Somebody lied. From the Heritage Foundation, Providing Health Care for Illegal Immigrants: Understanding the House Health Care Bill
Posts Tagged ‘HR 3200’
Joe Wilson Was Right
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Entitlement Kids
Thursday, September 10th, 2009Obama Care and America’s Entitlement Kids
Health Care Reform Bills A Financial Windfall For Unions
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009From the Wall Street Journal, Read the Union Health-Care Label
…The Senate version opens the door to implement forced unionization schemes pursued by former Govs. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois in 2005 and Gray Davis of California in 1999. Both men repaid tremendous political debts to Andy Stern and his Service Employees International Union (SEIU) by reclassifying state-reimbursed in-home health-care (and child-care) contractors as state employees—and forcing them to pay union dues. (more…)
Congress Rejects For Itself What Obama Wants For Us
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009From the Wall Street Journal, Obama to Endorse Public Plan in Speech
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, in a high-stakes speech Wednesday to Congress and the nation, will press for a government-run insurance option in a proposed overhaul of the U.S. health-care system that has divided lawmakers and voters for months. (more…)
Welcome Back, Congress
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009Via Hot Air
No Savings In Preventative Care
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009From the Washington Post, Study Raises Questions About Cost Savings From Preventive Care
…Using data from long-standing clinical trials, researchers projected the cost of caring for people with Type 2 diabetes as they progress from diagnosis to various complications and death. Enrolling federally-insured patients in a simple but aggressive program to control the disease would cost the government $1,024 per person per year — money that largely would be recovered after 25 years through lower spending on dialysis, kidney transplants, amputations and other forms of treatment, the study found.
However, except for the youngest diabetics, the additional services would add to overall health spending, not decrease it, the study shows… (more…)
HR 3200 Effects On Small Business
Monday, August 31st, 2009From the Heritage Foundation, a new study on the effects of HR 3200’s employer mandates on small businesses:
…the “play-or-pay” employer mandates in H.R. 3200 will put 5.2 million low-wage workers at risk of unemployment or reduced working hours. (more…)
HR 3200 Does Include Illegal Immigrants
Friday, August 28th, 2009President Obama called the claim, that illegal immigrants would be eligible for coverage in current House legislation, from critics of health care reform a myth, and said that idea had not even been considered. From the Washington Examiner, Obamacare won’t cover illegal immigrants? Yes it will, says Congressional Research Service
Well, Mr. President, that idea must have been tucked under a stack of background briefing papers over there in the corner of the table because the Congressional Research Service (CRS) says this about H.R. 3200, the Obamacare bill approved just before the recess by the House Energy and Commerce Committee chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-CA: (more…)
HR 3200 Violates Taxpayer Privacy
Thursday, August 27th, 2009From CBS News, Democratic Health Care Bill Divulges IRS Tax Data
Section 431(a) of the bill says that the IRS must divulge taxpayer identity information, including the filing status, the modified adjusted gross income, the number of dependents, and “other information as is prescribed by” regulation. That information will be provided to the new Health Choices Commissioner and state health programs and used to determine who qualifies for “affordability credits.” (more…)