CBO: House Bill Would Cover 97 Percent Of Americans And Cost $1 Trillion
14 July 2009 8:11 pm by GeoT
http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf
The reviews are good:
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_treatment/archive/2009/07/14/breaking-house-bill-good-wish-it-could-happen-quicker.aspx
Maybe this can actually be achieved…. finally.
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GeoT – for crying out loud it’s over 1,000 pages long.
Does it have the public option?
Jane Austen says:
14 July 2009 at 8:14 pm
GeoT – for crying out loud it’s over 1,000 pages long.
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Yes!
here’s a synopsis:
Generous subisidies, available to people making up to 400 percent of the poverty line
Expansion of Medicaid to cover people making less than 133 percent of the poverty line
Guarantees of solid benefits for everybody, with limits on out-of-pocket spending
Strong regulation of insurers, including requirements that insurers provide insurance to people with pre-existing conditions without higher rates
An individual mandate, so that everybody (or what passes for everybody in these discussions) gets into the system and assumes some financial responsibility
A public plan, one that appears to be strong, although I’ll reserve judgment on that until I hear from the experts
Choice of public and private plan, at first just for individuals and small businesses, but later for larger businesses and–possibly–eventually for everybody
Efforts at payment reform, if not necessarily as strong as they could be
Investment in primary care and prevention, which is not sexy but potentially important for general health .
Thanks for the highlights GeoT. I just don’t want this to become a confusing package of jibberish. I just don’t have the faith I should have in government anymore. Guess I’ve lived too long. We need a strong program of prevention because that’s where we can stop problems before they become full blown disease.
Jane Austen says:
14 July 2009 at 8:51 pm
We need a strong program of prevention because that’s where we can stop problems before they become full blown disease.
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Amen, that’s the best long-term cost cutting there is.
Prevention! Prevention! Prevention!
OT alert: President throws out first pitch @ MLB All-star game:
http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/tools/med/2009/07/ipt/1247619516.jpg
A trillion dollars? Did they offer anything in the way of paying for the plan? There is no way a bill will get out of the Senate if the net cost is that high.
psychodrew says:
14 July 2009 at 10:06 pm
A trillion dollars? Did they offer anything in the way of paying for the plan?
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there’s a proposed tax on incomes over $350,000
and it’s $1 trillion over 10 years, just to be clear.
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House health plan to boost taxes on rich
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlMpJGn28kqCcgU-aGcYE_ZHW-ywD99EDU600
Well if we stop pouring gazillions of dollars into the sands in Iraq and start acting like someone actually has some idea what we should be doing in Afgahnistan we should be able to save a couple hundred BILLION or two. I know it’s not much but hey, hundred billion here, hundred billion there, pretty soon yer talkin REAL money!
And think of how the hundreds of millions in anti healthcare advertising and lobbying will help the economy!! It;s a win, win, win!!!
GeoT says:
14 July 2009 at 10:17 pm
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Do you think that will pass the Senate? I don’t think there are 51 Senators with the balls to raise taxes.