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A Few Items of Controversy with the Health Care Bill

Saturday, 31. October 2009, 05:30:00

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Here are a few controversial aspects to consider about the unveiled health care bill:

Raises Taxes on Middle Class Families - Up to 2.5 of individual taxpayer income earning as little as $9,350.
Massive Medicare Cuts to Seniors - Cuts hundreds of billions of dollars.
No Small Business Protection - Does not exempt small businesses from 8% "pay or play" employer mandate. Democrat leaders said it would.
Budget-Busting Cost Cleverly Hidden as the Debt Increases for Future Generations - Not deficit neutral as promoted by Democrat leaders. Costly provisions have been swept under the rug, including the $245 billion 'doc fix.'
Government-Run Insurance is the End All. Private Insurance Will Be a Thing of the Past by 2012 - Page 94 of the House Health Care Bill prohibits the sale of private health care plans after Dec 31, 2012. This will trigger job losts in the millions.
The End Of Life Counseling Also Known as Death Panels is Back in Place - Just think a government program telling you when to pull the plug on an elderly loved one.

For more information, you can go here, here (End of Life provision) and here for 1990 paged health care bill in pdf.

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Comments

Stardancer # 31. October 2009, 08:15

I still can't figure out how the government can force us to pay for health insurance that we may or may not need, and that may or may not cover our health care costs. I can't figure out how the government can force us to purchase anything. Period.

I'll end up at the Supreme Court with this one. I can't afford this. I don't agree with this. I will not pay it.

conservativeminority # 31. October 2009, 11:03

Stardancer, I don't know either, but I do remember Hilary Clinton in the very early days of her presidential candidacy likening a possible requirement to purchase health care to the required purchase of car insurance.

maddysman2003 # 31. October 2009, 20:01

I also wonder about the enforcement. I am guessing the IRS will be the one enforcing this. You will have to mail in proof of health insurance when you file your return or pay the fine. We all know how lovely a bureaucracy the IRS is to deal with. This of course spits in the face of American tradition. We as citizens have never been taxed just for existing. But I am with you stardancer, let's see how many people can't afford the fine and what the system does. What is the penalty for tax evasion?

Stardancer # 31. October 2009, 23:30

Prison.

Like Al Capone.