Those Silly Dems: House Democrats Release Health Bill, Without Costs for Taxpayers
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on June 20, 2009
Silly Democrats... who cares how much health care will cost taxpayers?
If you have kids, you know that they always want STUFF. Lots of STUFF.
They’re always dead serious when they approach a parent. It’s about getting STUFF they say they really want, really need, really must have, gotta have. Kids are immature and often selfish that way. They don’t know the value of STUFF, the cost of STUFF, and honestly don’t care. They just know that they want it. And since they’re not paying for it, they don’t bother themselves with pesky details, like how much that STUFF costs.
The endless amount of stuff those silly kids ask for is usually greeted with one question from a parent, the person who earns the money and holds the purse strings:
“So, how much does it cost?”
Gulp. If they don’t have the answer to that, well, conversation over. Without knowing the price tag, those silly kids are told “no.” No price, no stuff, that simple. Money doesn’t grow on trees, you silly kids. Get a job and buy the dang stuff yourself with your own cash.
Democrats in the House of Representatives are the new silly “Kids on the Block.” They unveiled their gargantuan health bill late yesterday, after most news services had closed down. Health bill is ready for perusal, but they have no idea whatsoever how much it will cost Americans who hold the purse strings. Money doesn’t grow on trees, you Democrat knuckleheads.
From New York Times:
House Unveils Health Bill, Minus Key Details
By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN | New York Times
June 19, 2009House Democrats on Friday answered President Obama’s call for a sweeping overhaul of the health care system, unveiling a bill that they said would cover 95 percent of Americans. But they said they did not know how much it would cost and had not decided how to pay for it.
The proposal would establish a new public health insurance plan to compete with private plans. Republicans and insurance companies strenuously oppose such an entity, saying it could lead to a government takeover of health care. The draft bill would require all Americans to carry health insurance. Most employers would have to provide coverage to employees or pay a fee equivalent to 8 percent of their payroll. The plan would also end many insurance company practices that deny coverage or charge higher premiums to sick people.
“Health insurance for most American families is just one big surprise,” said Representative George Miller of California, the chairman of the Education and Labor Committee. “When you go to use it, you find out it’s not quite as it’s represented, and you spend hours on the phone with exclusions and discussions and referrals to other legal documents that you didn’t have at the time you purchased it.”
The 852-page House bill, as expected, is more expansive than the legislation taking shape in the Senate, where work on the issue bogged down this week after early cost estimates came in far higher than expected. The initial price tag for a measure drafted by the Senate Finance Committee, for example, was $1.6 trillion over 10 years.
Similar sticker shock could hit House members when they see the cost of their bill, which incorporates many ideas from health policy experts about how to fix the health system.
Industry critics of the emerging Senate bill are likely to have even more objections to the House version, but House Democratic leaders can probably push their measure through on a party-line vote.
Under the House bill, health insurance would be regulated by a powerful new federal agency, headed by a presidential appointee known as the health choices commissioner.
No price? No details? No way.
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