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The objective of the bill is not to cut costs, expand affordable coverage or improve the quality of health care. The sole purpose is to drive the private insurance companies out of business.
The proposed bill imposes mandates on insurance companies to provide insurance to the unhealthy (those with preconditions) at standard rates and prohibits any cap on benefits or cancellation. This would be economically workable only if the bill required all Americans to have insurance. In this bill the fine for not having insurance is much lower ($750) than the cost of any policy. Healthy uninsured people would be foolish to pay for a policy. If they get sick, the insurance companies must accept them anyway at the standard rate.
If you are a taxpayer with health insurance, your premiums will go way up, as will your taxes to subsidize the insurance of others. Politicians with creative accounting tell you that
30 million uninsured can be absorbed at no real costs, without increased deficits or diminished quality. They distract you with debate over abortion, public option, etc., which are not the key issue.
Meanwhile, lawmakers are passing a bill that will drive the private insurance companies out of business, leading to a complete government takeover and destruction of quality health care in America. Government-run health care is never free, nor does it enhance quality.
William T. Pendley
Bluffton
