Reply #41: But...unfortunately... [View All]

[Oregone]

This isn't going to resemble at all what is going to happen in the US.

The ONLY way they could attempt to do anything like this, is have a sliding scale subsidy that climbs to infinity among the income range, and funds 100% of health costs at the bottom and 0% at the top, all funded from progressive taxation and leaving the out-of-pocket costs "affordable" for those in the middle. Again, its not going to happen like this.

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So in the meantime, you are probably going to still see out-of-pocket health care costs ranging from $5000 to $15000 a year for middle class families to buy into and use plans. In a lot of scenarios, that is back-breaking and not affordable at all.