You go Rep Grayson...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
He introduced a very simple 4 page bill that does not affect the current HCR bill being reconciled...it is just another option, allowing people to buy into Medicare...
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The Rec List for this???...I am not worthy...but thanks anyway!
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Wow, I had no idea, my little diary would cause such a stir. I am highly supportive of these kinds of incremental bills that will build into Medicare for most...and I always have been...You go Grayson!!! and Kossacks...Keep fighting.../peace
So instead of pontificating about how there is no SP or PO in the current HCR bill, he is solving the problem by offering a separate simple bill that would essentially do the same thing...allow Medicare for All...
The premiums would be community rated by age brackets of:
Under 19
19 - 25
25 - 36
36 - 45
46 - 55
56 - 65
http://grayson.house.gov/...
There would be no pre-existing conditions and no medical underwriting, presumably the pools would be large enough to spread the risk.
There is no funding required for this since subsidies are not proposed for this bill. It would essentially be a PO starter. Then it could be added as an option to the exchange and subsidies could in theory be applied just like any other plan in the exchange.
We should support an "Up or Down" vote on this plan!!!