10 years, "just" over 1 TRILLION, only 30 Million more covered....

The first Health Care Reform Bill is now out of the House. What does it do?

1. Creates a new Government Sponsored Health Plan to compete with Private Insurance Plans.
2. Reduces the ranks of the uninsured by 30 Million.
3. Costs "just" over 1 TRILLION dollars over 10 years. (That's the House's own estimate)
4. Increases Taxes on the wealthy and medium-large businesses.
5. Will reduce the amount doctors receive for treating medicare/medicaid Patients.
6. Closes the "donught hole" in the Medicare prescription drug program. (Finally)


So, let's get this straight, it spends 1 TRILLION over 10 years to cover only 30 Million more People? If you do the math that's a terrible deal!

Once again it does not address the most pressing need, which is holding down the expense of medical care in our country. Just because you pay doctors less who see Medicare-Medicaid patients, that does not mean you have reduced the root cause of the expense crisis.

Our terrible wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will look like a trip to the "dollar store" compared with this plan's "Tiffany's" type shopping spree! If Obama wants to leave a lasting legacy, this will end up being the opposite of the reputation he desires.

I really hope our elected leadership takes a deep breath and a step back to consider the ramifications of this Plan before ramming it through like the Stimulus