I thought so. I also thought it was a really bizarre proposition in the first place, almost like they were just making stuff up to fill time.
EAST LANSING – U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said President Bush’s proposal to tax health care benefits in order to make them more available to uninsured families is “dead on arrival” at the Democratic-controlled Congress.
In his State of the Union address last week, Bush proposed taxing health benefits from employers, and giving tax breaks to individuals who purchase health insurance on their own.
And Debbie calls for universal health care.
Stabenow, who now is a member of the Senate Finance Committee, said the U.S. must replace a health insurance system that relies heavily on employer benefits and create a universal health care system for all, similar to Medicare, which uses government money but gives patients their choice of physicians and coverage.
I'm all for it- and if we don't do it at the federal level, we will create this inequity between the states as they all implement different plans. Might as well make it truly "universal".
This, of course, will require removing Mr. Bush first. Better get on that.