I thought ObamaCare didn’t kick in for another 4 years. They’re just collecting taxes for it now.
hattend wrote: “I thought ObamaCare didn’t kick in for another 4 years. They’re just collecting taxes for it now.”
A lot of the new rules are being phased in now, in spite of Judge Vinson’s ruling.
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/obama-death-panels-medicare/2010/12/26/id/381043
Seniors appear to be a major target for precious resources under the Obama healthcare plan. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Obama plan cuts nearly $500 billion in Medicare benefits to seniors as the federal government adds 30 million uninsured Americans to private and public healthcare systems.
The cost of caring for the elderly has not been lost on Berwick.
“The chronically ill and those towards the end of their lives are accounting for potentially 80 percent of the total health care bill out here . . . there is going to have to be a very difficult democratic conversation that takes place,” he said.