Monday, December 14, 2009

Reid's Plan: Costs More, Covers Fewer


I was shocked to read the underlying article in the LA times only because it was the LA Times. At present Harry Reid is a hook without bait. Let's hope it stays that way. It's time to pull out your rosaries. If you don't believe in this do it anyway. I've got a pipeline to Mary, folks.

"It's probably just coincidental that bad numbers about President Obama's much-coveted healthcare legislation came out late last week when few people were paying attention.
This is the absolutely crucial healthcare reform plan that simply had to be drafted, discussed, debated, amended and passed before early August. It's supposed to cover millions more Americans and reduce the nation's soaring medical costs.
Turns out, not.
Here's a little chapter review before semester finals:
Analysts in the Obama administration's Health and Human Services Department reported Friday that the nation's $2.5-trillion annual healthcare tab will not shrink at all under the Democrats' legislative blueprint as being pushed by happy Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader in the Senate.
Instead, they said, the nation's medical costs will actually grow faster under the new bill than....

...they would if that chatty crowd of Washington spenders did absolutely nothing nada zippo about it. And even if they did pass the existing version for all that money, 24 million Americans would still remain uncovered."

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