This is a health care changes, President Obama and republican all embrace: spread a little-known law, make more retirees, the government says a well-off need pay higher medical treatment insurance premium.
The plan may be any budget part of the agreement, to reduce the surplus of the federal debt more than ten years, raised $2 billion or more. This might lead to a shock, many old people will have to pay higher premium, even if they think you stable middle class, not rich.
This is Tom James what had happened. He and his wife recently got formal notice, they will have to start pay more medical insurance, the two of them next year about 1000 yuan. James is one of the beneficiaries is facing higher "income" premium of 5%. If the budget change, this number will rise to 25%.
"I was silly eye," said James, live in near Philadelphia, a retired bank inspector. "Camel has got his nose in tents the problem now is that they want to go far?"
Our idea is to continue to expand health insurance premium income as the foundation introduced by former US President George w. bush, and then expand Obama's medical hygiene coverage.
Will be how to work?
This is complicated. Take it as two.
First of all, current monthly premium income for basic medical insurance clinic and prescription drugs insurance will gradually increase. The surcharge, now evaluation additive, kick of the personal benefits more than $85000, $170000 couples.
Second, the beneficiary pay for these higher monthly premium will gradually expand the number of each year hundreds of thousands of people. This will through the extended temporary freeze higher premium income threshold value evaluation.
On inflation does not adjust the threshold value of the cases, 1 more than 4 beneficiaries is finally on the hook, compared to about 1 is now twenty.
Supporters of the idea - Obama government officials, well-known republicans in the house of representatives and the senate and independent experts - said it was stupid of medical aid people can pay their own way, especially when the program is facing financial problems for a long time.
"We're talking about here is a advanced structure is reasonable, slowly covered less and less, said:" Robert than Banks than independent of the alliance, claiming that deficit reduction, executive director. "Politicians are afraid of full fare collection, because the public reaction, but time is coming to an end."
Medical insurance of about 500000 people in the United States, including the elderly and the disabled to provide services. Half of the annual income is less than $22500.
Technically, the plan of outpatient service and prescription drug coverage is optional. In practice, this is too good an agreement, through. According to the laws and regulations tax payers pay 75% of the premium of a beneficiary, picked up the remaining 25%.
This for most people, it works. Medical aid to pay premiums for the poor, and the government says a well-off shoulder premium income share increase, from 35% to 80%, climbing, make more $214000 individuals and couples $428000.
Polls show that americans apparently more affluent beneficiaries, not generally improving premium. However, few people know, the government has benefited from some charge higher premium. Few people know details.
"I believe that wealth is in the eyes of the beholder, Newman said:" tricia, a non-partisan Caesar family foundation medical experts. "This premium can affect the person's per capita income of us $85000 on, but in discussed tax is $85000, are generally considered to be high income."




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