On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
The CBO numbers aren't cooked. They are based on the bill as written. However, I agree with critics who say that some things that are in there, like decreases in Medicare payments in future years, as unlikely to go through in reality as it is written in the bill. On the other hand, fully 50% of the deficit reduction is accounted for by payroll taxes on income above 200K a year. I suspect that those will stay in place and so I would conclude that we won't likely see the 1.3 trillion deficit reduction the CBO scored but I do believe that we will see a deficit reduction of some scale. >> 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. I do not believe in any way, shape or form that unemployment will increase as a result of the passage of this bill. American business has been shown to be at a competitive disadvantage owing to health care costs. A decrease in health insurance rate climbs coupled with a workforce that will receive more routine preventative care will increase the productivity and profitability of the US. Medical bankruptcies are a huge problem in America. People are not going to lose their homes because we are helping prevent those. > 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 Hey, I wanted a more active program that started sooner too. The delays in everything was concession to Republicans who then still didn't vote for it. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:313679 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
