Healthcare
Once again, what the proponents of Obamacare say about it is, well… not exactly. Rhetoric: Obamacare, by establishing insurance exchanges, will reduce health insurance premiums for all. Reality: Obamacare will increase health insurance premiums for all far beyond what they would have been if Congress did nothing.
With the health care debate heating up in the Senate this week, perhaps it’s time to analyze what proponents of Obamacare tell us this legislation will do, and compare that with what the legislation actually will do.
Proposed health care legislation would limit payroll tax-free contributions for Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) to $2,500 where there was no federal limit before. This could be a large tax increase for families with ongoing medical expenses and/or providing expensive dependent care.
Just what is a wellness program and how far would government regulators take such a program to promote health or prevent disease? Second Amendment advocates have read the language in HR 3590 and implied it may result in higher premiums for gun owners, but could the language be so broad to include other activities the…
The Preventative Services Task Force released it’s findings on the proper protocol for breast cancer screening, suggesting mammograms be conducted semi-annually after a woman reaches 50. Democrats would have you believe they are just recommendations … but if the Reid bill becomes law, the recommendations would be law. Death panels? You decide. Below Congresswoman Marsha…
Sadly, there is no such page limit on any version of Obamacare drafted by Congress. Sen. Reid’s (D-Nev.) version of Obamacare, however, does mandate a page limit for insurance companies, and it should prove quite interesting in its implementation.
This is truly priceless. How Sen. Reid (D-Nev.), or any other senator, for that matter, can propose this language with a straight face is perhaps a good indication of how bad the Senate version of Obamacare is.
I am so sick and tired of the highfalutin language in Congressional legislation. There is no reason they need to put in crazy formulas describing who gets how much cash. Unless of course, you want to hide $100 million in bribes to ensure a senator votes for health care.
Several weeks ago I wrote two posts dealing with the constitutionality of Obamacare based upon the remarks of Mr. Hoyer (D. Md.) and Ms. Pelosi (D. Ca.). Mr. Hoyer insisted that the mandate that all have insurance was clearly constitutional based upon Congress’s power to tax, while Ms. Pelosi insisted the mandate was constitutional based…
Although this might be a bit late, I thought it may still be a good idea to present the following “public service announcement” to the American Medical Association. I do this because their endorsement of the Pelosi version of Obamacare was probably done in haste without a full opportunity to read the bill. Rather than repeat…