I wonder how many of you that think the so called health care bill is a GOOD thing, would like to see the government pass a law that says if you don't own a car you MUST buy one from GM?
The title "commonwealth" emphasizes that the state is for the common good of its citizens. So PA is still a state, but its official title is "The Commonwealth of PA".
Three: MA, KY and Puerto Rick (which is a territory of the US).
Or, alternatively, the hospital will run in the black as a business, but provide poor service for those it is supposed to serve. Just like many businesses do a good job of serving their stock brokers, but no their costumers (drug companies come to mind).
The Allentown State Hospital is being closed because the other hosptials in the area (especially, Lehigh Valley Health Network), there will be limited economic impact and the property can be used for other uses.
Gee, if you don't pay hospitals enough, they will close. What a surprise.
Gee, they will still be taxed 2.3%.
They won't get me. I will be cremated.
Gee, the banks weren't adding anything of value to the loans. We don't owe the banks a living.
Gee, why do people deserve good-paying jobs when the job they do can just as easily administered by colleges/universities or the government without paying banks thousands of dollars to administer loans that they can't lose money on.
I guess we can assume you have never been in the Wilkes-Berre VA Hospital. There are more government employees sitting around on any given day than patients. A prime example of government healthcare workers at "work." LOL
Side-by-side comparison the major health care reform proposals. Assembled and frequently updated by The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Following the Money: Health Care Use this BILL MOYERS JOURNAL guide to trace campaign contributions, ad spending and the revolving door between industry and government.
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The Health Care Reform Plans Use this BILL MOYERS JOURNAL guide to follow the debate over the many health care plans.
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Documents During his interview with Wendell Potter
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Moyers read from confidential documents drafted by America's HealthInsurance Plans (AHIP) in May and June of 2007. The documents outline aunified strategy for AHIP members to prepare for the release of MichaelMoore's documentary, SICKO on June 29, 2007. You can download and read the full AHIP documents by clicking here
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(PDFs). The Language of Health Care 2009 (PDF) The Frank Luntz memo strategizing opposition to health care reform Bill Moyers mentions in the interview.
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GOP Health Care Strategy (PDF) Strategy memo by Alex Castellanos dated July 7, 2009.
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Congressional Budget Office reports The Congressional Budget Office has released a number of documents on health care reform plans. The CBO's director also maintains a blog.
They are very different animals. The car insurance that one is required to buy is to protect OTHERS whom you may injure while enjoying the PRIVILEGE of driving on the public highways.
One is not required to buy parts "B" or "D" but the current law is forcing YOU to buy a commodity from the very people who BO and the Dims have been saying who are the CAUSE of our so called "healthcare problem," the INSURANCE companies. If you do not buy healthcare insurance from an insurance company you will be fined an additional 3.5% on you GROSS income. If you don't pay the extra tax you can be put in jail! Is that the change you expect when YOU voted for these loons? Is it any wonder 3/25/2010 will all go down in infamy along with 12/7/1941 and 9/11/2001? LOL
Better analogy: the car is like your body. Being forced to buy health insurance is akin to being forced to buy car insurance.
Obveeus wrote: Being forced to buy health insurance is akin to being forced to buy car insurance. ______________________________________________________________
Both situations are bizarre; if public insurance coverage must be universal, it should be paid through taxes, administered by free-enterprise businesses, and monitored for recipient/ administrator/provider fraud by government auditors.
Government mal-administration of mandatory car insurance purchase has left us with no protection from being harmed by the worst, most dangerous drivers, who refuse to pay for the required insurance. Please don't point out that it's not "mandatory" if you give up the right to drive.
Government administration of mandatory health insurance payment by individuals is a new proposition. A whole new government bureaucracy will be needed to administer the extraction of cash from individuals, under complex formulas, instead of just funding the insurance through the tax code.
People are accustomed to paying taxes according to whatever class they are in with respect to income size, property value, or item purchases, but I hope that 300 million citizens are not going to placed into a data base so government tax collectors can identify them and take payments from them individually.
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