Run to Jeff Matthews’ latest post on his blog about how awful the latest health care “reform” bill is and what the implications are. Here is a snippet:
Big Labor, naturally, never needed to negotiate with the White House, thanks to its pre-election payoffs to the Obama campaign. Despite the Senate bill’s plan to impose stiff taxes on “Cadillac” healthcare plans, union jobs will be exempt, which is fortunate for Big Labor, since its members frequently get “Cadillac” healthcare coverage.
All in all, the so-called “healthcare reform” plan looks to have been put together by and for special interests, without a single actual “reform” in the bill—tort reform being the most obvious missing ingredient, for the obvious reason that Big Ambulance Chasers were on board Team Obama from Day One.
Say what you like about healthcare reform—say that it is necessary, or it is unnecessary; say that it is just another government program bound to fail, or that it is an important government duty to pick up where the private sector has failed; say that it is a manufactured crisis or that it is the most serious political issue of our time—but you can’t say this bill is rational, well-considered, and logical.
It is political, it is pay-for-play, and it is not reform. Indeed, it is Chicago politics at the National level.
Here is the link: Jeff Matthews’ Blog on Health Care Reform
WIll health reform pass at all? I truly doubt anything will really change.
The law of diminishing returns sets in pretty quickly when it comes to trial lawyers. Yes, there are cases in certain need of litigation but generally the costs quickly overtake any benefits when lawyers rule the roost.
Hi, nice write-up. Well, the healthcare reform bill is now signed. A lot of questions still remain, but there’s one thing that’s certain is that it will be expensive. I’m a small-business owner, and I’m concerned about the new taxes. I want to hire more people, but this plan makes things very hard for us small guys. Here’s the question: If it’s harder for us to hire new employees, how are people going to find jobs and get the economy back on track? Anyway… slick site… I’m subscribed to your RSS feed now so thanks again!