Senator Olympia Snowe, likely the only Republican vote in favor of any sort of health reform legislation this session, was under careful scrutiny as she made her opening statement this morning at the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Baucus sponsored America's Healthy Future legislation. She called the Baucus proposal a "solid starting point," but called for more work on affordability of the health care coverage every American family would be forced to purchase under the measure.
Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he might have to cancel the Columbus Day recess to keep work on health reform moving forward, and that he might be "forced" to use reconciliation procedures, rather than regular order, to move the bill. Now that the debate is clearly focused on who will pay for the "universal" health insurance required under the Obama plan, no one in Congress wants to tell his or her constituents that they will be the ones whose pocketbooks get raided for the additional cash.
Finally, the one fact no politician wants to admit has come to the forefront of the debate: you can't buy more coverage for less money. The government leaders who want to take over the health care system in America are trying to fool all of un into believing that additional taxes on "Cadillac" health insurance plans, like many union health and welfare plans, on pharmaceuticals, and on those who refuse to purchase insurance, aren't really taxes at all, and that this money is somehow going to materialize from a source that doesn't ultimately come out of the pockets of citizens. Hogwash!
Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he might have to cancel the Columbus Day recess to keep work on health reform moving forward, and that he might be "forced" to use reconciliation procedures, rather than regular order, to move the bill. Now that the debate is clearly focused on who will pay for the "universal" health insurance required under the Obama plan, no one in Congress wants to tell his or her constituents that they will be the ones whose pocketbooks get raided for the additional cash.
Finally, the one fact no politician wants to admit has come to the forefront of the debate: you can't buy more coverage for less money. The government leaders who want to take over the health care system in America are trying to fool all of un into believing that additional taxes on "Cadillac" health insurance plans, like many union health and welfare plans, on pharmaceuticals, and on those who refuse to purchase insurance, aren't really taxes at all, and that this money is somehow going to materialize from a source that doesn't ultimately come out of the pockets of citizens. Hogwash!
