Posted by
CyberMom on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:22:47 PM
Now - with ALL that said - with all those issues laid out before you - the people who get to decide (no.. not vote.. don't be silly, this is America! We don't vote here! We just push Congress and threaten them with their jobs and not voting for them because we're a Democracy, duhh!!), let's break this down to REALITY:
1. The current cost of $2.4 trillion will be lessened to $900 billion. FACT: If you READ the article, you might notice that it is the current population of America, WITH health insurance, paying that $2.4 trillion - not Uncle Sam. Their health care reform is supposed to somehow lessen YOUR direct costs, while funny enough - the media/White House keeps reporting that we should be concerned about this health care reform because of the 'costs,' that will have to be charged in taxes. So.. wait? Are they lowering your $2.4 trillion by paying for the $2,399,100,000,000 ($2.39 trillion) in tax dollars? How does that 'offset,' your costs? Are they going to 'force,' health insurance companies into charging less? I suppose that's where their 'incentives,' options come in - but those incentives options STILL include our taxes - so, somehow, I think we've got the White House intentionally mixing apples with oranges and confuse the issues to make YOU think like they're lowering the overall tax deficit - when that's NOT true. So, were two sides of the story reported on? Those who think this will increase the deficit and those who don't? Yep - but the bridge between the two realities of a $2.4 trillion dollar, consumer-paid, private insurance bill and a $900 billion dollar government funding plan - was not gapped. In fact, when you listen to Obama talk, he refers to the previous administration (Republican), as being responsible for your $2.4 trillion dollar price tag on insurance and how he, as a (Democrat), will curb that. Sad as it is - he's not only trying to confuse the two issues, the President, and several others in Washington, are using the confusion as a battle-ground!!??
2. A Co-Op insurance option. A co-op was suggested at a government-paid (ahem.. tax payer paid) price-tag $6 billion. THAT would be on of those 'gaps,' that needs crossing. Have you ever HAD a co-op or been in a co-op, like a CC&R or power company? Is there any great 'savings,' there? I'm not talking the 'amount,' of the bill - I'm talking about the savings - because it doesn't exist. So, there's your $2.4 trillion, with an additional tax deficit of $6 billion on top of it already!
3. Eliminating 'pre existing conditions,' as ground for denial. Well, if you'll read about pre existing conditions and insurance as they currently stand, you'll see the 'real,' problem isn't denial - it's the added costs to those with this issue. And, in fact, when you read through the articles in the last post, you'll see that little, 'one-liner,' note in there. This bill does NOT deal with the current problem of added costs for pre existing conditions. In fact, this is a worthless addition to the bill designed to be propoganda intended to 'distract,' you.
4. No co-pays for basic services. Yes, that's right. For mammograms, check-ups, and other, preventative care visits, you'll pay no co-pay. Of course, that's REALLY going to help curb that increasing insurance premium, right? After all - no copays means the insurance company picks up the ENTIRE tab, right? HAHAHAHA - sure - that'll lessen your premiums.
5. Covering 95% of the uninsured. Yes, I know I detailed this in part already, but I'll repeat it here because... it's funny! Senator Baucus, seemingly the new spokesperson for this 'sub-reform-reform,' has stated that it's Washington's belief that they can cover up to 95% of the people who are currently uninusured! But, they're still working on a way to handle the undocumented illegal immigrants, because they won't be covered. So - 50 million by this new reform (seemingly, the 5% who won't be covered by the reform), consists of: 47 million undocumented, illegal immigrants. Forgive me if my math is wrong, but that means that 94% of the people who won't be covered by this health care extension include the 'undocumented,' illegal immigrants who will already NOT be covered by this health care plan, while the 6% may... or may not... include the 'documented,' illegal immigrants. Maybe I'm just stretching here.. but the current 95% coverage WILL cover the documented, illegal immigrants... who are, "illegal," and the 6% not covered will be American Citizens, that as Sen. Baucus states: are amongst those you can "always find," who won't qualify under this new plan. Aren't we back to apples and oranges and misleading information again? Isn't this 95% coverage for uninsured folks, talking about only leaving out, for the most part, undocumented, illegal immigrants? How much of a 'stretch,' is that - in reality?
Hmm... somehow, this still seems a bit shady. I think there's something more to this story, don't you?