[tobyhill]

***Medicaid would be expanded, and caps would be placed on patients’ yearly health care costs. The plan would be paid for with $507 billion in cuts to government health programs and $349 billion in new taxes and fees, including a tax on high-end insurance plans and fees on insurance companies and medical device manufacturers.***

Let me get this right. They cut $507 billion, expand Medicare/Medicaid roles but don't cut services for the elderly? Give me a break!

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

Health Choice for children only provides for very low incomes...

The middle class do not qualify and are left in the cold.

Google Health Choice.

[Trust but Verify]

I quickly read through large parts of the bill. It seems to methey are going to squeeze money out of everyone involved, from consumers to providers. The only entity that gets juiced is government with boatloads of new bureaucracy. the thing that stood out to me was the lack of any numbers attached to either the cost or savings of individual items. They are trying to lessen the consumer and employer value of consumer driven halth plans and HSA, FSA, and HRA accounts. No more reimbursement from FSA or HSA for OTC medications unless your doctor orders them. Insurance companies, drug companies, and device makers will all face new taxes. I don’t like it one bit. It seems very anti-business, anti-innovation.

[VA40]

Can someone explain to me what is considered a “high end” insurance plan and the rationale for a 35% tax on it?