What Will Keep Harry Reid from Re-election?
A health care reform bill that even resembles what has come out of the Baucus Caucus. From TPM:
According to the Times, “[t]he hope is that employers would buy cheaper, less generous coverage for employees, thereby reducing the overuse of medical services.”
It would also provide some protection for people with incomes from 300 percent to 400 percent of the poverty level (up to $88,200 for a family of four), so they would generally not have to pay more than 13 percent of their income in premiums….
To compare health plans, experts often focus on the percentage of medical expenses paid by insurance, on average, for a given population. This figure ranges from 70 percent to 95 percent under the House bill’s options, but it would be less than 70 percent under Mr. Baucus’s proposal.
Thirteen percent of $88,200 is just a hair under $11,500 a year–a ceiling of sorts on the vulnerability of the 2.7 million uninsured people, between 300 and 400 percent of the poverty line, who would be mandated to buy private health care with no subsidies.
How many middle class Nevadans do you know can afford to pay several thousand dollars out of pocket for their health insurance? And isn’t it comforting that the bill’s goal is to get employers to buy cheaper, less generous coverage for employees?
So this is where Harry Reid must earn his re-election. The thinking is that the Senate health care reform bill can be saved when it’s time to reconcile the Baucus Caucus bill with the bill coming out of the HELP Committee (Kennedy’s bill) and Reid will lead that effort. We must all tell Harry Reid in no uncertain terms that Nevadan’s want a bill with a strong public option.
Starting calling his office this week: 1-866-SEN-REID (736-7343)
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