the reid bill, in my opinion, contains some plusses:
1. pre existing conditions
2. portability
3. coverage for 25 mil
4. rewards for quality over quantity, preventive care
5. end yearly caps
6. end lifetime caps
7. relieve emergency rooms, uncompensated care
8. end recision, the dumping of a patient once he or she develops a tumor, for example
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the negatives held herein, however, are innumerable
and huge:
25 bil in mandates on already bankrupt states
half a tril cuts to m and m
taxes---on benefits, on employers, on employees, on device makers, on drug makers, on the insured, on the uninsured, on payroll, on personal savings accounts over $2500, limiting the deduction for catastrophic costs, more
mandates on individuals to buy for themselves that which they can't afford
fines if they don't, with criminalization and threats of jail time down the road
20 mil still uncovered
premiums up---says cbo
higher gdp devoted to health care---says cbo---up to 21.something percent
10 years of revenue vs 6 years of benefits
shell game, ponzie scheme
cbo---savings likely never to occur
doc fix, off budget, a quarter tril, passed in the house on thursday, under media blackout
jobs killer---taxes, fines, mandates, fees
taxes on upper, middle and lower classes
the real cost, 10 years of revenue vs 10 years of outlays---2014 to 2024---2.5 tril
the cost curve steepened up---cbo
rationing of services---mammograms, cervical screenings
taxpayer money for abortion
weak enforcement against illegals
no tort reform, defensive medical costs not addressed
no purchase across state lines
medicaid expanded to cover 15 mil more people, unfunded
obama says---my budget's balanced, you guys in CA and NV can pick up the tab
medicaid death rates---250% higher for cancer patients, 50% higher for cardio
medicaid is the ghetto of insurance plans
medicare advantage, home to 11 mil---zeroed out
reid has a one year doc fix, after which reimbursements drop 23%
doctor shortage
medicare doctors already refuse to treat medicare patients
reid morphs medicare into medicaid
kills innovation by punishing pharmaceuticals, device makers and vaccine growers
medicare costs have skyrocketed 55% in 10 years, will reach 1 tril by 2020---a solid case against govt options
kills rural care---medicare reimbursement rates are so paltry
mayo, everyone's model, announced recently it will no longer accept medicare or medicaid
harvard (obama's alma mater) medical school eviscerates reid---those who support it are "in denial:" costs, curves, crummy care
david broder, dean of journalists, published a piece today, titled, "budget buster"
catholic bishops call reid the worst yet, we saw what their eminences did to ms pelosi at 2am
states can opt out only after paying in
disincentives for primary care
40% of primary care doctors will not treat medicare patients
60% of specialists won't either
cuts to education and other state run services as CA and NV are suddenly saddled with bil's in liabilities
states will have to raise taxes
aarp and ama endorse---in today's times, a political minus
the CLASS ACT---young folks will have to pay premiums close to grampa's, resulting in healthy folks running away while the ill and aged are eager to join
louisiana purchase---300 mil bribe for ms landrieu
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worst of both worlds
dems are signed on the bottom line under all of the above, with very little chance of passage
no one around here, for example, will deny or defend any of the poisons detailed above
this thing is gonna go on for weeks, even months
every day it's debated is death to the dems
this bill is a monstrosity, even your liberal acquaintances know it
reid, baucus, durbin, levin, rockefeller, wyden---they're stuck with it
pelosi and obama, too
senate leadership is beginning to realize they're gonna have to take out the PO
cuzza jiltin joe and stiff neck nelson, amongst others
yet changes upstairs are very, very difficult
and pelosi downstairs is gonna be hella pissed
abortion alone will kill it for her bluedogs
stupak said---hell to pay
the bishops back him up
having to work so hard just to start debate is very telling
you'll see
dems are doomed, this bill is the ugliest things america has ever seen
reaction against it is gonna be huge
it's already much bigger than/since virginia
just look at these pages, libs are throwing in the towel
hang in, friends
patience
