Health Care Reform is Almost Here!
Sunday, November 1st, 2009This is a summary of what the government has created for us. The House bill is 1,990 pages or about 400,000 words. That’s $2.24 million per word for the estimated 10-year cost of $894 billon.
For comparison:
Declaration of Independence in 1776: One page
United States Constitution in 1787: 4 pages
Emancipation Proclamation of 1863: 5 pages
Social Security Act of 1935: 64 pages
Civil Rights Act of 1964: 8 pages
War and Peace: 1,296 pages
King James Version of the Bible: 1,024 pages
Torah 80,000 words on a scroll
The health care bill is written in extreme legalize that most people cannot understand. Here is an example paragraph.
“(a) Outpatient Hospitals – (1) In General – Section 1833(t)(3)(C)(iv) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395(t)(3)(C)(iv)) is amended – (A) in the first sentence – (i) by inserting “(which is subject to the productivity adjustment described in subclause (II) of such section)” after “1886(b)(3)(B)(iii); and (ii) by inserting “(but not below 0)” after “reduced”; and (B) in the second sentence, by inserting “and which is subject, beginning with 2010 to the productivity adjustment described in section 1886(b)(3)(B)(iii)(II)”.
In more simple terms: “This section is described as dealing with incorporating productivity improvements into market basket updates that do not already incorporate such improvements.”
Now do you understand it?
The bill will be passed with the majority of legislators never having read it.
If you want to try here is the link:
http://health.burgess.house.gov/UploadedFiles/House_HCR_bill.pdf
It is not clear how many people will actually benefit from this program. It is clear that billions of dollars will be spent, not on health care, but on the large government agency and the legal cost to interpret and apply this very complex legislation.
