Pelosi’s Bill was passed last weekend (11/07/09) and many are wondering what exactly this means for America. Have we just demonstrated our humanitarian nature regarding one another, or have we just been duped once again into supporting policy which is against our best interest?
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s healthcare plan presumes that about 8-14 million American workers will pay fines rather than buy health insurance. Unless they do, there’s a $167-billion hole in her financing plan and everything falls apart.
Former Congressman Ernest Istook continues, saying:
For this group of uninsured, the Pelosi plan makes them pay a lot and get little or nothing.
This is not a “millionaire’s tax.” It’s a tax on the uninsured. According to The New York Times, these tend to be “the working poor.”
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