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From: Nancy Jacques and Jean Stoner

Currant and Upcoming 2011 and 2012 Health Care Information

We want to provide you with facts and information about the Healthcare Reform law that you can share with your family, friends and neighbors. It’s important to know what to expect because it affects every American.

In addition to the information on this website (http://noisyroom.net/blog/healthcare/), key benefits and costs are summarized in a 2-page/double-sided FLYER that you can click on and print. Please feel free to distribute it through email, in neighborhoods, at libraries, community centers… virtually anywhere and to anyone -where allowed and as appropriate. Notice the effective dates on some of the features that we pay for; some don’t go into effect until after the November 2010 election, while others don’t go into effect until after the 2012 Presidential election.

Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) analysis of overall sources of funding for the $1.055 TRILLION Obamacare legislation:

• $60 billion penalties paid by individuals and employers that do not buy insurance
• $196 billion in reduced Medicare scheduled payments
• $36 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid Disproportionate Share (DSH) payments
• $70 billion from premiums for long-term care insurance (CLASS Act)
• $132 billion in cuts to Medicare Advantage Plans
• $32 billion from taxes on high-cost health plans
• $210.2 billion in new Medicare taxes on wages and self-employment income (0.9 percent) and on investment income (3.8 percent)
• $60 billion in fees on insurance companies (2014-2018), plus $14.3 billion per year plus adjustment thereafter
• $27 billion in fees on manufacturers and importers of branded pharmaceutical (2010-2019), plus $2.8 billion per year thereafter
• 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices
• $58 billion Pell Grant privatization (unrelated to health reform)

Source: CBO Preliminary Analysis, March 20, 2010; Joint Committee on Taxation (JCX-17-10) (March 20, 2010)

Some of What We Pay:

• $150 to $240/month for long-term care insurance, taken out of your paycheck (effective Jan 2013)
• $2085/yr per individual (or 2.5% of gross income) as “individual mandate penalty” (effective Jan 2014)
• Increased health premium for both employer-provided & self-employed coverage (effective Jan 2011)
• 2.3% increase on all medical devices (effective Jan 2013)
• 10% increase on indoor tanning (effective Jan 2010)
• Seniors using Medicare Advantage will see premiums rise/benefits cut
• $500 Billion taken from Medicare to help pay for Healthcare Reform
• $2.5 Billion increase on prescription drugs (effective Jan 2011); increases continue upward each year
• Increased tax for those who itemize medical expenses; only amts over 10% of income vs 7.5% (effective January 2013)
• $2500 limit on Health Savings Accts /MSA/Flex plus other limits and increased taxes (effective Jan 2011)
• Loss of some employer-based coverage (e.g. AT&T, John Deere, Verizon)
• Loss of some jobs (e.g. White Castle); hardest hit are lower income workers
• 3.8% tax increase on interest, dividends, home sale, investments, capital gains, if gross is $200K/$250K (effective Jan 2013)

Some of What We Get:

• Stay on parent’s policy until age 26 (approximate cost today for an unemployed
  23 year old can be $300+ per month)
• Coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions
• Coverage for most people who don’t currently have it (Update 3/23/10 – The Congressional Budget Office projects that millions will remain uninsured)
• Health and Human Services (HHS) will define which treatments are allowed and which are not allowed
• 16,500 new IRS agents, at an average pay & benefits of $119K+/yr per agent – paid for by you – to enforce Healthcare Reform and collect the increased costs you owe
• 111 new government agencies, fully staffed at an average pay & benefits of $119K+/yr per employee – paid for by you – for each new government employee
• Civilian Army Reserve Corps to act within the U.S. under Federal control
• Student loans controlled by Federal Government with quotas for certain segments of the population; 2 years of Federal service in exchange for 1 year of education
• Food and lifestyle restrictions/regulations for you – to ensure you follow Healthcare mandates
• Government registry of your prescriptions, your medical records, and Class II & III medical devices

The Healthcare Reform bill can be found at: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-3590

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New Paycheck Deduction

NBC Prediction That We Will All Have an RFID Chip Under Our Skin by 2017

Health-Care Reform Will Set Up “Ready Reserve” Health Corps

Air America exposes Obama’s shady deals with Big Pharma.

