Not to our health
Existing gov’t plans rife with quackery
By Deroy Murdock
Saturday, November 21, 2009 -
Saturday, November 21, 2009 -
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ShareAs the Senate weighs a 2,074-page health care “reform” bill, supporters of a government option for medical coverage consider this the finest federal initiative since the Emancipation Proclamation. Yet today’s headlines show government severely bungling its current health care duties. Expanding Uncle Sam’s medical portfolio is a prescription for fraud, fiscal incompetence and mismanagement on the clinical front lines.
Fraud devours some $60 billion - or 13.3 percent - of Medicare’s $452 billion budget. “Rather than stealing $100,000 or $200,000,” federal prosecutor Kirk Ogrosky said last month on “60 Minutes,” criminals “can steal $100 million.”
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This Health Care bill has nothing to do with improving health care or reducing costs but has everything to do with the Democrats repaying those who supported them. The fact that they are going to shove it up our collective behind is immaterial. what they aren't telling you is that it is only revenue neutral until 2017 when they expect that Obama, Reid, and Pelosi will be out of office. As Reid, Pelosi, and Obama have been saying, since November of last year, '...we won so shut up and bend over, we're driving now!'
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AbusiveWelcome to the "Health Care Tax Enhancement Act" of 2009.
This is nothing more than subterfuge for the government to raise taxes substantially on those of us who are not FRIENDS of the Democrats.
I just hope enough people realize they are not the friends they thought they were... in time
This is nothing more than subterfuge for the government to raise taxes substantially on those of us who are not FRIENDS of the Democrats.
I just hope enough people realize they are not the friends they thought they were... in time
Sen. Chris Dodd of CT is quoted today as saying the Harry Reid bill is a bad bill, but a bad bill is better than "no bill." He said doing nothing is not an option. Why? We all know rising costs are a problem, but this bill does nothing to control costs. There are many things that can be done on health care, all one step at a time. In this case, no bill is infinitely better than a bad bill. What does Sen. John Kerry say?
45 years ago, 60 billion would have been half of total federal outlays. They might have cared about it then. Now, anything less than a billion dollars is treated like a rounding error or chump change even though that is serious money even for Mrs. Kerry. This cavalier attitude is particularly galling when contrasted with the attitude of the IRS which is willing to ruin your life over a few thousand bucks.
It's too bad the government doesn't audit themselves the way they audit citizens. They lose billions of dollars all over the place. Is it any wonder why Washington grows and grows. Everyone flocks there to get a piece of the 4 trillion dollar federal pie. Disrespect for the government flourishes as all they do is try to spend more and more money when they are out of money.
It's too bad the government doesn't audit themselves the way they audit citizens. They lose billions of dollars all over the place. Is it any wonder why Washington grows and grows. Everyone flocks there to get a piece of the 4 trillion dollar federal pie. Disrespect for the government flourishes as all they do is try to spend more and more money when they are out of money.
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