't have to seek prior approval in an emergency. Obama Care helps small businesses with tax credits and helps early retirees, ages 55 through 64, with lower insurance costs.
What I like best are the Affordable Insurance Exchanges that enable you to compare private plans. This should make choosing a health insurance plan easier and more affordable. The insurance companies would be competing in a truly open market. Today we use the Internet for comparing and shopping, so why not shop this way for health insurance?
I also have to bring up the "removing $716 billion from Medicare." That $716 billion is the overpayment of subsidies to providers and the health insurance companies. As I understand it, when the Medicare Advantage Plans were created, we overpaid them. Now is the time to end that practice.
Paul Ryan's budget called for removing the same amount of money from Medicare, but now he is attacking Obama for what was in his own proposed budget. As President Clinton said, "You don't know if you should laugh or cry."
Suppose Mitt Romney had been president the past four years. Would Jr., Jimmy, and Jeff be driving Chevrolets built in China in NASCAR? Would Osama bin Laden still be running free? Would the children of the working class still be at war in Iraq? Would there be any chance of reforming rules and regulations for our out-of-control financial system? Any protection for the working people from financial predators? Any chance of reform of our medical system? (In my last years of working, my health insurance could have cost me about $21,000 per year.)
According to a new report, released by Families USA, in 2016 Wisconsin families under RomneyCandidateCare would see almost a $4,000 annual increase. There would be 590,000 fewer Wisconsinites with health insurance, and, by 2016, 830,000 Wisconsinites would have no health insurance.
Under "Obama Care," by 2014 we will have protections that: 1) our health insurance companies can't cancel our benefits when we are sick; 2) insurance companies must provide coverage to Americans who have pre-existing conditions; 3) young adults can stay on their parents' policies until they are 26; 4) there will be no lifetime limits on your coverage; 5) insurance companies must publicly justify any unreasonable rate increases; and 6) you can seek emergency care outside your network which means that you don't have to seek prior approval in an emergency. Obama Care helps small businesses with tax credits and helps early retirees, ages 55 through 64, with lower insurance costs.
What I like best are the Affordable Insurance Exchanges that enable you to compare private plans. This should make choosing a health insurance plan easier and more affordable. The insurance companies would be competing in a truly open market. Today we use the Internet for comparing and shopping, so why not shop this way for health insurance?
I also have to bring up the "removing $716 billion from Medicare." That $716 billion is the overpayment of subsidies to providers and the health insurance companies. As I understand it, when the Medicare Advantage Plans were created, we overpaid them. Now is the time to end that practice.
Paul Ryan's budget called for removing the same amount of money from Medicare, but now he is attacking Obama for what was in his own proposed budget. As President Clinton said, "You don't know if you should laugh or cry."