Pelosi to Aspiring Musicians Quit Your Job, Taxpayers Will Cover Your Health Care

Pelosi: we have to pass the health care bill so that you can find out what is in it

Paul Ryan – The Real Cost of Health Care (HD)

The C-SPAN Lie See Eight Clips of Obama Promising Televised Healthcare Negotiations

Behind Closed Doors

Johanns Speaks Out Against the Cornhusker Kickback and other Special Deals

Obama Approves of “Louisiana Purchase” and Says it Applies to All States

Nevada Gov: Harry Reid Gave NV a ‘Knife in Our Backs’ with ‘Madoff’ Like Control of US Healthcare

Obama…stumbling about healthcare

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Health Care Law – 63% Favor Repeal of National Health Care Plan

Monday, May 24, 2010

Support for repeal of the new national health care plan has jumped to its highest level ever. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63% of U.S. voters now favor repeal of the plan passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Obama in March.

Prior to today, weekly polling had shown support for repeal ranging from 54% to 58%.

Read more:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/march_2010/health_care_law

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Obama to Jane Sturm: Hey, take a pill

Gibbs asked if he ever feels dirty defending this administration’s lies and deception

Where in the Constitution?

Jane Norton: Challenge Constitutionality of Health Care Reform

The Heritage Foundation Responds to the Health Care Vote

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LINKS TO VISIT:

Two more states vote to nullify healthcare reform (amend State Constitutions)

Health Care Lawsuits

Some insurers stop writing new coverage for kids

The Sleeper Lawsuit Against ObamaCare In Texas

U.S. House plan overturning Obamacare halfway there

Health overhaul may mean longer ER waits, crowding

A Cheeky ObamaCare Discovery

Medicare Havoc is Here – 50 Million Medicare Claims Get Trimmed

Louisiana’s Democrat legislature passes law against ObamaCare

Small Firms May Not Keep Current Health Plans After White House Decision

Obama Admin. Argues in Court That Individual Mandate Is a Tax

National Science Foundation funds report calling health-care opponents racist

Health law could ban low-cost plans

Death by Obamacare

White House misses early deadlines in ObamaCare implementation

Judge denies extension for federal response to (20 state Commiecare™) health lawsuit

Judge denies extension for federal response to health lawsuit

Obamacare’s Cooked Books and the “Doc Fix”

Obama Medicare Mailer to Seniors Heavy on Rhetoric, Light on Facts

Feds ask Va. health reform lawsuit be dismissed

Study Points to Health Law’s Penalties

50 Threats from Obamacare

Obamacare’s Avalanche of Paperwork

Gingrich: health overhaul will sink US economy

The Truth About the Health Care Bill – by Michael Connelly, Ret. Constitutional Attorney

Michael Connelly’s home page is interesting – especially the remarks.

Alaska makes it 20 States against Obamacare

NFIB Joins Lawsuit Challenging Healthcare Law

Virginia Health Care Lawsuit

Florida Health Care Lawsuit

Hattiesburg, Laurel residents file lawsuit against Obama Administration

First private action lawsuit challenging ObamaCare filed in Mississippi

Medical Society Files Lawsuit to Block Health Care Overhaul

Texas case could decide health care reform suit

Thomas More Law Center Files Court Challenge Moments After Obama Health Care Signed Into Law

American Benefits Council Pushs to Repeal Provision of Health Law – CNBC

Judicial Watch Lawsuit filed against Obama Administration

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Does Speaker Nancy Pelosi Dodge Health Care Question?

Obama: jail question on insurance

Obama And Pelosi Buy Health Insurance Or Go To Jail!

Harry Reid compares health care vote to slavery.mov

Obama We Don’t Want Your Garbage!

Funny Politics – Wacky Washington Health Care Emporium Commercial

In the beginning: The Health Care Bill: What they DON’T want you to know!

Betsy McCaughey: Obamacare = Total Disdain for Public

Funny, Hillarious, CommieTunes – Ultimate Healthcare

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VIDEOS on the lighter side:

Funny Politics – (Socialism Spoof) Social Life Board Game Commercial

Healthcare Song – A Message from an American Family

Grandma Got Run Over By Obama – Health Care Parody

Big Government Health Care PSA

Ray Stevens – We The People – RayStevens.com

The Day ObamaCare Died – American Pie Parody

Universal Healthcare (Runaround Sue Parody – ObamaCare)