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On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 17:19:34 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:27:00 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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If it does, expect a doubling in HC costs by 2019... from about $8K
per
person on average to $16K/person.

I didn't see anything in the Senate bill to stop that.


Neither did I, but I did see plenty in the House bill that would.

The house bill was DOA in a democratically controlled Senate. What was
there was irrelevant. I never even looked at it.


Umm... just as the Senate bill is DOA in the House. What's your point?

It would have been possible to get the senate bill through committee.
The house bill would never make it.

You absolutely don't know that.


In real life I doubt anyone has actually spent that much time
analysing the house bill since they knew it was dead. It is another
omnibus thousand page pork fest.

Except the CBO.


If either one of these bills had actually done something to provide
cheaper care (not just artificially limit the price or subsidize it by
the taxpayer) it might have gotten some traction.

Nope. The House bill did all that and more. It wasn't perfect, but it was
darn good.

We need to increase the supply of care givers if we are going to
reduce cost but the AMA will never let that happen.

Come on... suddenly the AMA controls the world??

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