Posted on 09/16/2009 9:08:31 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
The Associated Press is reporting that Democratic lawmakers are having trouble adding any of Obama’s prescriptions for the nation’s healthcare troubles after the president’s speech delivered before a joint session of Congress last week.
Not only are they having troubles adding Obama’s ideas at this late date, some Congressmen are even saying it is impossible to do so. Many have no desire to do so.
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D, NY), for instance, is saying that hitting the $900 billion funding target is “very difficult,” because keeping the tab that low would reduce coverage for “poor and working people.” Other Democrats are saying that Obama’s claim that he won’t sign the bill “if it adds one dime to the deficit” because all understand that this will kill anything they try to do with Obamacare.
Pols also mentioned that Obama’s request on Medicare prescription drug benefits would also be “difficult” citing costs.
Lastly, the fact that the administration hasn’t bothered to inform us all of the total costs for all of Obama’s healthcare ideas from last week isn’t helping anyone figure out how to satisfy the president’s policy ideas.
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
He says NOTHING better than anybody!
Barry is too egomaniacal and narcissistic to grasp the First Law of Holes:
“When you get to the bottom, STOP DIGGING!!”
SOME FOLKS THINK HE TALKS TOO MUCH!
I say put on another pot of coffee and KEEP IT UP!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-SP_JzyRFs
To drive down the trillion dollar package, the bill trims back the size of “tax-paid subsidies.” A family of four earning $66,150 (three times the poverty level)---are to pay up to 13% of their income for insurance---that's just premiums (not counting deductibles, co-payments, out-of-pocket expenses).
That’s like doubling the family’s rent.
Anyone caught without coverage is a criminal and is fined $3,800---but if insurance costs exceed 10% of income, an "affordability exemption" kicks in. IOW, the family wouldn't have insurance, but they wouldn't have to pay a fine.
ObamaCare care would compel higher and higher taxes IN ADDITION to COMPELLING individuals to buy high-cost healthcare.....or be socked with a $3,800 fine.
Obama says weeding out waste and fraud is the answer----but 46 million new people in the system would make the current fraud look like The Dollar Store.
Wait, could it be that Obama lied?
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