Rushing to Worse Health Care


"Congress is going to force everyone to get insurance,"
[. . .]
"The Congressional Budget Office estimates that individual insurance premiums would be 10 to 13 percent higher under the Senate bill than in the absence of reform."
[. . .]
"To address the public's affordability concerns, the Senate would lavish billions in subsidies on people with incomes up to four times the poverty level, or $88,000 for a family of four. Senate leaders hope these subsidies will keep people from noticing that the reform package has increased the cost of their insurance."

Medicaid typically pays physicians and hospitals less than it costs them to administer treatment. They compensate by charging privately insured patients more.

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'Reform' still stinks
Health bill remains bad news
By SALLY PIPES
New York Post
Last Updated: 6:27 AM, December 16, 2009
Posted: 2:05 AM, December 16, 2009