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By KEVIN SACK
Published: March 28, 2008
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said in an interview on Wednesday that if elected president she would push for a universal health care plan that would limit what Americans pay for health insurance to no more than 10 percent of their income, a significant reduction for some families.

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In an extensive interview on health policy, Mrs. Clinton said she would like to cap health insurance premiums at 5 percent to 10 percent of income.

The average cost of a family policy bought by an individual in 2006 and 2007 was $5,799, or 10 percent of the median family income of $58,526, according to America’s Health Insurance Plans, a trade group. Some policies cost up to $9,201, or 16 percent of median

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[papau]

1. It is an excellent goal - it makes transition to single payer easier as that is tax rate needed

[sandnsea]

2. Exactly as I suspected

Low income families can't afford that, especially when there are still going to be deductibles and co-pays and prescriptions to pay for on top of it.

This is what I have said all along. People WILL be put into bankruptcy and homelessness if they have to try to pay 10% to an insurance company. This is just wrong.

[anamandujano]

3. It's always good to get more detail. Now the opponents of universal

will have less mud to sling.

[anamandujano]

4. REC

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