Comments on: Another problem with the Democrats’ Healthcare Legislation http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/08/10/another-problem-with-the-democrats-healthcare-legislation/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:29:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: BooBooKitty http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/08/10/another-problem-with-the-democrats-healthcare-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-29007 BooBooKitty Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:13:20 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=2941#comment-29007 in his pocket. Those rodents really skew the nummbers! in his pocket. Those rodents really skew the nummbers!

]]> By: BooBooKitty http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/08/10/another-problem-with-the-democrats-healthcare-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-29008 BooBooKitty Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:13:20 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=2941#comment-29008 in his pocket. Those rodents really skew the nummbers! in his pocket. Those rodents really skew the nummbers!

]]> By: Moe Lane http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/08/10/another-problem-with-the-democrats-healthcare-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-29006 Moe Lane Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:11:23 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=2941#comment-29006 Riiiiiighhhht. Bored with Crooks & Liars, were we? Shoo. Riiiiiighhhht. Bored with Crooks & Liars, were we?

Shoo.

]]> By: regnad http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/08/10/another-problem-with-the-democrats-healthcare-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-29005 regnad Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:04:10 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=2941#comment-29005 Either the obamacare disincentive for employers will run them completely out of healthcare provision or it will drive the cost to the employer through the roof - which is it? Either the obamacare disincentive for employers will run them completely out of healthcare provision or it will drive the cost to the employer through the roof – which is it?

]]> By: Brian Simpson http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/08/10/another-problem-with-the-democrats-healthcare-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-28958 Brian Simpson Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:10:01 +0000 http://www.redstate.com/erick/?p=2941#comment-28958 <blockquote>Let’s put this into sentence form: * If health care reform finances universal coverage primarily through a mandate to buy health insurance, and if health cost growth continues as it has in recent years, a median worker’s real wage growth rate would be more than cut in half. * If health care reform instead accelerates health cost growth because expanded insurance coverage means more health services are consumed, that same median worker would see his real wages shrink. * For lower-wage workers the picture is worse. If health care reform finances universal coverage primarily through a mandate to buy health insurance, and if health cost growth continues as it has in recent years, a worker in the 3rd income decile would see no real wage growth. * And if health care reform instead accelerates health cost growth because expanded insurance coverage means more health services are consumed, that same low-wage worker would see his real wages shrink dramatically. </blockquote> Read the rest of his analysis <a href="http://keithhennessey.com/2009/08/07/lower-wages/">here</a>.

Let’s put this into sentence form:

* If health care reform finances universal coverage primarily through a mandate to buy health insurance, and if health cost growth continues as it has in recent years, a median worker’s real wage growth rate would be more than cut in half.
* If health care reform instead accelerates health cost growth because expanded insurance coverage means more health services are consumed, that same median worker would see his real wages shrink.
* For lower-wage workers the picture is worse. If health care reform finances universal coverage primarily through a mandate to buy health insurance, and if health cost growth continues as it has in recent years, a worker in the 3rd income decile would see no real wage growth.
* And if health care reform instead accelerates health cost growth because expanded insurance coverage means more health services are consumed, that same low-wage worker would see his real wages shrink dramatically.

Read the rest of his analysis here.

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