Proposed Government Health Plan

I can tell you how many phone calls I have received inquiring about my views on the Presidents health care plan.

I have yet to see what the President's plan? The only thing I have read is the proposal Congress has drafted. It is the best program I have ever seen. Actually I think it is better then the plan our elected officials enjoy now as members of the legislative branch of government. The way I understand it is that the "qualified program" that employers can either mirror (in a private insurance arrangement) or participate in has more coverage then any program being offered by any medical insurance company or employer today. The proposed program has coverage for just about any medical treatment that is available. I know of no employer program in the country that offers the extreme comprehensive coverage being proposed. So if an employer offers the same type of coverage as proposed by Congress they don't have to participate in the government program? But as far as I am able to find, there is no program available to be comparable to the qualified plan? So does that mean that everyone has to join the program? Who will pay for such a comprehesive program?


I thought it was interesting that a reporter asked the President last week if all members of Congress were going to be included in the government option. He really didn't answer the questions accept to say that he had a physician follow him everywhere he went and that he had the best health care program in the world.