[Peace-discuss] Fw: [Clarity] brief comments on the health scam

[Laurie Solomon]

From: Michael Parenti 
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 1:33 AM
To: Michael Parenti 
Subject: [Clarity] brief comments on the health scam


something to ponder seriously.
Brief excerpts from article by Prof. David Michael Green, Hofstra U.

"The Democrats and their hapless president are probably in worse shape if they actually pass this [health] legislation. Especially now that it's been stripped of nearly every real progressive reform imaginable, it has become an incredibly stupid bill, from the political perspective. It will force people who can't afford it to spend a giant amount of money on lousy insurance, without any real choice to hold down costs, and it will fund this by hacking away at the Medicare budget. No wonder an insurance industry lobbyist broadcast an email last week declaring: 'We WIN.'  Administered by private insurance companies. No government funding. No government insurance competitor. . . .
    "What could be stupider than saddling thirty-five million Americans with a new monthly bill that will probably represent the second or third biggest item in their budget, in exchange for crappy private sector health insurance that is unlikely to pay out when needed, and wastes a third of the dollars paid in premiums on bureaucracy and profits anyhow? Slapping big fines on them if they don't pony up for the insurance, perhaps? Yep, that's in there too. . . .
     "This will be a total train wreck for the Democratic Party. Already, the public opposes the plan by a ratio of 47 to 32 percent. And they haven't even been handed the bill for it yet. And they haven't even had their premiums skyrocket yet. And they haven't even seen insurance corporation executives buy small countries for use as second homes with the increased compensation they will be floating in. And they haven't even found out what this does to their Medicare yet. And they haven't even seen the impact on the national debt yet. And they haven't even realized that the 'good' parts of the bill don't go into effect until FOUR YEARS from now. . ."




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