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- darkman® -
Oct 14, 2009, 12:42:26 PM10/14/09
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Senate Finance Committee Passes Healthcare Reform Bill
I know most of you are too buggered to even push a button so I will
continue in this format till you complain and say "hey darkman or
whatever your name is..just give me a link and stop burning band
width. I pay for the Internet by the minute!"
Then I will
A. Change the format
B. Have fun reading your complaints
C. Appreciate your benevolent thank you darkman
D. Stop altogether
E. Or..... purrr myself another Crown Royal and try to remember what
real people do for no money.
Here is part 1
Authors and Disclosures
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/710455?sssdmh=dm1.542313&src=ddd&uac=86118HK
October 13, 2009 — The Senate Finance Committee today passed a massive
healthcare reform bill — mostly along partisan lines — that would
eventually reduce the ranks of the uninsured by more than half. All 13
Democratic members of the committee, along with 1 lone Republican,
Sen. Olympia Snow (ME), voted for the bill. The remaining 9 Republican
committee members cast nays.
"This is a balanced, commonsense plan for reforming healthcare," said
Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus (MT), a Democrat, adding,
"It guarantees that no American goes broke because he gets sick."
Ranking committee member Sen. Charles Grassley (IA), however, summed
up Republican opposition today when he said the bill was "moving on a
slippery slope toward government control of medicine."
The bill takes the revolutionary step of requiring most Americans to
obtain health coverage, but it also offers subsidies to help the cash-
strapped pay for it. Likewise, the legislation would require all but
small employers to either cover their workers or pay a penalty into a
fund for subsidizing their coverage. The bill also creates state-based
markets for health insurance called exchanges, expands coverage under
Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and curbs
health-plan practices deemed abusive, such as denying coverage based
on preexisting conditions.
The bill would reduce the number of uninsured Americans in 2019 by 29
million, leaving 25 million nonelderly adults — a third of them
illegal immigrants — without coverage, according to the Congressional
Budget Office (CBO). The bill makes no provision for a government-
sponsored health plan — the controversial "public option" — advocated
by some liberal Democrats, but instead authorizes member-owned "co-op"
health plans as an alternative to private insurance.
While the bill would cost $829 billion, the CBO projected that it
would reduce the federal deficit by $81 billion over 10 years through
spending cuts and increased revenue, such as "play or pay"
contributions from employers. Republicans, though, are decrying what
they view as hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes and fees.
I know most of you are too buggered to even push a button so I will
continue in this format till you complain and say "hey darkman or
whatever your name is..just give me a link and stop burning band
width. I pay for the Internet by the minute!"
Then I will
A. Change the format
B. Have fun reading your complaints
C. Appreciate your benevolent thank you darkman
D. Stop altogether
E. Or..... purrr myself another Crown Royal and try to remember what
real people do for no money.
Here is part 1
Authors and Disclosures
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/710455?sssdmh=dm1.542313&src=ddd&uac=86118HK
October 13, 2009 — The Senate Finance Committee today passed a massive
healthcare reform bill — mostly along partisan lines — that would
eventually reduce the ranks of the uninsured by more than half. All 13
Democratic members of the committee, along with 1 lone Republican,
Sen. Olympia Snow (ME), voted for the bill. The remaining 9 Republican
committee members cast nays.
"This is a balanced, commonsense plan for reforming healthcare," said
Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus (MT), a Democrat, adding,
"It guarantees that no American goes broke because he gets sick."
Ranking committee member Sen. Charles Grassley (IA), however, summed
up Republican opposition today when he said the bill was "moving on a
slippery slope toward government control of medicine."
The bill takes the revolutionary step of requiring most Americans to
obtain health coverage, but it also offers subsidies to help the cash-
strapped pay for it. Likewise, the legislation would require all but
small employers to either cover their workers or pay a penalty into a
fund for subsidizing their coverage. The bill also creates state-based
markets for health insurance called exchanges, expands coverage under
Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and curbs
health-plan practices deemed abusive, such as denying coverage based
on preexisting conditions.
The bill would reduce the number of uninsured Americans in 2019 by 29
million, leaving 25 million nonelderly adults — a third of them
illegal immigrants — without coverage, according to the Congressional
Budget Office (CBO). The bill makes no provision for a government-
sponsored health plan — the controversial "public option" — advocated
by some liberal Democrats, but instead authorizes member-owned "co-op"
health plans as an alternative to private insurance.
While the bill would cost $829 billion, the CBO projected that it
would reduce the federal deficit by $81 billion over 10 years through
spending cuts and increased revenue, such as "play or pay"
contributions from employers. Republicans, though, are decrying what
they view as hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes and fees.
ManicNutt42
Oct 15, 2009, 2:00:11 PM10/15/09
to Bipolar Disorder
I don't want Government control over health
On Oct 14, 12:42 pm, - darkman® - <sgi....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Senate Finance Committee Passes Healthcare Reform Bill
>
> I know most of you are too buggered to even push a button so I will
> continue in this format till you complain and say "hey darkman or
> whatever your name is..just give me a link and stop burning band
> width. I pay for the Internet by the minute!"
>
> Then I will
>
> A. Change the format
> B. Have fun reading your complaints
> C. Appreciate your benevolent thank you darkman
> D. Stop altogether
> E. Or..... purrr myself another Crown Royal and try to remember what
> real people do for no money.
>
> Here is part 1
>
> Authors and Disclosures
>
> http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/710455?sssdmh=dm1.542313&src=ddd&...
On Oct 14, 12:42 pm, - darkman® - <sgi....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Senate Finance Committee Passes Healthcare Reform Bill
>
> I know most of you are too buggered to even push a button so I will
> continue in this format till you complain and say "hey darkman or
> whatever your name is..just give me a link and stop burning band
> width. I pay for the Internet by the minute!"
>
> Then I will
>
> A. Change the format
> B. Have fun reading your complaints
> C. Appreciate your benevolent thank you darkman
> D. Stop altogether
> E. Or..... purrr myself another Crown Royal and try to remember what
> real people do for no money.
>
> Here is part 1
>
> Authors and Disclosures
>
- darkman® -
Oct 15, 2009, 2:25:56 PM10/15/09
to Bipolar Disorder
On Oct 15, 2:00 pm, ManicNutt42 <chuck...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't want Government control over health
>
> On Oct 14, 12:42 pm, - darkman® - <sgi....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Senate Finance Committee Passes Healthcare Reform Bill
>
> > I know most of you are too buggered to even push a button so I will
> > continue in this format till you complain and say "hey darkman or
> > whatever your name is..just give me a link and stop burning band
> > width. I pay for the Internet by the minute!"
>
> > Then I will
>
> > A. Change the format
> > B. Have fun reading your complaints
> > C. Appreciate your benevolent thank you darkman
> > D. Stop altogether
> > E. Or..... purrr myself another Crown Royal and try to remember what
> > real people do for no money.
>
again love.
- darkman® -
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