Posted on 07/07/2009 11:08:13 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
We may know by the end of the week how the Democrats are claiming they will pay for their healthcare plans. News out of the House of Representatives is that they will introduce their bill on either Thursday or Friday of this week.
In the mean time, on Tuesday a caucus meeting with Energy and Commerce Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) will be held on Tuesday to discuss the funding plans. This will be followed by a brief by House Education and Labor Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.) while Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) will speak on Friday. Rangel is last because his committee is in charge of finding the tax increases that will pay for the plan.
Democrats also say that the "public option" will be a prominent feature of their bill and will be similar to the current Medicare system.
Taxes on soda pop, a national sales tax, new taxes on healthcare benefits from employers, and a surtax on people making more than $250,000 annually are all being considered to help pay for the healthcare "reform."
If Democrats settle on taxing healthcare benefits from employers, they will find a tough road to get the plan passed as the majority of Americans are against such a tax...
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
WE are paying for everyone to have an INSURANCE CARD!
NOBODY will have “healthcare”!
A tax on soda? Sure. That will cover nationalized healthcare... if soda is $42,000 per bottle ($1 for the bottle and $41,999 in added taxes).
We should ALL be screaming at the top of our lungs HELL NO!! We don’t want Obama care..We Don’t want your new taxes...finally we don’t want OBAMA!!!
You have chosen a good comment to spread abound the web. I have heard one that’s more succinct. “Medical coverage does not mean medical care.”
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It will be released on Friday afternoon at 4:30 PM and it will be a steaming pile.
Per Fox News Channel, ObamaCare includes free healthcare to all illegals in the US. Guess who pays?
“Pay” for healthcare? Wasn’t it going to be free?
“Pay” for healthcare? Wasn’t it going to be free?
Thank You!
Actually, my tag line is “more succint”:
“ObamaCare = “DYING IN LINE!”
This can't be won in the Congress; they'll just keep adding pork until everyone votes for it.
Someone needs a start a class action lawsuit. The fact is that the federal government does not have the legal power to enact his. They are breaking the law. Surely there is one decent federal judge somewhere who is willing to help us? An injunction against implementing this would be a start.
We should attempt to use the jury box before resorting to the ammo box.
I, the Great Oz, tell you: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
So? Hate to inform but the majority of Americans are dumb squats with absolutely no power at all. Our Country is controlled by King Obama and his communists party and is not responsive to the America people anyway.
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