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Betsy McCaughey: What the Pelosi Health Care Bill Really Says
Betsy McCaughey: What the Pelosi Health Care Bill Really Says
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What's in the Dem bill?
Maggie's Farm — Betsy McCaughey: What the Pelosi Health-Care Bill Really Says Also, "ObamaCare’s Redistribution of Health...Of course the president and Congress are after money, but they really want control over your life." And don't forget the $250,000 fine or go to jail.

Waiting for the miracle: health care “reform”
neo-neocon — ... I’d planned a long post on what’s happening today, as the Pelosi Congress wheels and deals and tries to pass its gargantuan health care reform bill that, if implemented, would radically change this country in ways that promise to be very negative (and if even half of this is true, extremely negative). ...

Pelosi’s Monster
Blue Crab Boulevard — ... And what it will mean to you : • Sec. 202 (p. 91-92) of the bill requires you to enroll in a “qualified plan.” If you get your insurance at work, your employer will have a “grace period” to switch you to a “qualified plan,” meaning a plan designed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. If you buy your own insurance, there’s no grace period. You’ll have to enroll in a qualified plan as soon as any term in your contract changes, such as the co-pay, deductible or benefit. • Sec. 224 (p. 118) provides that 18 months after the bill becomes law, the Secretary of Health and ...

Barack Obama: Proven Liar
Israpundit — ... through your job, your employer will have a “grace period” and then will have to enroll you in the plan the government wants you to have. If you buy your own insurance, you won’t have a grace period. As soon as anything changes in your current contract – co-pay, deductible, term or benefit (the kinds of things often adjusted yearly) you will have to give up your current plan and enroll in the plan the “qualified plan” the government wants you to have. The Wall Street Journal confirms this: • Sec. 202 (p. 91-92) of the bill ...

Health Care “Reform” Passes House; Battle Moves To The Senate
Below The Beltway — ... And so, at least for the first stage of the legislative process, the deed is done. One wonders if the Congressman who voted for this bill were aware of its highlights: ...

The AMA rebels, plus the "deep swimmers of the Left"
Maggie's Farm — ... Dem's bill is a five-ten year plan to get the entire population on the government plan, which combines aspects of HMOs and of Medicaid - and to make docs essentially government agents. Treatments will need to be government-approved, and the whole thing will be cost-driven. (If you thought dealing with your HMO was bad, try dealing with 111 government agencies.) Furthermore, it contains the seeds (mainly punitive taxes) of destruction of medical innovation. Betsy McCaughey has some of the insidious details. Well, the AMA members are ...

The AMA rebels
Maggie's Farm — ... a five-ten year plan to get the entire population on the government plan, which combines aspects of HMOs and of Medicaid - and to make docs essentially government agents. Treatments will need to be government-approved, and the whole thing will be cost-driven. (If you thought dealing with your HMO was bad, try dealing with 111 government agencies.) Furthermore, it contains the seeds (mainly punitive taxes) of destruction of medical innovation. Betsy McCaughey has some of the insidious details. Well, the AMA members are rebelling. One ...

The One Minute Health Care Bill
Doug Ross @ Journal — ... . Since the CBO historically underestimates expenses, assume massive new deficits for a country that can ill afford them. Personal Requirements You'll be required to buy a 'qualified' health plan . A family earning $102K a year will pay $1,700 a month in premium and out-of-pocket expenses. 'Willful' failure to buy a plan will result in a fine of up to $250,000 and 'imprisonment of up to five years'. Illegal immigrants are exempt from fines and imprisonment. Business Requirements ...

Carol Platt Liebau: Abusing Their Majority
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... . That's not a good way to encourage employers to add the jobs that Americans so desperately need. You will be forced to buy a government-approved (can you say "one size fits all"?) health care plan -- at a price that the government will set . ...

Larwyn's Linx: Is this the high-water mark for ObamaCare?
Doug Ross @ Journal — ... me to review? Drop me an email . You can also install a Larwyn's Linx blog widget . . Health Care Bill [image] Is this the high-water mark for ObamaCare? : Hot Air Irony: Planned Parenthood: "Yesterday was BRUTAL" : BlogProf Healing the Healer : Patterico The 'true' cost of health care reform; $2.6 trillion : AT (Moran) Health Care Reform: Reich Overboard! : Kaus Does Harry Reid have the votes? : AmPow What the PelosiCare Bill Really Says : WSJ The Vote : ...

The Absolutely Worst Bill Ever
The American Spectator — ... medical knowledge and direct personal observation of your condition and health history to prescribe what is best for you. But liberal Democrats insist that faraway federal bureaucrats who don't know anything about you will know exactly what health care will work best, in all cases. The House bill says that the decisions of federal bureaucrats on comparative effectiveness "will be delivered to doctors electronically to guide their use of medical items and services," as Betsy McCaughey reports in the Wall Street Journal on November 7. If doctors don't take the hint, and use ...

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