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Democrats: Pay for healthcare through deficit spending
There are a number of aspects that Republicans and Democrats differ on healthcare. An example is how each view government spending for health care in a recently released survey:
Statement A: Reforming health care is so important that the government should invest new resources to make sure it is done right.
Statement B: Reforming health care is important, but it should be done without raising taxes or increasing the deficit.
GOP: 19% A / 75% B
IND: 32% A/ 62% B
DEM: 57% A / 38% B
But, there are a few proposal regarding Obamacare that they can agree on, including taxing health care benefits:
Statement A: Employees should pay taxes on the health care benefits they get from their employers to raise revenue to give everyone health insurance coverage.
Statement B: Employer provided health care should continue to be tax free. Paying taxes on health care benefits will only make health care more expensive than it already is.
GOP: 14% A / 80% B
IND: 22% A/ 67% B
DEM: 30% A / 64% B
To recap, Democrats don’t want to pay for health care through an added tax on their own benefits; however, believe that Uncle Sam should just pay for it through the magic of deficit spending.
Tags: health care, Polling Analysis
