The not-so-CLASS Act: Another Time Bomb in Health Care Reform [You're In Unless you Opt Out]

Washington Times ^ | 03/26/10 | Jeff Birnbaum

[freespirited]

Seriously though could you charge the government for taking care of a sick family member?

I would think the only way you could pull that off would be if you had a real home-health business,the family member was but one of multiple clients, and the family member was not an immediate relative (e.g. a third cousin).

But given how corrupt things are getting, what I think is probably not worth a damn.

[freespirited]

Does SEIU benefit from this scam?

[concentric circles]

Now what would put that thought into your mind?

[GailA]

more bad crap for our Military.

http://ow.ly/1rCSV

[freespirited]

That explains the “opt out” scam. Thanks for digging that out.

[Pontiac]

Democrats reject those accusations. They also insist that the CLASS Act will be kept in the black by diligent lawmakers and bureaucrats in the years to come.

In addition, the Congressional Budget Office and other well-regarded estimators of federal budgets have a tradition of overestimating the cost of new initiatives and underestimating revenue collections. Health reform could well turn out to be a lot more economically prudent than the naysayers claim.

You have got to be kidding me.

Do these Dreamacrats have no shame?

The CBO has a reputation of underestimating cost be a factor of 800% (Medicare) and overestimating income (Social Security).