Paul Hsieh, MD reminds us of how, in both the House and Senate health care bills the so-called health care "reform" will further empower government officials to tell us what insurance we can and cannot have:
Under any system of mandatory insurance, the government must necessarily determine what constitutes an “acceptable” ...
A new study from Cato about the House and Senate health care bills
House and Senate Democrats have produced health care legislation whose mandates, subsidies, tax penalties, and health insurance regulations would penalize work and reward Americans who refuse to purchase health insurance. As a result, the legislation could trap many ...
By attacking Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Democrats want use tax policy to punish people who prefer to buy medical care directly, rather than through insurance. Sounds like they favor the insurance industry, no?
On January 9, the AP reported that:
House Democrats want to require insurers to ...
That's what I will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are ... - Barack Obama, Jan. 31 2008
From the AP:
House and Senate Democrats ...
Dr. Paul Hsieh points out some scary aspects of the House health bill (HR 3962) and the Senate health bill (HR 3590):
Under ObamaCare, patients will be forced to pay for certain kinds of medical care whether they want it or not — thus raising their health care costs.
And patients ...
Patients First summarizes of how the House and Senate health care bills fail to meet president Obama's promises:
They won't "slow the growth of health care costs."
They won't "make the insurance you have work better for you," or increase choice and competition
They won't address out-of-control Medicare and Medicaid spending
The currently uninsured ...
From Duke Visiting Professor John David Lewis in Pajamas Media:
The essence of a dictator’s method is not to write harsh laws and enforce them rigidly. The world’s most destructive thugs have wanted something different. They have wanted to impose their wills on a compliant populace using arbitrary power — power ...
Jim Riemersma of Boulder wrote a clever and disturbingly accurate letter to the editor published in the Daily Camera (Boulder, CO):
For recent University of Colorado graduates seeking employment opportunities, I would urge them to consider a career in health and medical administration. As currently drafted, the 2,000 page health care ...
Bob Mook of the Denver Business Journal describes how the House Bill (HR3962) would limit competition and force patients to give up their children' speciality dental plans:
Kate Paul, president and CEO of Delta Dental of Colorado, said that the House’s health care reform proposal would disrupt dental coverage for more ...
Both the House and Senate care bills include a new government-run health plan. (See the Wall Street Journal's comparison.) In June I wrote the following:
Supporters of the “public insurance option,” that is, government-run insurance that competes with commercial insurers sense opposition: People realize it’s unfair competition. You know, like playing ...
