Sorry Bigtigermike; not directed at you but a memory that just hit me. It can always get fixed and is not inevitable.
Posted on 02/22/2010 7:30:55 AM PST by Bigtigermike
The President’s Proposal puts American families and small business owners in control of their own health care.
* It makes insurance more affordable by providing the largest middle class tax cut for health care in history, reducing premium costs for tens of millions of families and small business owners who are priced out of coverage today. This helps over 31 million Americans afford health care who do not get it today – and makes coverage more affordable for many more.
* It sets up a new competitive health insurance market giving tens of millions of Americans the exact same insurance choices that members of Congress will have.
* It brings greater accountability to health care by laying out commonsense rules of the road to keep premiums down and prevent insurance industry abuses and denial of care.
* It will end discrimination against Americans with pre-existing conditions.
* It puts our budget and economy on a more stable path by reducing the deficit by $100 billion over the next ten years – and about $1 trillion over the second decade – by cutting government overspending and reining in waste, fraud and abuse.
The President’s Proposal bridges the gap between the House and Senate bills and includes new provisions to crack down on waste, fraud and abuse.
* Eliminating the Nebraska FMAP provision and providing significant additional Federal financing to all States for the expansion of Medicaid;
* Closing the Medicare prescription drug “donut hole” coverage gap;
* Strengthening the Senate bill’s provisions that make insurance affordable for individuals and families;
* Strengthening the provisions to fight fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid;
* Increasing the threshold for the excise tax on the most expensive health plans from $23,000 for a family plan to $27,500 and starting it in 2018 for all plans;
* Improving insurance protections for consumers and creating a new Health Insurance Rate Authority to provide Federal assistance and oversight to States in conducting reviews of unreasonable rate increases and other unfair practices of insurance plans.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/health-care-meeting/proposal/whatsnew/overview
Policies to Contain Cost and Ensure Fiscal Sustainability Improve Medicare Advantage Payments.
So, there you go, these people are about the "sustainability" of rape. It's a sicko's economy.
The timing on this is insane. Last week it was okay..let’s get spending under control and a “ commision “ to get the deficit under control. Week before it was jobs jobs jobs. Now he pukes out a bill that flys in the face of everything his little “ summit “ was going to do.
I would agree that if this passes the nation is over. But I have confidence right now. This president is way to immature for the country to take him seriously.
Sorry Bigtigermike; not directed at you but a memory that just hit me. It can always get fixed and is not inevitable.
Every time Socialists are forced to actually spell out their plans, we take one step closer to victory.
Some Terrorists use the plane as an Instrument of Death and Destruction! OBAMA HUSSEIN is using Our Federal Government as His Chosen Weapon of Jihad Instrument of Death and Destruction for the Entire Nation and Possibly the WORLD as a Result!!
The Toilet is unnecessary when One is Full of S*** anyway!
No, sir.....you don’t “smell ONE”....you smell MANY.
Thank you for your service to our country.
Normally, I'd agree. But after Massachusettes, trust me, even New Yorkers will listen. Do it.
No, they are NOT in control. They are a very small minority and they will fail, one way or the other.
Isn't that like buying homeowners Insurance to pay for the house that burned down last week?
LOL... good analogy.
Sooner or later, people MUST move outside their comfort zone. Letters, emails, faxes, are not going to do it. If this passes, everyone MUST refuse to cooperate, in any way, shape of form. Full rebellion mode coming up.
No matter what plan is put forth, I say THEM FIRST!!!
Same old garbage bill, with brand new talking points.
A steaming pile of socialism.
Capitalism has NEVER taken from me what I didnt agree to spend ... so its a lot les PREDATORY than the command-and-control Government sector.
“They’ve been harping on this waste,fraud and abuse thing for the last year. Why haven’t they stopped it?”
Great question. Republicans should challenge Obama to explain why he has sat on his hands for an entire year when such easy savings were readily available for the picking.
I keep seeing, the fall 2010 vote out the rinos and dems etc, and vote out the president in 2012. I don’t think folks who say this fully grasp the seriousness or the measure of resolve of these people who are trying to take over. Elections won’t matter, the only way to get the country back is through the 2nd amenmdment, followed by a whole bunch of trials for treason.
As a Canadian, I’m scared to death of seeing the US not only catch up to us in socialism... but also about to go speeding past.
Nobody in north america can afford to let the last “free” country in the world die... after that there will be only darkness for the whole world.
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