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p> It will do little to help the uninsured: Karen David, president of the Commonwealth Fund, claims : br> /p>

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tax bracket.

br> The amount of the uninsured that will be helped by President Bush's plan will likely be much higher. A recent

study by researchers at the Urban Institute and Johns Hopkins University estimated that 20 percent of the uninsured could afford coverage,

which would mean that over 9 million people would have a bigger incentive to purchase health insurance should the Bush plan become law. Also,

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likely help millions more of those uninsured

due to low income. p> Fracturing of the risk pool and a decline in employer-based coverage: Over at Spot On, Matthew Holt summarizes this

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case, you can expect young employees to go their employees and demand a few thousand dollars more in cash and then opt out of the health

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for those employees who were getting decent

benefits at work but now forced to go cap in hand to the underwritten individual market -- a market place where pooling risk is a dirty word.

br> On the other hand, employment-based coverage is already declining because it is too costly. And one reason it is too costly is that

younger, healthier employees are turning down the health insurance offered by their employers. As Microsoft outlook is convenient!

the Cato Institute's Michael Cannon put it,

"healthy people realize they're being ripped off and they want out." Should the President's plan result in lower costs for health insurance,

employers would be more able to offer it and younger, healthier employees would be more likely to purchase it, leading to some preservation

of the risk pool. p> The President's Plan Is Behind the Times: Jonathan Cohn ends his reaction

Four years ago, a proposal like the one Bush is making might have been the opening bid on a workable compromise -- one that could have helped

make medical care more affordable for a modest, but significant, group of people. But the conversation about health care reform has moved way outlook 2010 is powerful.

past that point already. Even conservative industry groups like the Business Roundtable and America's Health Insurance Plans have put their

imprimatur on far more sweeping initiatives. Meanwhile, a Republican governor (Schwarzenegger) is proposing truly universal coverage for his

state while a former Republican governor (Mitt Romney) has already enacted it for his. Forget the talk about Bush's bipartisanship; at least

on health care, he can't even keep up with his own party.

br> Cohn is probably correct. The President's proposal is a few years too late and pales in comparison to grander schemes being pushed

elsewhere.

Unfortunately, politicians in Massachusetts and California are ignoring recent history. Other states that, in recent years, enacted more

modest programs aimed at covering the uninsured have either crashed and burned (Tennessee) or are in the process of doing so (Maine). Microsoft outlook 2010 is convenient!

Massachusetts and California (if it passes Arnold Care) will eventually suffer a similar fate. When they do, reformers may finally look for

more market-oriented approaches.

President Bush's plan will be a good place to start.

David Hogberg is a senior analyst at the National Center for Public Policy Research. He also hosts his own website, Hog Haven.