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From: deforest@hpihoah.cup.hp.com (Martha de Forest)
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Subject: Re: health insurance
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Date: 19 Dec 90 05:06:47 GMT
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> 
> This ought to p*s off the Libertarians ...	:-)
> 
Grumble, grumble, you were right.

A few observations on the "** CRISIS IN HEALTH INSURANCE **"

<stuff deleted>
> Perhaps the worst part of the problem is that the "free enterprise"
> system has been unable to resolve the problem.  Competition has not
> caused doctors' incomes to level off

We do not have true competition.  The AMA has lobbied for laws that limit
entry into the supply side of the health market.

<stuff deleted>
> 1. Universal: All Colorado residents

Colorado should expect its needy population to swell.  Where there is a 
service supplied at lower than market rate, the demand will increase.

> 9. Funding:
> 	UHICO Trust Fund
> 	Premiums Assessed to individuals, collected with income tax
> 	  No premiums below 150% Federal Poverty Level
> 	  Fixed percentage of income thereafter to ceiling income
> 	    (both remain to be defined)
> 	  Credit to individuals for current entitlements (Medicare)
> 	Employers maintain current level of support (transfer current
> 	  health spending to wages and salaries)
> 	Federal and State windfall tax receipts into Trust Fund
> 	Tobacco and Alcohol taxes
> 
Does this mean that I have two choices?

  (1) Work to pay for my needs and the needs of others, or
  (2) Don't work and have my needs seen after?

Martha de Forest
deforest@hpcuhb.cup.hp.com