On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
That' why we know the CBO numbers were cooked. > 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. Many reasons, I never had insurance until I was nearly 40. Always took excellent care of myself. Many people uninsured have enough money to cover any medical expense so don't need it. The main group to worry about is the unemployed. Their numbers will increase because of this bill and this bill does nothing for them except forcing them to pay a fine they can't afford to pay. People will lose their homes. > 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. The CBO numbers are based on ten years but the plan doesn't start for 4 so it's only half the picture. We've been duped ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:313673 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
