A look at who this healthcare bill takes care of
Anyone wonder why it took a week, after voting to pass a healthcare reform bill, for the Senate Finance Committee to post it for the public to view?
All 1500 pages are now available to read here:
http://finance.senate.gov/press/Bpress/2009press/prb101909.pdf
Turns out that Senators from “red” states are taking care of themselves in this bill.
Senator Harry Reid’s state of Nevada will be exempt from increased Medicaid expenses that other states will face, for the first 5 years of Obamacare. And there’s more:
Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Michigan also will be subsidized by other states.
Senator Charles Schumer’s New York constituents will be exempt from a 40% tax on health benefit plans until the benefit amounts reaches $25,000, instead of $21,000 in every other state.
Senators Debbie Stabenow from Michigan and and John Kerry from Massachusetts are taking care of the unions in their states, with $5 billion set aside to defray medical costs for union members.
So obviously, if you are not in one of the groups above, then you are in the group that pays for all of the above. In this kind of game, it is about having someone else pick up the tab for you. So unlike Health Savings Accounts, which are all about personal responsibility…