Socialist Plan
San Francisco is announcing a new universal healthcare plan for any adult resident, regardless of employment status or their legality in the United States. The plan still needs to be approved by the city's Board of Supervisors.The city estimates the plan would cost $200 million a year, an expense that would be borne by taxpayers, businesses that don't already insure all their workers, and participants themselves.
This will be a huge burden to the city of San Francisco. Since the plan will work on a sliding scale those who are unemployed will pay almost nothing. The majority of the cost will be on the shoulders of employed people who already pay for their own health insurance, and businesses in the city. Why should those who work and cover their own medical expenses have to pay for those who don't?
The most recent version, sponsored by Supervisor Tom Ammiano, would require every business with more than 20 employees to pay $1.60 an hour into the system for all employees not already covered by a health plan, no matter how few hours they work.
Laurie Thomas, owner of three restaurants in San Francisco, said that she already contributes to health insurance for her employees who work more than 28 hours a week, but that the hourly mandate Ammiano is proposing would put her out of business.
This plan is a disaster for the city of San Francisco. The people who work hard and are able to support themselves will be forced to take care of everyone else. There is no incentive for people to work hard and be self sufficient if the government is always there handing out freebies.
Furthermore, businesses will ultimately choose to leave the city, resulting in loss of jobs, tax revenue, and causing even more poverty than there is now.
Read the whole story at Yahoo News.
posted by Rebecca @ 6/21/2006 06:55:00 PM
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