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Confused1 on Sunday, July 05, 2009 12:00:00 AM
Talk about smoke and mirrors! That is exactly what Dodd’s “new plan” is. There is NO WAY they can reduce the cost by 50% from the plan they had prior to this POS. They are lying through their veneered, capped teeth. Dodd is an idiot. He and Barney Frank were the primary causes of the economic collapse by refusing to investigate Fannie & Freddie and now he is going to ‘save’ healthcare? I wouldn’t trust him to walk my dog across the street, let alone determine what I can and cannot have for healthcare.
If you look at some of the statements in this article, supplied by “people not authorized to speak about it” I have one question. If “The Senate Health Education, Labor and Pensions bill also calls for a government-run insurance option to compete with private plans as well as a $750-per-worker annual fee on larger companies that do not offer coverage to employees” why would a company opt to spend an average of $12,680/year for a family or $4,704/ year for an individual?
What incentive would companies have to provide insurance? Let me tell you, in case you didn’t see or realize it—NONE. Which means YOU will be saddled with footing the entire cost of the premiums. You’ll end up paying more for health insurance than you do now. That means even less money for you and your family and far, far worse health care to boot. Like waiting in lines? Like having to wait months for tests or procedures? Then this bill is for you!
And why are Congress and federal workers exempt from this ‘wonderful’ plan they are planning to shove down our throats? Not ‘good enough’ for them? Are we supposed to be ‘grateful’ to get a plan that will ration care and cost us more out of pocket? Let them sign up for it first, let them institute a plan that they will be required to participate in. Maybe then it would be worthwhile. But until that happens, we will have a piece of crap that will bloat way, way beyond any cost estimates they cook up.
They just want to quickly pass a bill, any bill, it doesn’t matter, it won’t affect THEM. They will leave out specifics they will ‘fill in later.” Just ‘trust’ them. They won’t read it, they won’t post it online for public discussion. They want to vote it in under cover of night when no one is looking. It is not about providing healthcare coverage, it is about controlling every aspect of your life.