Even though I usually stick with local government issues, I am going to break away from that to make a comment on government run healthcare.

Those who currently have healthcare already pay higher premiums to cover the expenses of those who don’t have insurance.  This is a known fact.  Now, the proposal that just passed out of the Senate Finance Committee is adding insult to injury.  They are now talking about taxing cadillac plans, the plans offered by unions and big business, to pay for the government option.  Why isn’t there more concern about this?  Aren’t unions the ones that typically vote in the Democrats?  Why are they offending the groups that vote for them?  Today, unions took out ads against this bill.  Has the love affair between the whitehouse and unions been lost?

As for big businesses having to be taxed for covering their employees with a generous healthplan, what are these senators thinking?  Many of these large companies are able to pay lower wages because they offer great health coverage to their employees.  If those employers will now be penalized they will pass that cost onto their employees.  This will result in a big reduction in what employees are able to take home.  This is less money for spending and results in more closures, less competition, and penalizing the people who already have health insurance.

Right now, healthcare as we know it is not perfect but we need to reevaluate what is being discussed and step back and take more time to find what could be a better solution to this problem.

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