tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932535159865982790.post8497939144077039822..comments2023-10-30T21:55:09.507+13:00Comments on Shout A Round: Health CareUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932535159865982790.post-10025295581909282402009-08-14T13:48:06.089+12:002009-08-14T13:48:06.089+12:00I'm glad that people are taking interest. I&#...I'm glad that people are taking interest. I'd rather they get their information from reading legislation than taking biased garbage from either side of the talking heads.<br /><br />As for the differences between taxation and premiums, you're right. I meant it in that there is a financial penalty. But who knows. Maybe Mr. Snipes has good stories?Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15703923690873148108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932535159865982790.post-85134927747001067762009-08-14T12:39:52.578+12:002009-08-14T12:39:52.578+12:00Last entry was truncated slightly after I tried to...Last entry was truncated slightly after I tried to insert the Paglia web address. It should have said (Hannity also says there are five).Giant Brainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932535159865982790.post-16574253552954320282009-08-14T12:36:24.598+12:002009-08-14T12:36:24.598+12:00I spent some time trying to locate the four House ...I spent some time trying to locate the four House Bills today, and could not. I did find a column by Camille Paglia which referenced five competing draft bills. www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2009/08/12/town_halls/(Hannity also says there are five). The column was dated August 12, but also seemed to be a revision of an older column. Perhaps the drafts have been melded into one bill, HR 3200. Nevertheless, Rush says there are four competing bills, and he is "almost always right, 99.1 % of the time." <br /><br />Oh, government servers are slow and near overload today. Lots of interest.<br /><br />Insurance rates and taxation are not the same thing. You don't pay your premium, your insurance is cancelled. You don't pay your taxes, you end up in a cell with Wesley Snipes.Giant Brainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932535159865982790.post-58364622380024967082009-08-13T14:44:35.563+12:002009-08-13T14:44:35.563+12:001. Didn't realize that. Feel free to link to...1. Didn't realize that. Feel free to link to the others. As for the legislators, that's pretty pathetic, but I would imagine it's par for the course in most lawmaking.<br /><br />2. Isn't there already (to a degree) punitive taxation when you disclose risk factors? I can't recall what I had to disclose when I joined my current group health plan, but I do recall questions of smoking when I signed up for individual coverage between uni and employment (lest I get hit by a car). If you're a smoker and you're honest, you have higher premiums. If you're dishonest, and then get caught later, you get dropped (possibly), which leaves you footing the bill. It's not exactly the same, but it's similar.Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15703923690873148108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932535159865982790.post-30593445969060880942009-08-13T02:25:08.309+12:002009-08-13T02:25:08.309+12:00Here are just a couple of quick reactions:
1. The...Here are just a couple of quick reactions:<br /><br />1. There are apparently four House bills, not one. The process is being rushed, and most legislators admit to not having read the bills. <br /><br />2. I haven't heard the right complaining about subsidizing risk factors. To the contrary, I hear complaints that the government will intrude into private matters at the expense of liberty, telling people what and how much they may smoke, eat, drink, etc., through regulation and/or punitive taxation.Giant Brainnoreply@blogger.com