According to that assessment, enacting the proposal would result in a net increase in federal budget deficits of about $1.0 trillion over the 2010–2019 period. Once the proposal was fully implemented, about 39 million individuals would obtain coverage through the new insurance exchanges. At the same time, the number of people who had coverage through anemployer would decline by about 15 million (or roughly 10 percent), and coverage from other sources would fall by about 8 million, so the net decrease in the number of people uninsured would be about 16 million.
That would be one trillion dollars to insure 16 million people for 10 years. That's $62,500 per person and $6,250 per year and $521 per month. I can get Access Blue Basic right now for $351 per month. Instead, why not just tell the uninsured folks to get insurance and in exchange the US will give each uninsured person $500 a month.
Win-Win-Win!
-US "saves" $21 per month over the current proposal;
-Uninsured people become insured;
-Smart shoppers get a free hand-out from the Government because you can bet the farm people will shop around for insurance in order to keep as much of the $500 as possible.
True that currently insured folks may become a bit miffed that they don't get the hand-out too. Too bad.
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