Steve, Those last two links are a nice summary of the idiocy of it all. Those who benefit from the legislation have been bamboozled into opposing it. Go figure. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 6:04 PM, steve harley <p...@paper-ape.com> wrote: > On 2010-09-20 01:33 , eckinator wrote: >> >> 2010/9/20 P. J. Alling<webstertwenty...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> Voters were promised that they would get more health care for less >>> money. > > here's a view of that promise (understanding that the final bill was the > result of Democrats cutting under pressure many of Obama's original ideas) > > <http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/521/cut-cost-typical-familys-health-insurance-premium-/> > >>> [...]and those without insurance will be /required/ to /buy/ >>> it or face penalties collected by the IRS. > > people who can't find coverage for less than 8% of their income, as well as > people who don't make enough income to have to file taxes, won't have to pay > a fine > > If you think about it, is it any >>> >>> surprise that just about everyone involved feels they were lied to? >>> That's >>> before we get into the rationing aspect of the new system. >> >> uhm please fill me in here if I am wrong but isn't it such that those >> who can afford it must buy it whereas those who can't get some sort of >> free plan? > > Medicaid (free coverage for the poor) will be expanded to cover more people, > but i doubt many people would say all those "who can't afford it" will get > free coverage > > there is tremendous disinformation about the health care issue; rather than > ask here, why not read a good summary article instead: > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/your-money/health-insurance/22consumer.html> > > and then see if you can make sense of public opinion: > > <http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
