Insurance Report says Health Bill would raise rates

A new Insurance Group Report says that the bill would cause the insurance rates to rise faster than if we did nothing. 

“Those guys specialize in tax shelters,” said Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform. “Clearly this is not their area of expertise.”

Oh yeah, The White House is really and Expert on health care costs.  That is why Medicare/Medicaid is working so well.  Unless I’m mistaken, the government insurance is bankrupt.

“What’s remarkable is not that we’ve had a spirited debate about health insurance reform, but the unprecedented consensus that has come together behind it,” Obama said in his weekly radio and video address.

Oh really Mr. President?  I think there has been a lot of protests against it and very little “DEBATE” going on.  It’s pretty much been “our way” or the highway with the Libs in Washington.

“The report makes clear that several major provisions in the current legislative proposal will cause health care costs to increase far faster and higher than they would under the current system,” Karen Ignagni, AHIP’s president and chief executive, wrote to board members Sunday. “Between 2010 and 2019 the cumulative increases in the cost of a typical family policy under this reform proposal will be approximately $20,700 more than it would be under the current system.”

Oh that sounds wonderful.  $20k more a year than now?  How in the hell would we pay for that? Add this to a VAT tax, a Cap and Trade bill, Capital Gains tax increase how the hell are we going to afford to eat.  You morons!

On Sunday, Democrats blasted the industry’s decision to release the report.

“Now that health-care reform grows ever closer, these health insurers are breaking out the same, tired playbook of deception to prevent millions of Americans from getting the affordable, accessible care they need,” said Finance Committee spokesman Scott Mulhauser. “It’s a health insurance company hatchet job, plain and simple.”

Wow, can’t believe they are disappointed in the release of this report before the vote in the Senate.  Yeah I would hate any light being shown on this plan of distruction.  What are these idiots thinking?  They won’t put tort reform in the bill that has been shown to cut health care costs by 10’s of billions. 

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