Well, it seems the Heritage Foundation has come out with their analysis based on H.R. 3200 and the Affordable Health Choices Act. Both contain a mandate that one has to play or pay a fine (if they don’t play into it). About that, this appears to be the first time in our history that individuals who do NOTHING will be taxed (fined, call it what you will) for not selecting health insurance for themselves.
Not to mention the fact that there is another tidbit buried in H.R. 3200 which gives the UAW another $10B – which amounts to a third bailout in less than a year.
And what chance does Congress have to take on and consider passing H.R. 2550, a Republican effort towards reform that calls for increased competition beyond state borders – including tort reform? (Needless to say, Howard Dean is quoted as saying that the reason tort reform isn’t in these 1,000+ pages of the health care reform such as H.R. 3200 is because Congress doesn’t want to make enemies of trial lawyers.)
So what to do between now and next September and November in 2010? Wait for their votes and then we vote? I wonder what the results will be?
Daniel McAndrew 