Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

I agree with "T" - who is the government or anyone else to say that someone should make a certain amount of money. This country was built on rewarding the most talented and hardest working individuals. The government is rewarding incompetence. There are extremely talented individuals at these organizations...

COMPANIES ARE ALREADY SWITCHING TO LESS COSTLIER (FOR THEM) HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS THAT UP THE PREMIUMS FOR THE WORKERS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE GOVT SUBSIDY, THE WORKERS PAY THE EXACT SAME, WITH THE GOVT PAYING THE PREMIUM DIFF. THE COMPANIES ARE THE ONLY ONES BENEFITING BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES PAYING...

It is the responsibility of shareholders and the board of directors to set compensation for executives. A couple of other points -

I do not think the the term "Universal Healthcare" in this context means covering everyone under one government program. Accounts that I have read note that the $634B is the budget amount being given to Congress which will be charged with coming up with a plan to provide access to affordable coverage...

The only way to achieve Universal Coverage is via Consumer Driven Health Care. You have to put "skin in the game" for the health care purchaser.

Socialism purely and simply.

So first he punishes those who extra hard to earn what they have now he's going to take it out on the elderly too.

I think this approach is wrongheaded on every point. Increasing taxes on the wealthy will only result in less wealth being created (and his wealthy political allies will somehow escape the increased taxation). Government intervention in any industry tends to make things worse. If they can't manage Medicare...

There's nothing to comment on, except to say that there's nothing to comment on! It reminds me of the "1992 model" that was high on talk and low on details, especially details like what the actual benefits will be, and who is gonna force ALL Americans (unemployed, etc.) to pay for it.

First of all, I don't believe in insuring all Americans at the taxpayers' expense. There are better ways to make insurance more affordable for everyone. Form a bipartisan task force to study this, instead of throwing money at the problem.