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Originally Posted by belcherboy
I just heard Obama promise not to raise taxes on those making under $250,000. Perhaps this doesn't count toward that promise, but if he doesn't raise taxes on those making less than $250,000, than it is free for 85-90% of the population.
I also do assume it will be free to those who don't work. It would have to be if everyone was eligible (I'm assuming everyone would be eligible, so correct me if I am wrong).
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If you CHOOSE to enroll in the public OPTION then you have to pay premiums. That's not a tax increase.
There will be initial seed money to set up the public option's administrative costs and then within short order it is funded completely by premiums. Conservatives that don't want poor people to have insurance say this is a slippery slope and that the government will continue to fund the public option even though current bills specify it will only receive user-funded premiums after the initial period of 'seed' money is done.