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Defeat Obamacare in Detail

/ Wrote: Nov 16, 2009 10:53 AM
Voters may indeed begin to wonder what all the fuss was about - especially if a lot in the bill doesn't take effect until 2013 and they will still be stuck with their employer based insurance. Costs almost certainly won't come down and will just as certainly keep going up because the bill does nothing to address that problem.

Of course, the real deal is that the bill is a foot in the door. The argument will be advanced that the only way to "fix" all these problems is to go to a single payer, nationalized health care system. Thus, the "slippery slope" that the Democrats insist doesn't exist will be realized and the liberals will get their way.

All this is dependent on a bill getting through the senate. Not a done deal but...

Harry Reid can pass a bill in the Senate that has no public option or an easy opt out, shallow subsidies for the uninsured, a low total cost, weak penalties for not having insurance, no coverage for abortion and no general tax increase (except for the premium and medical device taxes).

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And Nancy Pelosi can pass a bill in the House (on final passage) that has a public option with no opt out, steep subsidies for the uninsured, harsh penalties if they don't buy insurance, a higher cost, full...

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