Things worth fixing before this bill goes to conference:
1. Forces you to pay up to 8% of your income to private insurance corporations – whether you want to or not.
2. If you refuse to buy the insurance, you’ll have to pay penalties of up to 2% of your annual income to the IRS.
3. Many will be forced to buy poor-quality insurance they can’t afford to use, with $11,900 in annual out-of-pocket expenses over and above their annual premiums.
4. Massive restriction on a woman’s right to choose, designed to trigger a challenge to Roe v. Wade in the Supreme Court.
5. Paid for by taxes on the middle class insurance plan you have right now through your employer, causing them to cut back benefits and increase co-pays.
6. Many of the taxes to pay for the bill start now, but most Americans won’t see any benefits – like an end to discrimination against those with preexisting conditions – until 2014 when the program begins.
7. Allows insurance companies to charge people who are older 300% more than others.
8. Grants monopolies to drug companies that will keep generic versions of expensive biotech drugs from ever coming to market.
9. No re-importation of prescription drugs, which would save consumers $100 billion over 10 years.
10. The cost of medical care will continue to rise, and insurance premiums for a family of four will rise an average of $1,000 a year – meaning in 10 years, your family’s insurance premium will be $10,000 more annually than it is right now.
11. No competition from public plans such as Public Option and Medicare Expansion. Therefore a road to health care reform future that requires overcoming the power of this powerful private industry lobby.
Becuase we cannot rely on the vagaries of a conference committee outcome, what problems with the Senate bill should be addressed before it votes on passage out of the Senate?
neilsagan says
neilsagan says
Jon Walker documents some of the other broken promises in the Senate health bill. Read the whole thing:
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neilsagan says
johnd says
It’s like a ghost haunting me!@!!
neilsagan says
how to avoid having the video play.
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p>(I’m not sure but I think Obama may be taunting you đŸ˜‰
johnd says
Can’t we delete this account due to taunting? Call the guards…
neilsagan says
you get a vote in 2012.
johnd says
I only get 1 vote?
billxi says
You won’t even notice him.