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Harry Reid’s nationalized health care plan is a national disaster
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Idaho’s Republican Senator, Mike Crapo, recorded a video last Saturday which does an excellent job of summarizing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s 2,074 page health care bill. Sen. Crapo says: “This 2000-page bill will drive up the cost of health care insurance and medical care, not down, increase taxes by hundreds of billions of dollars, cut Medicare for senior citizens by hundreds of billions of dollars, grow the federal government by over $2.4 trillion in new spending, push the needy uninsured into a failing Medicaid system, impose a damaging unfunded mandate on our struggling states, leave millions of Americans uninsured, and establish a massive governmental intrusion into management of our health care economy.”
According to Sen. Crapo, Harry Reid’s nationalized health care plan, the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” will:
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- Drive up the cost of health care insurance and medical care, not down;
- Increase taxes by hundreds of billions of dollars;
- Cut Medicare for senior citizens by hundreds of billions of dollars;
- Grow the federal government by over $2.4 trillion in new spending;
- Push the needy uninsured into a failing Medicaid system;
- Impose a damaging unfunded mandate on our struggling states;
- Leave millions of Americans uninsured; and
- Establish a massive governmental intrusion into management of our health care economy.
“This is not true health care reform, and it is not what the American people want. This bill will result in higher premiums and higher health care costs for Americans – period,” observed Sen. Crapo. “Medicare faces cuts of nearly $500 billion to create the new government entitlement, even though Medicare is already facing enormous unfunded liabilities and looming insolvency. These cuts will reduce access to, and the quality of, care our seniors receive from a number of Medicare providers, including hospitals, nursing homes, home health and hospice services. And, as they see their access to and quality of care reduced, seniors enrolled in the popular Medicare Advantage plans will also lose many of the benefits that they enjoy today.”
The senator suggests: “You’re going to hear a lot about this bill. That’s why I encourage you to read the bill yourself and form your own opinion. This bill is available on my website as well as a number of other Internet sites. Take a close look at how the bill is funded and who and what it covers and doesn’t cover and how it may impact you and your family. It’s a real eye-opener!”
Before you make up your mind, why not take the time to read the bill?
Read it, if you dare: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2074 pages, .pdf)
Watch the video: Senator Crapo discusses Harry Reid’s nationalized health care plan
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