Principles for Health Care Policy: A Guide for Voters | Capital Commentary

Principles for Health Care Policy: A Guide for Voters | Capital Commentary by Leah Anderson.  MGB: The bottom line is that no part of Obamacare should be repealed unless something of sufficient detail is passed in its place.  I suspect that because Obamacare is based on Romneycare, the universe of changes will be small.  What is telling about this debate is that Romney states that its main fault is that it taxes the middle class too heavily.  As far as we know, however, the only real tax increase is an expansion of Hospital Insurance taxes and an additional health care levy on non-wage (or unearned) income for families making more than $250,000.  If this is Romney's idea of being middle class, it is very telling on how he sees society, since one must be in the top 2% of taxpayers to make that much money.  That may be middle class in Romney's neighborhood - however others call that at least well-off if not simply wealthy.