Forty percent of voters say the high and rising cost of healthcare represents a “crisis,” according to a recent poll. A majority (56%) say they feel “helpless” when dealing with the U.S. healthcare system — that the system is in charge, not them.
Red heart shape with stethoscope and patient heartbeat report and Healthcare business data graph growth, Cardiologist, Medical investment and Medicine business.a recent poll. A majority say they feel “helpless” when dealing with the U.S. healthcare system — that the system is in charge, not them.
Some say the solution is a government takeover, such as “Medicare for All.” But that would be a remedy worse than the disease. Why would we replace unresponsive insurance company bureaucrats with unresponsive government bureaucrats? And why would we give the leak-prone government even more power over our personal medical information?
The heart of the bill is a new universal, voucher-like healthcare tax credit available to everyone under 65. It is worth $4,000 a year for every adult and $2,000 for every child. The chronically ill would receive extra help. Using the credit would be optional — you could keep your current plan if you wanted.
Employers would still sponsor health benefits for their workers, as they do today, but those benefits would now be portable from job to job and between jobs.
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