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*The change that will perhaps have the most impact on Americans is the expansion of Medicaid. Under Pelosi's bill, anyone earning up to 150
percent of the poverty line will be eligible for Medicaid. This is an increase on previous iterations─and the Senate bill─which only covered
people up to 133 percent of the poverty line.
*The bill includes a public option but not the so-called robust plan. Hospitals and providers will be able to negotiate their rates with the
government insurer.
A surtax will be leveled on wealthy Americans─those earning over $500,000 for individuals or $1 million for families─to help offset costs. This
differs from the Senate bill which relies on a tax on "Cadillac," or expensive, insurance plans. Medical-devices companies will also be subject to
a new tax.
*The bill removes the health-insurance industry's exemption from antitrust laws, which will no doubt upset insurers.
*Like her Senate colleagues, Pelosi won't be offering a "doc's fix," that is, she won't offer a long-term solution to a problematic Medicare
formula that causes reimbursement rates for physicians treating Medicare patients to decrease.
Medicare expenditures will be cut by approximately 1.3 percent, with the pharmaceutical industry bearing the brunt.
Page 94, "Prohibits the sale of private individual health insurance policies, beginning in 2013, forcing individuals to purchase coverage through
the federal government." In 2013, after the 2012 presidential election. In 2013, there is no private insurance allowed. The sale of it will be
prohibited.
Page 110: "Requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan -- and, if the Hyde Amendment were
ever not renewed, would require the plan to fund elective abortions."
Page 111 -- Section 223: "Establishes a new board of federal bureaucrats (the 'Health Benefits Advisory Committee') to dictate the health plans
that all individuals must purchase -- and would likely require all Americans to subsidize and purchase plans that cover any abortion." The death
panels are back, by the way.
Page 211 -- Section 321: "Establishes a new government-run health plan that, according to non-partisan actuaries at the Lewin Group, would
cause as many as 114 million Americans to lose their existing coverage."
Page 225 -- Section 330: "Permits -- but does not require -- Members of Congress to enroll in government-run health care." So they'll be able
to opt out of it and maintain their Cadillac plans.
Page 255 -- Section 345: "Includes language requiring verification of income for individuals wishing to receive federal health care subsidies
under the bill -- while the bill includes a requirement for applicants to verify their citizenship, it does not include a similar requirement to verify
applicants' identity, thus encouraging identity fraud for undocumented immigrants and others wishing to receive taxpayer-subsidized health
benefits."
Page 297 -- Section 501: "Imposes a 2.5 percent tax on all individuals who do not purchase 'bureaucrat-approved' health insurance -- the tax
would apply on individuals with incomes under $250,000, thus breaking a central promise of then-Senator Obama’s presidential campaign."
Page 313 -- Section 512: "Imposes an 8 percent 'tax on jobs' for firms that cannot afford to purchase 'bureaucrat-approved' health coverage;
according to an analysis by Harvard Professor Kate Baicker, such a tax would place millions 'at substantial risk of unemployment' -- with
minority workers losing their jobs at twice the rate of their white counterparts."
Page 336 -- Section 551: "Imposes additional job-killing taxes, in the form of a half-trillion dollar 'surcharge,' more than half of which will hit
small businesses; according to a model developed by President Obama’s senior economic advisor, such taxes could cost up to 5.5 million jobs."
This is the thing we talked about yesterday, $500,000 for single filers, million dollars, the income surcharge on those earners. A lot of people
are small business owners, and they file on their personal 1040 form.
Page 520 -- Section 1161: "Cuts more than $150 billion from Medicare Advantage plans."
Page 733 -- Section 1401: "Establishes a new Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research; the bill includes no provisions preventing the
government-run health plan from using such research to deny access to life-saving treatments on cost grounds, similar to Britain’s National
Health Service, which denies patient treatments costing more than $35,000."
Page 1174 -- Section 1802(b): "Includes provisions entitled 'TAXES ON CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES' to fund comparative
effectiveness research, breaking Speaker Pelosi’s promise that 'We will not be taxing [health] benefits in any bill that passes the House.'" And
this, you know, is just the scratch-the-surface look 'cause there are 1,990 pages.
percent of the poverty line will be eligible for Medicaid. This is an increase on previous iterations─and the Senate bill─which only covered
people up to 133 percent of the poverty line.
