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Bill Clinton: “It depends. Most people in America, if our plan passed, would get the same or better health care for the same or lower…”

On the recordApril 7, 1994
It depends. Most people in America, if our plan passed, would get the same or better health care for the same or lower costs. Some small businesses would pay more. It depends on what they're paying. I'd have to know. Let me just tell you briefly how it works. The average business in America today pays 8 to 9 percent of payroll for health insurance. Under our system, everybody would pay a maximum of 7.9 percent. Small businesses with fewer than 70 employees and average wages of under $24,000 a year or less, average wages, would be eligible for discounts going down to as low as 3.5 percent of payroll on a sliding scale. That's how it would work. Mr. Anschutz. That answers your question?
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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