Well, this morning the Senate passed its version of health care reform on a straight party-line vote (the two "independents" voting with the Democrats). As AP reports:
Senate Democrats passed a landmark health care bill in a climactic Christmas Eve vote that could define President Barack Obama's legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the country's history.
"We are now finally poised to deliver on the promise of real, meaningful health insurance reform that will bring additional security and stability to the American people," Obama said shortly after the Senate acted.
Yeah, right.
This doesn't mean it's a done deal. It still has to be reconciled with the House version and then whatever comes out of that process has to be voted on by both chambers and passed.
Still, what's in this bill is egregious enough. As Betsy McCaughey relates in today's Investor's Business Daily, there are "lumps of coal" in the Senate's Christmas "treat."
1) Higher Premiums
2) A cost you can't afford and can't avoid (because it's mandatory)
3) A One-Size-Fits-All Health Plan
4) A sin tax on your generous plan at work
5) Government controls on your doctors' decisions
6) Hospitals closed to seniors
7) Bare-bones hospital care
8) Future Medicare cuts (just in time for us baby boomers to join the program)
9) A new social agenda
10) A tell-all relationship with every doctor you see
Details at the link.
But it's clear the Senate version will fundamentally change health care in America and not for the better. You sure this is the change you voted for?
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