Whoa, Off. This bill is a necessary small step in the right direction, not in itself an admirable bill. All of inefficient stake holders in the health care industry are boosted by this bill. Private health insurance companies, exhorbitantly-priced pharmaceuticals, for-profit and non-profits who act as for-profit hospitals and health care personell will all see a boost from this bill. The inefficiencies and profit motivation of the private health insurance industry are still in place, despite this bill. How is that admirable, when 40% of health insurance premiums will still go to profits and administrative overhead. Had I not been paying attention to the issue for the past decade and was presented today's headlines and stories on the bill, I'd have thought the Republicans sponsored the bill, because this bill favors the Republican party's interests. Hopefully, this bill is a small step toward a single-payer healthcare system which hopefully will be funded by the top 15% of the U.S. population who've disproportionately benefitted most over the past 30 years. The Republicans, normally loathe to advocate for tax increases, will now advocate FOR a national sales tax, which as a regressive tax would place a greater burden on low-income and middle-class taxpayers. Charles Krauthammer, a conservative columnist, today proposed a national sales tax to pay for healthcare costs. Republicans represent the wealthiest among us, and they will begin to advocate for a national sales tax, to divert attention away from any move toward re-establishing a progressive tax system. -Mainstream
--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: > > <snip> > > > It looks like we voted for the right man for the job when we voted > > > for Obama. Super-big high-five to the O-man. > > > > > > Ted Kennedy's smiling down on us all. > > > > Ted Kennedy is royally pissed because Obama sacrificed > > the public option (while pretending to still be for it).>> > > It is WAY better than any Public Option. It insures millions more, and > in time will cover anyone currently not covered. It is now illegal for > people to not have coverage, but just like in the past, the Democrats > made it illegal for hospitals to refuse someone, and so local, state, > and federal funding HAD to cover the treatment costs. As it should be. > NOW everyone who is not insured has to have insurance, but THEY do not > have to pay a penny if they cannot afford it - it is subsidized by the > tax payers now. > > Those who can afford it, but do not want health insurance of any kind > (like Willyltex for example, if he was ever self-employed), it will > simply be like a tiny insignificant tax on them that they won't even > notice, and they will have to put up or shut up, just like in Britain. > And the British like their system, and the health insurance tax (which > is seperated out on payroll checks) is the LAST thing they would > complain about on their paycheck deductions. > > I saw this is what Obama was doing a long time ago, and these rules will > never be repealed, even if Republicans gain in the Fall --- which they > won't. > > This is a GREAT day for America. This is a watershed moment for America, > and due to its influence, for the world. The Neocons and Fundies are > dead in the water. Change has come. > > OffWorld >
