According to the CBO, "the bill would reduce deficits by a total of $81 billion in the decade starting next year ... the analysis “demonstrates that we can expand coverage and improve quality while being fiscally responsible ... (but) 25 million people — about one-third of them illegal immigrants — would still be uninsured in 2019"
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Unfortunately, Baucus clears the CBO by raising taxes.
ReplyDeleteOK and here's another Baucus Boondoggle - the Tax on Medical Devices. The list includes the following High End Medical Devices:
ReplyDelete* Dentures, both partial and full (Class VI)
* Fetal cell-screening kit (Class IV)
* Female condoms, single use (Class III)
* Treponemal syphilis test (Class IV)
* HIV saliva test kit (Class IV)
* Patient data storage and transmission software (Class VI)
* Stair-climbing wheelchair (Class III)
* Inflatable penis prosthetic (Class III)
* Hip, knee, ankle, breast prosthetics (Class III)
* Soft contact lenses, extended wear (Class III)
* IUDs (Class III)
* Dialysis catheters (Class III)
* Dental X-rays (Class II)
* Sickle-cell anemia tests (Class II)
* Mammograms (Class II)
Ed Morrissey expands on this issue here.
Here's another issue with the Baucus plan - while the health care part doesn't start until 2013, the taxes are slated to begin in 2010. But of course to these guys, that's not a bug, that's a feature.
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