Comments on: Lewin on Baucus

By: Larry C.

Larry C. — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:48:37 +0000

Why aren’t more commentators talking about how many people are going to lose their employer-provided health plan?

By: Devon Herrick

Devon Herrick — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:08:55 +0000

It is disingenuous to say “if you like what you have, you can keep it.” I like my HSA because I can benefit financially for prudent use of my health care dollars. Yet, I represent the group of insured individuals that reformers want to redistributing funds from so health care is “affordable” for people.

By: Bart Ingles

Bart Ingles — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:35:47 +0000

OTOH, nearly everyone with existing employer group plans would have lost them under the McCain and Coburn proposals. With no tax differential the group plans could not continue to exist. But I guess the point here was Obama’s unsupportable claims rather than the loss of employer coverage per se.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:55:16 +0000

This makes a total joke out of Obama’s claim that if you like the plan you are in you can keep it.

By: Stephen C.

Stephen C. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:42:29 +0000

That is an enormous number of people who are going to lose their employer plans.