I was told by my accountant that I could only write of medical expenses if they made up a certain percentage of my income or higher. From what I understand any self employed person can write off 100% of the cost of health insurance premiums, but other things like costs of prescriptions or any other medical costs have to reach 7.5% of your income before you can write them off.
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I got so pissed off while reading NYT the other day.
Some old lady in Florida was saying that she doesn't want anything to change because it will lower her level of coverage with Medicare. She said that old people need it more than the next person.
Ain't that grand. Apparently, we're supposed to keep the old people alive, but the young people like me, who may have cancer, should have no way to get health insurance. It's OK if I die off so long as she gets to continue enjoying her retirement in Florida. She should have every right to get taxpayers to pay for her health care though.
I have only wished death on a very few people in my life. That lady was one of them.Comment
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You know, of course, that the welfare cases are already getting free health care. I mean, they've been pretty much getting free everything all along
It's the folks who got shit jobs that we're talking about. Particularly the ones who were downsized or offshored out of good jobs and now find themselves barely able to make the mortgage payment. Those are the people with no insurance.Comment
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There are some pretty good ideas in here from both sides. You would think if a bipartisan group of citizens (not a lobby) put together a proposal and brought it to each of their representatives, we might see what kind of reaction we could get.Comment
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I'll do you one better, I believe 20/20 ran a story about a bunch of old people in some retirement resort in Florida, and this was not a nursing home. These were people with money who were living comfortably. They all visited the doctor as often as allowed by Medicare, to the point where one of them actually said that going to the doctor was a social event for them.
Read this, it made my blood boil just a bit. And you Stossel haters, don't skip it just because it's Stossel. Give it a whirl.
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Stossel/s...7522306&page=1Donovan TrentComment
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Medicare 34 trillion in the hole
Social Security $4.6 trillion but will start rising rapidly very soon.
Not only is this plan not the same Health Care plan Congress receives. Congress/Administration/Presidents etc past present and future are specifically excluded from the bills.Last edited by onwebcam; 08-23-2009, 06:10 PM.PLEASE WAIT WHILE BIDEN ADMIN UNINSTALLS ITSELF.....
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The man's a true American.
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Um... where exactly did you get that information... I didn't read it in any of the bills. Are you repeating something you heard from your village idiot?
You can't compare a public option to Medicare or Social Security because it's not an entitlement program. It's like the post office. People will still have to pay premiums and it will be a GSE.Comment
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