Friday, November 20, 2009

10 Facts You Should Know About Reid's Government-Run Health Care

10 Things...

You Should Know About Harry Reid’s Government-Run Health Care Experiment


1. $493 Billion In Tax Increases On Health Insurance, Medical Innovation, Payroll And Small Businesses Would Pay For The Bill. (Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09)

2. Americans Won’t See Benefits Of This Health Care Experiment Until 2014, But They Start Paying For It In 2010. (Page 13, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09)

3. Reid’s Bill Allegedly Reduces The Deficit By $130 Billion In Ten Years, But The Obama-Reid-Pelosi Spending Agenda Produced Deficit Of $176 Billion Last Month Alone. (Table 3, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09)

4. $465 Billion In Medicare And Medicaid Cuts Would Pay For Two New Unsustainable Entitlements. (Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09)

5. Health Care Costs For The Federal Government – And Your Family – Would Increase, Not Decrease. (Page 16, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09)


6. A New Medicare Commission Of Unelected Bureaucrats Would Ration Care. (Sec. 3403, H.R. 3590, Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute, “Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act,” Introduced 11/18/09)
7. The “Doc Fix” Provision That Would Add $250 Billion To The Deficit Is Not Included In The Democrats’ List Price For Their Health Care Experiment. (Page 17, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09)
8. Taxpayer Dollars Would Fund Abortions. (Sec. 1303(a), H.R. 3590, Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute, “Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act,” Introduced 11/18/09)

9. A New Entitlement Program For Long-Term Care That One Democrat Senator Called “A Ponzi Scheme” Would Be Created. (Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09; Shailagh Murray & Lori Montgomery, “Centrists Unsure About Reid's Public Option,” The Washington Post, 10/28/09)

10. States Burdened With $25 Billion In Unfunded Mandates From Medicaid That Would Force Them To Increase Taxes. (Page 7, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09)

H/T to GOP.com

9 comments:

ehvogel said...

And they want to debate on this? This bill shouldn't see the light of day!

Chris said...

They are trying to distoy this country. It is Cloward-Piven stratagy to the T. I have a blog you might like.

Teresa said...

ehvogel,
Your right. The bill needs to be thrown in the garbage.

Teresa said...

Chris,
Your right. They are trying to destroy this country.

How about we follow each others blogs?

Woodsterman (Odie) said...

Check out woodsterman too to find out more about Harry Reid.

The Senates bill is more democratic socialism.

Fuzzy Slippers said...

This is so frightening, and it looks very like it's going to pass. :(

Teresa said...

Odie,
I will definitely check it out. It is more socialism.

Teresa said...

Fuzzy slippers,
I hope there is some way we can stop disastercare.

Snarky Basterd said...

Some facts ... just make me sick. And health care won't cure them.