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Andrews talks about the uninsured tax

by: Jason Springer

Tue Mar 02, 2010 at 12:30:00 PM EST



I really wish the Democrats would have pushed the frame of healthcare as a cut to the tax everyone pays with coverage for those that get treatment without. People who have healthcare don't necessarily care about people who don't as we've seen throughout this debate. But they definitely care about paying less for the healthcare they have and cutting the uninsured tax which is built into everyone's premiums would be a great start. Rob Andrews alludes to the issue at the end of a recent interview with Salon:
The political issue is not simply the uninsured. It's how the cost of the uninsured affects those with insurance. The 95 percent of voters or whatever it is who have health insurance are paying much higher premiums because they are already paying for the uninsured in their premiums, their taxes. So this is really all about how to reduce the premiums of insured people.
CUTTING THE UNINSURED TAX. I don't understand why we always cede the tax cut frame. The question is what taxes do you cut and for whom. Whether they know or not, those Americans with insurance are already paying for those without it in a hidden tax. The cold hearted are short-sighted.
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