An August 11 article “Group requests Council endorse single payer health care” reports:
“Several community members spoke in opposition to HB 1660 and SB 400, one of whom expressed concern that a mandatory 10% payroll tax would place too great a burden on business owners and result in fewer jobs. One man criticized the proposed legislated as unconstitutional: ‘There is no lawful authority in the State or Federal constitution (sic) to have the government involved in this program of insurance.'”
WATCHDOG: Current costs to employers/employees (studies indicate ultimately the employee bears most of the burden) indicate the cost of health care is running from 20% to 30% for most employees. So 10% would be a substantial reduction.
If the federal constitution doesn’t allow government involvement in programs of insurance, how come we have Medicare, which already provides government health care coverage for our elderly population?
