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  • "i don't believe this kind of reform is in the best interest of the COMPANY "...lol freudian slip...."come on shep you know i'm not a talking points guy "....LMAO....fuckin lying asshole....who is fooled by steele's weak ass shit....i'm 23 years old and his bullshit doesn't get by me....why are so many "old people" aka real adults fooled by his nonsense....glad to see shep smith at least call him on it

  • LMAO OWNED...by shep smith....i love how steele looks stunned...and then tries to talk over shep to keep the fox viewers from hearing the truth....republicans and blue dog democrats are OWNED by the insurance industry.....that is a FACT...and steele calls that a "democrat" talking point....fucking DUMBASS

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  • he just said who hes looking out for, the COMPANY as in INSURANCE companies.

  • It is kind of funny that Steele said at 6:24 best interest of the company then corrected himself and said Country. Maybe he meant insurance companies.

  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics..

    FAILED obamer ECONOMC$...

    Unemployment rate JUMPS from 9.8% (15.1 MILLION) to....

    10.2% (15.7 MILLION)

    TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT....

    JUMPS from 16.8% to 17.5% of the civilian population or 41.4 MILLION PEOPLE.

    Of those that can't ***afford*** to get H.C. insurance..

    HOW MANY are DUE to NO JOBS?????

    Obamer....

    IT'S THE "ECONOMY STUPID"!!!

  • HR 3962

    11-2-09

    Congressional Budget Office..

    estimates what "THE PLANS" will likely cost..

    Individual earning $44,000 before taxes who purchases his own insurance WILL PAY a $5,300 premium & an estimated $2,000 in out-of-pocket expenses..

    TOTAL OF $7,300 a year, OR...

    ***17% of HIS pre-tax income***!

    A family earning $102,100 a year before taxes WILL PAY a $15,000 premium plus an estimated $5,300 in out-of-pocket expenses..

    TOTAL OF $20,300, OR...

    ***20% of THEIR pre-tax income***!

  • CBO....

    ...3962 Incomes from enrollees towards their premiums in 2013 INCREASE

    ...3962 Federal subsidy payments would grow somewhat MORE slowly

    ...3962 projected play-or-pay revenues are lower than they would have been under the previous assumptions!

    ...3962 does NOT include changes to sustainable growth rate mechanism for setting Medicares payment rates for physicians services!

  • COMPARISONS OF H.R. 3200 & H.R. 3962

    CBO....

    ...3962 expands eligibility from 133% to 150% and covers 91% INSTEAD of 100% of Medicaid "newly eligible" enrollees!

    ...3962 does NOT include increasing payments to primary care physicians under Medicaid ($60 BILLION over 10 years)!

    ...3962 w/ the larger expansion of Medicaid means that FEWER PEOPLE would be eligible for coverage through the exchanges!

  • H.R. 3962 & "DOC FIX" Legislation CBO.. NET INCREASE in FED DEFICITS.. $425 BILLION in Medicaid & CHIP $605 BILLION in FED Subsidies SUB TOTAL.. $1,055 billion in subsidies by exchanges & related spending! + $245 BILLION "DOC FIX" = $1.3 TRILLION TOTAL! Offsets - $167 billion in penalties paid by individuals & employers 10 years. NET reduction in fed budget deficits of $104 billion over 2010-2019 period With "DOC FIX" GRAND TOTAL of Health Care Proposal? $ 1,196,000,000,000.00!
  • $245 BILLION "DOC FIX" Legislation

    Sen. Stabenow (D-Mich)

    "Dem leaders hoped to PASS THE PROPOSAL QUICKLY, so as to DISASSOCIATE it from the larger health reform proposal."

    "Were doing the doc fix (formula to pay doctors treating Medicare patients) first so as not to get it confused with health care reform," Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said.

    "Were going to try to pass it as an emergency-type of spending so that it DOESNT CONNECT to the health care reform bill & FIGURE IN AS A COST OF IT."

  • CBO

    HR 3962

    **LEAVES 18 MILLION** non-elderly residents UNINSURED!

    ..The "public plan" would have to CHARGE premiums to cover its costs!

    ..MANDATE for legal residents to obtain health insurance starting in 2013 & impose a FINANCIAL PENALTY on people who did not do so!

    ..Substantially reduce the growth of Medicare's payment rates for services!

    Impose an INCOME TAX SURCHARGE on high-income individuals!

    ..Pay SUBSIDIES to 150% to 400% of FPL in the exchanges.

  • Congressional Budget Office Reports

    H.R. 3962

    To REDUCE direct spending by $426 BILLION over the 2010 - 2019 period...

    .. Permanent REDUCTIONS in the annual updates to MEDICARE'S payment rates for most services in the fee-for-service sector! (namely, the effects of those changes on payments to Medicare Advantage plans & collections of Part B premiums.) (SAVING $229 BILLION)

    .. Setting payment rates in the MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM on the basis of Medicare spending! (SAVING $170 BILLION)

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