ObamaCare will make criminals of non-participants, ration care to seniors

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According to a healthcare expert, the health care plan currently being debated in the United States Senate (America's Healthy Future Act) will fine Americans up to $1,900 if they do not purchase health insurance, and if they refuse to pay the fine, they can be thrown in jail for a year or fined $25,000. And the IRS would be the government agency coming after you to collect. Dennis Smith is a senior fellow in healthcare reform at The Heritage Foundation's Center for Health Policy Studies. He says that penalty is just one of the many "hidden, unknown consequences" in the legislation. (Baucus' proposal contains 'hidden consequences')

The plan will also force severe rationing of health care to seniors by penalizing the 10% of doctors who submit the most in reimbursements to Medicare. This inevitably will pressure doctors to prescribe fewer and cheaper treatments just to avoid being the one doctor in 10 whose pay will be docked.

Since there will be a top 10% every year, doctors are likely to severely restrict treatment anywhere and everywhere they can, because they will have no way of knowing where the threshold is. ...

The bottom line is that ObamaCare will send folks who can't afford insurance to jail and will result in rationing of care to seniors. That makes it bad for Americans of all ages.

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11/4/2009 9:06:48 AM
I refuse to go to jail. They will have to put a WANTED Dead or Alive bounty on me. As a single parent who can't afford any health insurance now I most certainly won't be able to afford it if this goes through. My child will be orphaned basically. Shame on those who voted for this jerk.

10/28/2009 7:58:25 AM
Write your senators and representatives and let them know you will vote in 2010 and 2012!! Put bums on the street.

10/12/2009 8:32:48 AM
Anonymous

10/8/2009 1:59:36 PM
Anyone over 65 days are numbered. Wonder who will have the guts to pull the plug? Bible Prophesy coming true. Thank God for AFA.

10/7/2009 9:59:16 PM
This has made me speechless! Thought this healthcare plan was going to "solve" all our medical that's been lacking, etc. in this country. What a joke, what a lie!

10/4/2009 4:48:11 PM
This is ridiculous!

10/1/2009 6:00:20 AM
Just more evidence, as though any were needed; but the pressure must be kept up.

9/30/2009 12:31:37 PM
I HAVE BEEN WARNING PEOPLE THAT THIS WAS COMING SINCE THEY PUT TERRI SCHIAVO TO DEATH FOR THE CRIME OD BEING HANDICAPPED!

9/30/2009 9:27:39 AM
All these details need to be out in the open and fully disclosed to the public and members of the house and senate prior to any and all actions of any kind. This will have far reaching and forever type consequences to all future citizens of the United States. Healthcare system will be only one sector affected for this will send out a sunami affect of negative repurcutions thoughout almost every part of what we know America and its economy structure to be as we know it today. Much more effort, discussion, and scenerios need to be completed before one drop of ink should be used to sign any legislation on this area of life that affects us all so deeply.

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