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A Few Items of Controversy with the Health Care Bill

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

Government, Health Care Bill, Controversy, Seniors ...

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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Hurting A Segment of the Population

Wednesday, 23. September 2009, 15:30:00

Seniors, Barack Obama, Congressional Budget Office, Elderly ...

If you are a supporter of the President's health care initiatives, I hope you are taking into consideration the costs and how those costs will affect certain segments of the population. Our economy is far from being in the best of conditions to take on government (taxpayer) supplied health care for everyone. If the country ends up with an abundance of government supplied health care, someone is going to take a hit.

According to the non partisan Congressional Budget Office, the senior segment of our population will feel the stab in the back, even though Pres. Obama continually makes the claim that seniors wouldn't see their Medicare benefits cut in any extensive revamping of health care. But in reality, they would see their Medicare managed care plans reduced in benefits under a bill in the Finance Committee. There would be a reduction of more than $100 billion over 10 years. Read more here.

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