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...example of the type of “savings” the bill offers is the “Doc Fix” provision. Under current law, Medicare payments to doctors are scheduled to be cut by 21 percent in April, and then continue to decline for the rest of the decade. While this cut is typically reversed by Congress before it occurs, the oft-quoted CBO analysis of the Democratic health care legislation assumes that the cut will proceed and adds the savings to the reform’s tally. Without...
...answer: a combination of tax increases and fiscal smoke and mirrors. The legislation raises taxes by $569.2 billion and cuts funds from Medicare and Social Security. Democrats are also able to claim that the bill cuts the deficit because, while the insurance subsidies don’t start until 2014, many of the taxes kick in within months. In other words, the changes the bill makes to the health-care system itself will cost $938 billion, as estimated by the CBO, and to fund it, Democrats use taxes and accounting gimmicks. Not only could the new revenue sources have instead...
...overwhelming reason many Americans lack sufficient coverage is not pre-existing conditions, but rather the cost of health care, which the bill does little to correct. Moreover, even the “three-legged stool” appears unstable when you examine the details...
...started off with a simple little dish. I remember hearing on the radio in 1999 that it was the longest America had been at peace, and thought it would be really cool to send a gift to Bill Clinton. It was a humble pot, made by American hands; it was sort of to say, “Thank you, and it’s up to you to keep the peace.” The next thing you know I got a letter back from Bill Clinton, that said, “Thank you so much for your kind words...
...Democrats passed the bill without a single Republican vote - and with the knowledge that it may well have ended the political careers of some who voted for it at a time when the public remains deeply divided over the entire endeavor. "If we pass this bill, there will be no turning back," warned minority leader John Boehner. "It will be the last straw for the American people." (See 10 health care reform...