A simple overview of the actual cost of this bill, in the NYT:
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But, this accounting omits the largest 'tax' of all, the fact that 30 million people will be forcibly made to buy 'insurance', and everyone else will pay higher premiums (because they're required to buy bigger policies that cover more conditions, with fewer limitations. The CBO tallies this, and the President admits this, but Mr. Obama says it's really a reduction since you're getting more for your money. Says he).
This article touches on that factor:
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It's a neat trick--now the government simply commands that you will spend your money, how much, and on what. That way they don't have count it as a cost on their bill, since they're not spending it, you are. Resist, and be imprisoned. Saves them a lot of trouble--taxing and spending is now obsolete.
Of course all that money comes from regular people, who'll now have less to spend on their own lives.
P.S. Q: Among the evil insurers, who's the largest denier of claims? A: Medicare. They deny 6.85% of claims, more than any private insurer..
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- The reasons for denial, on page 13, are astounding.
James Arthur