Posted by admin on August 5, 2009 under ***IMPORTANT LEGISLATION***, 2K9 Tea Party Revolution, ObamaCare | 
Preliminary Analysis of the House Democrats’ Health Reform Proposal
Yesterday CBO released a preliminary analysis, conducted with the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), of H.R. 3200, the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, as introduced by several House committees on July 14. Earlier this week, CBO released a preliminary report on the health insurance coverage provisions of the bill; this latest report added analysis of the other provisions.
According to CBO’s and JCT’s assessment, enacting H.R. 3200 would result in a net increase in the federal budget deficit of $239 billion over the 2010-2019 period. That estimate reflects a projected 10-year cost of the bill’s insurance coverage provisions of $1,042 billion, partly offset by net spending changes that CBO estimates would save $219 billion over the same period, and by revenue provisions that JCT estimates would increase federal revenues by about $583 billion over those 10 years.
By the end of the 10-year period, in 2019, the coverage provisions would add $202 billion to the federal deficit, CBO and JCT estimate. That increase would be partially offset by net cost savings of $50 billion and additional revenues of $86 billion, resulting in a net increase in the deficit of an estimated $65 billion.
The figures released yesterday do not represent a complete cost estimate for the legislation. In particular, the estimated impact of the provisions related to health insurance coverage is based on specifications provided by the committee staff, rather than on a detailed analysis of the legislative language. (The estimates for other spending provisions reflect the specific legislative language. JCT has separately published its estimates of the effects of revenue provisions contained in H.R. 3200.) In addition, the figures do not include certain costs that the government would incur to administer the proposed changes and the impact of the bill’s provisions on other federal programs, and they do not reflect any modifications or amendments made after the bill was introduced. Nevertheless, this analysis reflects the major net budgetary effects of H.R. 3200.
Source: http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=332
Posted by admin on July 23, 2009 under ***IMPORTANT LEGISLATION***, 2K9 Tea Party Revolution, Conservatism Resurgency, ObamaCare |
STOP Government Run Health Care -
Call Blue Dog Democrats Today!
(numbers below)
The President likes to say that the “Status quo” must change on health care . The fact is that the status quo is the government and insurance companies in charge of health care spending and it has gotten us where we are today. Yet the President wants to give MORE power to these same groups! How does that change “the status quo”?Stop Government Run Medicine.
1. Create a government run insurance program that likely will add over 100 million people onto the backs of taxpayers (Lewin Group).
2. Mandate that everyone buy over-priced health insurance that is created by politicians and lobbyists – a huge profit gain for insurance companies. It is estimated that insurance costs will GO UP by up to 95%. This plan has failed in Massachusetts where there are still 2.6% uninsured, premiums have gone up at rates higher than the rest of the country and the state is now spending an additional $1.5 billion in taxpayer money on health care!
3. Create government rationing that will allow insurance company profits to grow and allow government to avoid paying benefits (Campaign for Liberty).
4. Create government committees that will tell doctors what medical tests and treatments they CAN and CANNOT order and punish them financially if they don’t “comply” (www.doctorsforpatientfreedom.com).
5. Prevent you from buying private insurance that is not “government-approved” after 2013 (page 16 of bill) http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/00351.
6. Create a massive bureacracy that will interfere in the relationship you have with your doctors.
7. Add to the national debt and increase government spending by at least $1.5 trillion over ten years!
8. Cut spending for Medicare patients by $400 billion over ten years!
9. Force seniors to attend “counseling sessions” about alternatives for “end of life care”, or more often if they get sick (House bill, p. 425-430).
Already Congress has defeated amendments that would have prohibited a) the government from interfering in the practice of medicine and that b) would have prevented insurance plans from being required to pay for abortion benefits -even if you don’t want those benefits.
The House of Representatives needs to hear form you this week so they know you want to
House Bill 3200 will:
There are better ways to drive down health insurance premiums: put money and power in the hands of individuals and create real competition. Give them tax benefits to buy health insurance outside of work – not just from their employer. Allow them to buy lower cost insurance from another state. Allow the natural growth of tax free health savings accounts and high deductible health plans so insurance is used rarely in your life- not every time you see a doctors. That will allow patients to demand more time from their doctors and have the doctor explain why tests and treatments are worth spending money from their own accounts. The poor and the sick who have can’t find health insurance CAN get help from the government and charities and that will be more affordable for taxpayers. Sadly, the status quo won’t change under Congresional plans – the status quo will be made worse as the same government and insurance companies that created our problems are given even more power.
Please call the following representatives today and let them know:
1) NO GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE- No indvidiual mandate – No public option.
2) VOTE NO ON HR 3200 and empower individuals – not government and insurance companies.
3) NO RATIONING.
Sincerely,
David McKalip, M.D.
Chairman, Florida Taxpayers Union
Chair, Council on Medical Economics, Florida Medical Association
Posted by admin on July 18, 2009 under 2K9 Tea Party Revolution, ObamaCare |
Translation – they want to make sure the elderly know they are a burden to not only on their family, but on the healthcare system. Insidious…
And as usual, the DailyKos is trumpeting that the right wing loons are up in arms about nothing. Well…I read about what Tom Daschle, the original architect of this type of legislation, had to say. There is a huge controversy over what exactly he did and didn’t say. We know he said that healthcare reform “will not be pain free.”
Though I have not read the book, “Critical,” people studying the legislation and who have read the book argue that the context of Daschle’s statement indicates that this is a preview of the rationing mentality (and reality) that goes along with gonvernment-run healthcare. Their read is: “Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.”
The defenders of Mr. Daschle’s comments have an extremently weak response. According to the liberal bastion of “truth” Snopes.com, the point Daschle makes in the section of his book that is quoted is “not that seniors should learn to accept limited medical care, but rather that one of the factors behind higher health care costs is that a number of procedures and treatments with little real medical benefit (such as cosmetic surgery) have been aggessively marketed to the public by health care providers and drug companies.” Other retorts from supporters of government healthcare at any cost have echoed this argument.
Wait… did I hear that right? They are saying that cosmetic surgery is a factor behind higher healthcare costs? I am incredulous over this idea because the vast majority of cosmetic procedures are NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE, but are self-pay procedures! If individuals use their own money to pay for the vast majority of cosmetic procedures, how does that raise health costs overall?
Here’s a thought: I have a good notion that the cosmetic surgeries that are covered by insurance companies are not covered because the underwriters were feeling generous, but rather because Congress meddled – ya know what I mean? After all – if everybody has a right to own a house, then everybody has a right to be pretty, handsome and overall feel really good about themselves, right?
Here’s a brain-bender for you:
Read this section of legislation and imagine the mentality behind it. Then ask yourself: Why would they require Medicare providers to engage in “Advance Care Planning Consultation,” but they refuse to pass legislation mandating an abortion clinic be required to counsel on alternatives to abortion?
One involves death, and one involves life. Again, I say: Insidious.
H.R. 3200 SEC. 1233. ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION.
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I am headed out for a Tea Party this afternoon with my new sign:
I wanted to use the one where his guns are blazing, but decided I did not want a 2 a.m. visit from the authorities…
