Reply #15: I'd agree with the poster above yours

[FunkyLeprechaun]

We don't pay directly for insurance here (only for Private Health care), and it does come out of our income taxes. When I applied for an NI (National Insurance) number, I had to go through a series of questions (proof that I'm a UK citizen, proof that I'm applying for jobs, etc) before I qualified for assignment of an NI number. It's like us having a SS number. When I apply for jobs I have to put my NI number on the form. SS comes out of our taxes, Hillary's health plan doesn't do that.

What Hillary seems to be saying is that she wants to require everyone to get health insurance. You have to think about the people who cannot afford health insurance. Is Hillary going to set up a "government health insurance company" in order to deal with this?

There are people here who did agree with Hillary's plan until I explained to them that it requires everyone to buy their own health insurance. "What's the problem with that?" They asked me. I said, "You'd have to think about the people who cannot afford it."

The problem with Hillary's plan is that she's afraid to use the "tax" word.