The Most Expensive Reform In U.S. History?
Max Baucus and his allies are attempting to shove the most expensive ‘reform’ down our throats. They must be defeated because we can’t afford it. Former Rep. Asa Hutchinson, (R-AR), is skeptical of the single-payer plan:
Former Rep. Asa Hutchinson warned those at the event of the costs of some proposed health care reform bills. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that one bill drafted by Sen. Max Baucus of Montana would cost more than $1.5 trillion to implement.
“They talk about a $1 trillion price tag, and then they try to…tell you they’re not going to raise taxes but will save $1 trillion by increased efficiencies,” Hutchinson said. “Do you all believe that can happen with a government-run program? I don’t think that can happen.”
The Obama administration has already buried us in tons of debt thanks to his budget, the omnibus spending bill and with his stimulus bill. Now he wants to dump several more tons of debt on us for health care reform that will deliver an inferior product to the American people?
Only in Washington, DC could something be called reform when it delivers an inferior product at a higher price. That’s what’s happening here. This isn’t speculation, either. That’s what Rep. Charles Boustany told me about his dealings with the Medicare and Medicaid bureaucracies when he was a heart surgeon.
Another thing that’s guaranteed with any health care bill that Ted Kennedfy or Nancy Pelosi writes: tons of costly mandates. When I interviewed Rep. Paul Ryan, I asked him about the negative impact that government mandates have. Here’s what he said on that:
Shouldn’t people, working in concert with their physician, have the option of putting together a customized health insurance policy?
Yes – that’s a great idea and just the type of innovative thinking we don’t want the federal government to squash. Patients have different needs, and that’s exactly why health insurance shouldn’t be run by the federal government. The government does not know what is best for patients. Patients and doctors should be able to make decisions together about the types of health plans that best suit their individual needs. That concept is exactly what motivated the Patients’ Choice Act. We don’t want the federal government taking over these decisions – and we want to show people that there is another way that allows the individual to maintain control over these personal decisions.
That’s a no-brainer. We can either let a bureaucrat decide what’s the best health insurance policy for us or we let the health care consumer and their physician decide what’s best. In every type of product, custom made is superior to one-size-fits-all.
Why should we settle for Ted Kennedy’s one-size-fits-all plan when we have Paul Ryan’s custom built plan available?
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:34 pm
It should be up to insurance companies deciding for doctors whether or not to provide medical services. If it weren’t for their for-profit motives, the United States wouldn’t be number 1 at providing health care at the most expensive rates while being 37th at actual health.
But hey, at least I don’t have to pay for my neighbor’s chemo after his insurance was canceled because of “preexisting conditions.”
June 24th, 2009 at 8:08 am
well we can’t afford current healthcare system either.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Republicans are afraid to do or try anything new. They are afraid to change.What is wrong with them.I think they are weak.
Republicans cannot just come out and oppose to anny new ideas.If you have a better idea than Obama’s just lay it out and let us compare it with obama’s plan.
The system is broken ,and you the congress has to fix it.We voters are watching.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Where is it broken? Who broke it? Why is it broken?
Whats the difference between an insurance claim adjustor or a government clerk between you and your physician?
Dont push your gimmees off on Congress. What makes you think they or Obama are going to help you.
How about investing in your own future. Ever hear of a savings account?
Blue Cross?
You people make me sick and tired with all your friggin whining about the governments ’sposed to do somethin. Get off you whining ass and do something for your self!
June 26th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
An insurance claims adjustor gets a bonus for making money for stockholders by cutting off coverage from someone who was paying into the plan only to be denied when he really needed it because he didn’t mention a doctor’s visit in the paperwork.
But you’re right USN Ret. I’m going to get off my whining ass and make sure your wrinkly ass isn’t covered by Medicare and Social Security because you’re taking too much away from my paycheck.
June 26th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Correct. And the government clerk will do it simply because he’s been ordered by some other dufus in Birkenstocks at a higher GS payscale neither one of which could make it on the outside with a real job.
So if you dont like giving up some of your wealth paying for somebody elses healthcare, please do get off your butt. Otherwise bend over, because here it comes again, in spades.
Most of us retired killers are not entirely covered by medicare, but a semi private program you help pay for. How does it feel?