Posted on 10/12/2009 1:03:32 PM PDT by JohnRLott
What if you, and every member of your family, had the chance to save $4,000 each?. Would you be interested? Under the terms of what's being called "the Baucus bill" -- Washington-speak for the bill the Senate Finance Committee will vote on tomorrow -- that is how much you could save by dropping your health insurance.
People might have thought that health care reform would lead to an increase in the number of people getting health insurance coverage. Indeed, the Congressional Budget Office claims the Senate Finance Committee's health care bill will reduce the number of uninsured in 2019 by about 29 million," but the financial rewards are huge for people if they drop their insurance. Amazingly the CBO makes this prediction of 29 million more insured Americans without ever once analyzing the financial incentive for those who are already insured to drop their insurance.
Consider some numbers. . . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Well I’m really angry and disgusted by this whole proposed health care bill, including the new felony crime for not buying health insurance. This administration has been in office for eight months and I already despise almost everything they’ve done and everything they stand for. There will be fallout from this for the treacherous democrats in the mid-term election. I think Harry Reid will lose his seat along with about 50 of the despicable House democrats who support this bill. When did it become my responsibility to buy health insurance for gangbangers in LA who never worked for even five minutes in school, never worked hard at a job, and are now unemployable criminals? The attitude of this administration is: “All you prosperous hard-working people are screwed, so just pay up to support the gangbangers.”
I have a high deductable health insurance policy now, and I’m already planning for the deductable to be forced down in order to force the premiums up, along with a general major increase in premiums to support uninsured people. I’m planning for my monthly premiums to double in the next two years. I’m just going to have to work harder and increase my income. There’s nothing much we can do about this travesty until the mid-term elections. Until then we’re screwed and we just have to pay up.
“Not really. You haven’t considered the fact that those who have pre-existing conditions and take daily medications and see doctors more frequently will not have the luxury of waiting until an emergency to get health insurance.
They are more likely going to lose the private insurance that they now have and be forced to sign up for the government plan immediately.”
This doesn’t make sense to me. First you said that some people with pre-existing conditions won’t be able to wait to get health insurance, which implies that they don’t have insurance now, then you said these people are going to lose the private insurance they have now. That implies that they do have insurance now. You need to rethink what you’re trying to say and clear up your conflicting statements.
From Sarah Palin’s Facebook:
Doctors Will be ‘Drafted’ Under Public Option
Monday, October 12, 2009 6:47 PM
By: Jim Meyers
A respected medical specialist has carefully reviewed the healthcare reform bill in the U.S. House, and he declares that it would amount to a virtual “draft” of doctors into the government’s “public option” health insurance program.
Dr. Russell Blaylock, a renowned neurosurgeon, book author and editor of the Blaylock Wellness Report published by Newsmax, also warns that “death panels” could lead to the rationing of medical care to the elderly and a “violation of the Hippocratic Oath.”
We saw a foreshadowing of this in New Orleans after Katrina...gangsters holding guns on doctors and nurses to assure that their homies were taken care of first.
Lord, what a nightmare we are headed for!
There could be a lot of trouble ahead if the gangbangers and other young punk thugs get subsidized health insurance. The situation could get so bad that John Edwards may return and do his “two Americas” speech.
There is nothing conflicting about my statements. You just choose to not understand. I do not believe that I will be keeping my private insurance if this plan passes. People with chronic conditions who already have private insurance are most likely going to lose that insurance sooner rather than later. They have no choice but to immediately sign up for the government plan. There is no waiting until they need it. They need it all of the time.
Meanwhile, the bill gives the administration access to your financial account. They will be able to debit your account for the amount they say you owe.
The Constitution will be harder to use in your defense as cases come before democrat-appointed judges.
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