Leader Reid’s version of health care reform
18 November
Here is the bill text, all 2074 pages of it.
Here is the Joint Tax Committee estimate of the revenue effects.
I will update this post with a link to the CBO score when it’s available. Here is a document that I am told was handed out to Senate Democrats at their caucus meeting this evening. It appears as if it were drafted by Leader Reid’s staff. I believe this document is the basis for this evening’s news reports that “CBO says the bill costs $849 billion.” It is inaccurate for a news organization to report that CBO says this until they have seen an official CBO document.
Update: Here is my analysis of the tax increases in the bill.
Update 2: Here is CBO’s estimate.
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And a 5% excise tax on cosmetic surgery. Man, those Hollywood types will regret supporting Obama, yet.
One page solution to health care
Goal: To create a National Healthcare System that is all inclusive and has the least amount of intrusion into private lives and businesses.
1) Create a Federal Hospital and Clinic System that mimics the representation of our current government.
a) Two Federal Hospitals for each state to deal with advanced surgeries and advanced healthcare issues.
b) One Federal Clinic per congressional district to cover everday health care issues such as check ups colds and flus etc etc.
2) No US Citizen will be denied Healthcare for any reason at these sites. Citizenship must be verified.
3) Four Federal Medical Schools will provide Docotrs to service these Hospitals and Clinics. In return for educating these new medical students, each graduate must in return serve 4-6 years at either the hospitals or the clinics.This is similar to the current GI Bill.
4) Allow Health Insurance policy's to compete in all US states.
5) Create a National system for keeping and accessing electronic medical records for every US citizen.
6) Tort Reform.
7) Medical savings accounts
Problem Solved
Benefits of the plan:
No goverment involvement in dictating or defining healthy lifestyles in order to get healthcare coverage.
1) Insurance company's do not come between you and your healthcare.
2) Your Health Insurance becomes a mattter of convienience rather than a necessity.
3) People will use there Health Insurance only when needed reducing frivilous costs thus premiums.
4) All US citizens will have access to healthcare.
5) The program is simultaneously all inclusive and limited in nature, in that there are a limited number of facilities to dispense the al inclusive free access to healthcare.
6) Prexisting conditions are not a factor for healthcare.
7) HelathInsurance company's are not involved in the cost/reimbursements of the healthcare allowing the Federal Hospitals and Clinics cut costs drastically by only dealing with medical supply company's.
thanks chad
K.I.S.S…. keep it simple, senate! =/