*The bill includes a public option but not the so-called robust plan. Hospitals and providers will be able to negotiate their rates with the
government insurer.
A surtax will be leveled on wealthy Americans─those earning over $500,000 for individuals or $1 million for families─to help offset costs. This
differs from the Senate bill which relies on a tax on "Cadillac," or expensive, insurance plans. Medical-devices companies will also be subject to
a new tax.
*The bill removes the health-insurance industry's exemption from antitrust laws, which will no doubt upset insurers.
*Like her Senate colleagues, Pelosi won't be offering a "doc's fix," that is, she won't offer a long-term solution to a problematic Medicare
formula that causes reimbursement rates for physicians treating Medicare patients to decrease.
Medicare expenditures will be cut by approximately 1.3 percent, with the pharmaceutical industry bearing the brunt.
Page 94, "Prohibits the sale of private individual health insurance policies, beginning in 2013, forcing individuals to purchase coverage through
the federal government." In 2013, after the 2012 presidential election. In 2013, there is no private insurance allowed. The sale of it will be
prohibited.
Page 110: "Requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan -- and, if the Hyde Amendment were
ever not renewed, would require the plan to fund elective abortions."
Page 111 -- Section 223: "Establishes a new board of federal bureaucrats (the 'Health Benefits Advisory Committee') to dictate the health plans
that all individuals must purchase -- and would likely require all Americans to subsidize and purchase plans that cover any abortion." The death
panels are back, by the way.
Page 211 -- Section 321: "Establishes a new government-run health plan that, according to non-partisan actuaries at the Lewin Group, would
cause as many as 114 million Americans to lose their existing coverage."
Page 225 -- Section 330: "Permits -- but does not require -- Members of Congress to enroll in government-run health care." So they'll be able
to opt out of it and maintain their Cadillac plans.
Page 255 -- Section 345: "Includes language requiring verification of income for individuals wishing to receive federal health care subsidies
under the bill -- while the bill includes a requirement for applicants to verify their citizenship, it does not include a similar requirement to verify
applicants' identity, thus encouraging identity fraud for undocumented immigrants and others wishing to receive taxpayer-subsidized health
benefits."
Page 297 -- Section 501: "Imposes a 2.5 percent tax on all individuals who do not purchase 'bureaucrat-approved' health insurance -- the tax
would apply on individuals with incomes under $250,000, thus breaking a central promise of then-Senator Obama’s presidential campaign."
Page 313 -- Section 512: "Imposes an 8 percent 'tax on jobs' for firms that cannot afford to purchase 'bureaucrat-approved' health coverage;
according to an analysis by Harvard Professor Kate Baicker, such a tax would place millions 'at substantial risk of unemployment' -- with
minority workers losing their jobs at twice the rate of their white counterparts."
Page 336 -- Section 551: "Imposes additional job-killing taxes, in the form of a half-trillion dollar 'surcharge,' more than half of which will hit
small businesses; according to a model developed by President Obama’s senior economic advisor, such taxes could cost up to 5.5 million jobs."
This is the thing we talked about yesterday, $500,000 for single filers, million dollars, the income surcharge on those earners. A lot of people
are small business owners, and they file on their personal 1040 form.
Page 520 -- Section 1161: "Cuts more than $150 billion from Medicare Advantage plans."
Page 733 -- Section 1401: "Establishes a new Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research; the bill includes no provisions preventing the
government-run health plan from using such research to deny access to life-saving treatments on cost grounds, similar to Britain’s National
Health Service, which denies patient treatments costing more than $35,000."
Page 1174 -- Section 1802(b): "Includes provisions entitled 'TAXES ON CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES' to fund comparative
effectiveness research, breaking Speaker Pelosi’s promise that 'We will not be taxing [health] benefits in any bill that passes the House.'" And
this, you know, is just the scratch-the-surface look 'cause there are 1,990 pages.
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