| vivster said: Lol. Is that joke? 3% is nothing. Might as pay nothing at all, this amount covers nothing. Bump it up to 10% and force employers to pay 10% to match it then we can start talking. Healthcare is expensive, act like it. |
Yeah, not going to happen. Half the country doesn't pay income taxes with respect to benefits recieved. You think they are going to vote for 8.5-17% of their income to be taken from them? Working and middle-class Americans are adverse to paying taxes and they're not going to do it so that the 10% of the population (21% of whom are immigrants) can gain health-care coverage. Any political party that would vote to raise a 8.5 - 17% tax on all Americans would be instantly voted out in the next election. Americans only want state-provided goods if they aren't the one's being taxed.
Consider also that the supermajority of Americans are satisfied with their healthcare, and the numbers have only gone down (slightly) since the ACA. The least satisfied happen to be Republicans.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/195605/americans-satisfaction-healthcare-system-edges-down.aspx
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 YTD* | Difference between 2014 and 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | pct. pts. | |
| Overall satisfaction | 67 | 66 | 65 | -2 |
| Medicare | 77 | 76 | 75 | -2 |
| Military or veterans' | 78 | 77 | 75 | -3 |
| Medicaid | 75 | 74 | 73 | -2 |
| Union | 74 | 71 | 71 | -3 |
| Current or former employer | 69 | 68 | 66 | -3 |
| Plan fully paid for by you or family member | 66 | 64 | 62 | -4 |
| Uninsured | 39 | 40 | 40 | +1 |
