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dda · 31 Oct 2009, 07:22

Obama's Health Care Bill

1. Isn't Obama's (Harry Reed and Pelosi are carrying the water) U. S. presidents don't write legislation.

2. Will probably not result in better health care for anyone, including those without insurance. It is being touted not as a humanitarian act but as one of fiscal prudence to stem the tide of rising health care costs.

3. It currently is currently a 1,700 + page of mish mash that no one has truly read and analyzed. Chances are that there will be many pages added just before the end, many things added, many things changed or deleted on the eve of the vote and then a vote called for with no time to read it. That's the way the Obama administration has done the Stimulus Package and other items. In commerce it is call "Bait and Switch."

The promised transparency has yet to be seen (irony intended).

The proponents of the bill are saying that the bill will drive down the overall cost-curve of health care in the U. S. They indicate they will do this by eliminating fraud in current federal programs and increasing competition in the private insurance market. Both of these are highly unlikely, given government's track record historically.

The only way to put more people in a system as huge as the one proposed and keep costs down is to ration health care.

31 Oct 2009, 07:22	#9
dda USS Oklahoma Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,500	Re: Obama Obama's Health Care Bill 1. Isn't Obama's (Harry Reed and Pelosi are carrying the water) U. S. presidents don't write legislation. 2. Will probably not result in better health care for anyone, including those without insurance. It is being touted not as a humanitarian act but as one of fiscal prudence to stem the tide of rising health care costs. 3. It currently is currently a 1,700 + page of mish mash that no one has truly read and analyzed. Chances are that there will be many pages added just before the end, many things added, many things changed or deleted on the eve of the vote and then a vote called for with no time to read it. That's the way the Obama administration has done the Stimulus Package and other items. In commerce it is call "Bait and Switch." The promised transparency has yet to be seen (irony intended). The proponents of the bill are saying that the bill will drive down the overall cost-curve of health care in the U. S. They indicate they will do this by eliminating fraud in current federal programs and increasing competition in the private insurance market. Both of these are highly unlikely, given government's track record historically. The only way to put more people in a system as huge as the one proposed and keep costs down is to ration health care. __________________ Ignorance is curable, stupidity is not.