Swiss is a flat tax of 7.5% from every income. Then you can have insurance for private, if you want.
Everyone else draws from the pool.
It’s clear, easy to understand, and effectively managed.
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Good luck shutting off WebMD.
Yeah. I agree. But if people want to know why everything costs so damn much, that’s an obvious pain point.
Because what it really means is usually the taxpayer picks up the bill.
Your thoughts.
It’s always been argued that it’s extremely difficult…if not impossible…to translate what is done in a much smaller…much less diverse ( economically, culturally, etc). Country…to the out-of-Control Behemoth known as the United States.
I certainly feel that some lessons can be learned, and even adopted (to a certain degree)…but that the ultimate answers will be much more complex and difficult.
Thoughts?
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I completely agree. But I think that a state level approach along those lines would be a runner.
At federal level, I can see it being too chafing to bear.
Edit: That’s not to say it’s impossible, but a lean, well managed, and popular federal system like the Swiss one is an outcome I would not expect in the US.
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Lump sum voluntary retirement payouts…? Maybe 50/50 company/taxpayer.
Companies will often offer these types of programs, at a hefty upfront cost, but as a way to ultimately save money while creating more opportunity for advancement. Not sure it’ll work, but just a thought.
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Also, the issue with healthcare is that it is never finished. It’s constantly creaking, under strain and in need of reform.
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It’s worth a shot.
Exactly zero chance that happens here
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For numerous reasons…one of which are very powerful and competing interest who “want their’s” and screw what happens to anyone else or the system as a whole.
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That’s why I think it’s a poison chalice at federal level. I think a state level system may have a shot.
At that level it has a shot of being accountable.
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There are some absolutely shocking stories from the NHS in this exact vein.
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Well not exactly shocking. Huge government program with a bunch of money sloshing around.
Corruption? Undue influence? Kickback schemes? Politicians spending money for political results?
Color me unsurprised.
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I’m calling on you for your opinion again, @Jewbacca…
Netanyahu just announced that he will present a resolution to the Israeli Government to name a new settlement on the Golan Heights after Trump…
Thoughts?
Any feeling on the thoughts of the “average” (if there is such thing!) citizen in Israel?
Thanks!
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Donaldstown?
Hyuge-ville?
Bigly Park?
Grabberton?
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I say they name it “Winning”
Wasn’t there a story about a golden something? A calf maybe? And some Mo-something guy who was really upset over that golden calf?
I really don’t know why I remembered it now. Perhaps something about the Golan settlement reminded me of idolatry?
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With names like Adora, Beit Aryeh, Elazar, Geva, Bingamin, Beka’ot…
…TRUMP?.. (Maybe there is some name with some Hebrew translation?)
Maybe there is a good reason for the Knesset to accept the resolution, @Jewbacca?
I sure hope not…I really do…
Uh, oh, @loppar and others…
Vladivostok, Russia
“Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down for talks Thursday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying the summit should help plan joint efforts to resolve a standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear program”.
What the hell is the “standoff”?
And why wasn’t that “great Friend” Trump (or at least Pompeo/Bolton or even a low-level Representative) invited to the Summit? Certainly not a nice way to treat a Bro’ that you have such a great relationship with, is it?
It’s diplomacy 101. Putin (and Xi) are running circles around Trump and consequently the US.
It’s pretty obvious that Mr. Narcissist is emotionally and politically invested into the North Korea deal.
So Putin in jumping on the bandwagon of playing the “good cop” in regards to North Korea, looking to extract as much concessions possible for Russia in exchange for some nebulous “support” regarding North Korea nuclear program. It’s a sunk cost conundrum and Trump is prepared to give a lot to Russian and China because he needs to demonstrate that his supposedly amazing business instincts were right when it comes to Kim and North Korea.
If that’s not the case, it will be pretty obvious that the political neophyte fell for some crude flattery and that’s the unthinkable scenario for Trump. So China and Russia will squeeze as much concessions as possible from Trump so that he can built a make believe narrative for his base as having “succeeded where both Clinton and Obama have failed”. And that’s all that matters.
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It looks like Trump “may” be finally talking about the Economic Wave he is lucky to be riding on.
I have gotten to the point that I can’t tolerate these stump and rally speeches…from either side…(but especially from Trump)…but it appears that he is beginning to understand that he needs to take the “winning” economy…and run with it. (Which by all indications he did at a rally last night).
It’s a ways off…but most feel that if things are still economically strong in 2020…it’s MAGA for four more years… and all other considerations become secondary…from impeachment noise, to immigration and Foreign Policy…