I, and others, disagree that it will mean the effective end of Medicare coverage. That includes the AMA which endorsed the measure and certainly has a track record of not supporting efforts that would make it so that doctors wouldn't be able to see their Medicare patients.
And yes, I do believe that young people understand that they will be forced to pay for health insurance. Then again, I don't personally know anyone who voluntarily goes without health insurance coverage. I know people that cannot afford it, which is one of the things this bill starts to work on, but none that would turn down affordable coverage. And, finally, no I do not believe that we are destroying our standard of living by piling on the national debt with this bill. I also don't believe that the numbers the CBO scored are going to be true either. A 1.3 trillion dollar deficit reduction is based on unreasonable assumptions. But I do think that the package of taxes and other measures contained in the bill will keep it revenue neutral with a good chance that it will reduce future budget gaps significantly as the healthcare costs of companies and individuals decrease and profitability increases and thus tax revenue increases. Those things are difficult to forecast with any precision, of course. Judah On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > No one really knows what this bill is going to do. Do seniors > understand that it might mean the effective end of Medicare coverage? > After all, what good is Medicare if you can't find a doctor that will > accept it? Do young people understand that they will bear the cost of > enacting this bill by being forced to pay for health insurance as an > offset to cover all the additional expenses? Not to mention that we > are permanently destroying their standard of living by piling the > national debt so high. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313662 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
