The Health Care Reform - "The Middle Class"

As the middle class was one of the most important factors in the failure of the 1994 health care reform attempt, the concerns of the middle class are not to be taken lightly. The most pressing issue is the cost of the proposal and what it will mean for the middle class. Under the current system health care bills are one of the highest items in the monthly budget. However, concerns from summer are nowhere near to be dispelled as on November 2 the Associated Press came out with information that some middle-class families would still face a big budget hit for health care even with the new proposed reform. The Congressional Budget Office came with a startling number: a family of four making $66,000 and not getting insurance from their employer could have a health care bill of $10,000, after a deduction of $10,500 in government assistance.

by Lucie

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AP/Google November 2, 2009
Bloomberg July 6, 2009