Health Care Reform FAIL: Democrats Sell Out, Like I Said They Would.
Johnny Rotten Speaks the Truth
I told you we weren’t getting health care reform:
Sources say that it’s a major scale-back of the outline they had before. Specifically, subsidies have dropped from 400 percent of the poverty line to 300 percent. Medicaid eligibility has been tightened to 133 percent of poverty for children and pregnant women and 100 percent of poverty for parents and childless adults. The plans being offered in the exchange have seen their actuarial values sharply lowered.
Beyond the changes, this is also the clearest look we’ve had at the specific policies being considered. There’s a fairly strong individual mandate, albeit with exemptions for those beneath the poverty line, those who would have to spend more than 15 percent of income for a plan, and undocumented workers. There are a variety of options for an employer mandate, or the absence of one. Sen. Kent Conrad’s co-op idea is up for discussion. There’s no public plan mentioned anywhere in the document.
I told you so.
And this comes on the heels of betrayal on the war supplemental, which we weren’t supposed to have any more of.
And on the heels of the DADT/DOMA betrayals.
And on the heels of the bailouts, aka “socialism for the rich”.
And on the heels of the betrayal on FISA.
Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?
You can express your displeasure on “health care” “reform” (for what it’s worth) to the senate finance commitee: 202-224-4515.
Just don’t expect them to care: your taxes pay for THEIR health care, why should your taxes be used to pay for your own?
June 19th, 2009 at 10:44 am
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