The Dean of Harvard Medical School just gave Obama's healthcare plan a “failing grade,” saying it will harm America’s health and finances, and hamper medical innovations needed to save patients’ lives. Dean Jeffrey S. Flier writes,
In discussions with dozens of health-care leaders and economists, I find near unanimity of opinion that, whatever its shape, the final legislation that will emerge from Congress will markedly accelerate national health-care spending rather than restrain it. Likewise, nearly all agree that the legislation would do little or nothing to improve quality or change health-care’s dysfunctional delivery system.
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Worse, [the] legislation would undermine any potential for real innovation in insurance and the provision of care. It would do so by overregulating the health-care system in the service of special interests such as insurance companies . . . rather than the patients who should be our primary concern. . . Ultimately, our capacity to innovate and develop new therapies would suffer most of all. [emphasis added]
The health-care “reform” bill backed by President Obama “would reduce senior care,” increase “medical costs,” and “could jeopardize access to care for millions,” report health care experts at the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The House recently passed the bill by the razor-thin margin of 220 to 215.
The bill will raise taxes on the middle class. It will also explode state and federal deficits and cost far more than promised. It contains special-interest pork, such as payoffs for trial lawyers, and racial preferences.
The bill will increase tax rates to “European levels of taxation.” It restricts national competition in health insurance, which is permitted in countries with cheaper health care.
ObamaCare spends money on frills like “cultural competency,” while cutting spending on crucial things like anesthesia.
“ObamaCare is all about rationing,” and tax increases, says one of Obama’s own economic advisers, Martin Feldstein.
Fact-checkers say Obama is lying about health care. Obama often contradicts himself. In the very same speech, Obama claimed that Medicare is “unsustainable” and “running out of money,” then contradicted himself by claiming that “Medicare is a government program that works really well,” making it a model for national health care.
CNN noted that Obama’s plan would take away “5 freedoms.”
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Yes, it would take away the freedom for most people to get access to health care.
It is un-American to grow government. It is Pro-American to let the free market do it's job. Those who believe in natural selection but not a free market economy confuse me. Say what you like, this is not what we are supposed to be doing in this grand experiment.
What another disappointment by those supposedly representing us. Regulating everything, taxing the backbone of this country. Big hits on the middle class--wealthy class $200k income? A couple of married professionals that have cracked their buns to establish a decent life?? Mounds of paperwork for everybody to submit to the Health Czars or pay huge fines. The winners--the do nothings who look at it as another entitlement for them. Only good thing is that Pelosi will be taxed on her cosmetic enhancements.
You voters really are a something else if you would educate yourselves before you pulled the lever you would of seen a man that couldn't care less for this country & its Laws. But no you had to vote for another Moron that by the way has over 10 SSI numbers and a past history of name's like Barry Sortelo and many others. Of course you wont believe the truth and as we know Americans are just about personality & ego and that's what you got an Ego in chief who by deception gathered you all to his House of lies. And so like a Dog you return to your Vomit and you eat it up then throw it up only to return to it again and again
WarDogLRS, I agree with u 100% i couldn't have said it any better. The government creates problems with already having a solution to fix it and make them look like the heroes, when in reality they're the ones responsible for things happening, causing people loss and pain.Then they supply a solution to our "problems" and make it seem like they care when they don't because at the end of the day they know they're wealthy enough and have the power to always live comfortably.
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