1. Three out of four Americans don't want it.
2. 16,000 new IRS agents will be hired at a cost of $10 Billion dollars to verify, monthly, that 300 Million Americans have purchased health care acceptable to the government.
3, These 16,000 new IRS agents will also be checking on businesses, including mom and pop stores, to verify that THEY have purchased health care acceptable to the government.
4. If the American people or businesses don't comply with what the government thinks is appropriate, the IRS has the power to levy fines of either $2000.00 or two per cent of a person's income - whichever is greater.
How has the 'test' program worked in Massachusetts where everyone is required to have insurance and there are four insurance companies to provide it?
1. The Secretary of the Treasury in Massachusetts says that if we pass this Health Care Reform package, it will bankrupt the USA in four years.
2. Four years ago Mass. started a pilot program mandate for universal health care for every one in Mass. It wasn't supposed to cost a lot of money; there was going to be a public exchange that would match up people with private insurance who couldn't get insurance at reasonable rates or with taxpayer help.
3. It has increased expected costs over $4 Billion dollars from when the program was started in 2006 and the governor announced today another $300 Million dollar hole in their health care.
4. It would have bankrupted the state if not for the Federal Government (you and me) sending money to prop this system up.
5. Most of the people who have been covered have used subsidies or free health care, which basically has become a 'public option'.
6. What Mass. has is people who have entered Medicaid or given them coverage for which they aren't paying.
7. Insurance premiums have gone up higher in Massachusetts than in any other state in the nation. With only four insurers, there is little competition, and since you have to have insurance, there's little incentive for them to try to win your business.
8. There is limited access to community hospitals. Seven community hospitals are suing the State because they're getting all of the poor patients and the government is reimbursing them sixty to seventy cents on the dollar. They are on the verge of going bankrupt. Can you say 'rationing' if they lose these hospitals?
10. Costs have not gone down, but up. Way, way up.
11. Massachusetts was trying to balance its budget and was trying to figure out where all of the money was going. Turns out it was going to health care, which has risen in four years by 52%.
My question is, who is going to bail out the Federal government when it goes bankrupt?. Moody is warning us to not pass this health care bill because if we do we are in danger of losing our Triple A credit rating - which is wavering now. Is China going to bail us out?
Are you aware that we are currently borrowing money from China in order to pay the interest on our debt TO China?
So how's this liberal Congress and President working out for you guys?
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