Healthcare reform is just the latest baby boomer ruse to transfer wealth from young to old

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Reforming the health-care system is dead. Cause of death? Blunt trauma administered not by Republicans, not even by Blue Dog Democrats, but by the green eyeshades at the Congressional Budget Office.

Three blows:

-- On June 16, the CBO determined that the Senate Finance Committee bill would cost $1.6 trillion over 10 years, delivering a sticker shock that was near fatal.

-- Five weeks later, the CBO gave its verdict on the Independent Medicare Advisory Council, Dr. Obama's latest miracle cure, conjured up at the last minute to save Obamacare from fiscal ruin, and consisting of a committee of medical experts highly empowered to make Medicare cuts.

The CBO said that IMAC would do nothing, trimming costs by perhaps 0.2 percent. A 0.2 percent cut is not a solution; it's a punch line.

-- The final blow came last Sunday when the CBO euthanized the Obama "out years" myth. The administration's argument had been: Sure, Obamacare will initially increase costs and deficits. But it pays for itself in the long run because it bends the curve downward in coming decades.

The CBO put in writing the obvious: In its second decade, Obamacare significantly bends the curve upward -- increasing deficits even more than in the first decade.

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Three CBO strikes and you're out cold.

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Obama will have to settle for something very modest.

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The president will in the end simply impose heavy regulations on the insurance companies that will make what you already have secure, portable and imperishable: no policy cancellations, no preexisting condition requirements, perhaps even a cap on out-of-pocket expenses.

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But wouldn't this bankrupt the insurance companies? Of course it would. There will be only one way to make this work: Impose an individual mandate. Force the 18 million Americans between 18 and 34 who (often quite rationally) forgo health insurance to buy it. This will create a huge new pool of customers who rarely get sick but will be paying premiums every month. And those premiums will subsidize nirvana health insurance for older folks.

Net result? Another huge transfer of wealth from the young to the old, the now-routine specialty of the baby boomers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...3002819_pf.html

[mawilson 2,133]

Net result? Another huge transfer of wealth from the young to the old, the now-routine specialty of the baby boomers.

I'm not getting any younger and I like it!

[dalegg 143]

Reforming the health-care system is dead. Cause of death? Blunt trauma administered not by Republicans, not even by Blue Dog Democrats, but by the green eyeshades at the Congressional Budget Office.

Three blows:

-- On June 16, the CBO determined that the Senate Finance Committee bill would cost $1.6 trillion over 10 years, delivering a sticker shock that was near fatal.

-- Five weeks later, the CBO gave its verdict on the Independent Medicare Advisory Council, Dr. Obama's latest miracle cure, conjured up at the last minute to save Obamacare from fiscal ruin, and consisting of a committee of medical experts highly empowered to make Medicare cuts.

The CBO said that IMAC would do nothing, trimming costs by perhaps 0.2 percent. A 0.2 percent cut is not a solution; it's a punch line.

-- The final blow came last Sunday when the CBO euthanized the Obama "out years" myth. The administration's argument had been: Sure, Obamacare will initially increase costs and deficits. But it pays for itself in the long run because it bends the curve downward in coming decades.

The CBO put in writing the obvious: In its second decade, Obamacare significantly bends the curve upward -- increasing deficits even more than in the first decade.

...

Three CBO strikes and you're out cold.

...

Obama will have to settle for something very modest.

...

The president will in the end simply impose heavy regulations on the insurance companies that will make what you already have secure, portable and imperishable: no policy cancellations, no preexisting condition requirements, perhaps even a cap on out-of-pocket expenses.

...

But wouldn't this bankrupt the insurance companies? Of course it would. There will be only one way to make this work: Impose an individual mandate. Force the 18 million Americans between 18 and 34 who (often quite rationally) forgo health insurance to buy it. This will create a huge new pool of customers who rarely get sick but will be paying premiums every month. And those premiums will subsidize nirvana health insurance for older folks.

Net result? Another huge transfer of wealth from the young to the old, the now-routine specialty of the baby boomers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...3002819_pf.html

Not from these young whipper snappers. The 18-25 year olds are the biggest group of unemployed we have, and they'll be spending more than they contribute on medical marijuana and birth control.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

If you need a bandaid, just ask!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Damn old people want to live forever! I certainly don't want to perpetrate the same crimes our parents did to my generation on the next generation. Just give me an adequate supply of Norco, and I will be happy in my old age.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Reforming the health-care system is dead. Cause of death? Blunt trauma administered not by Republicans, not even by Blue Dog Democrats, but by the green eyeshades at the Congressional Budget Office.

Three blows:

-- On June 16, the CBO determined that the Senate Finance Committee bill would cost $1.6 trillion over 10 years, delivering a sticker shock that was near fatal.

-- Five weeks later, the CBO gave its verdict on the Independent Medicare Advisory Council, Dr. Obama's latest miracle cure, conjured up at the last minute to save Obamacare from fiscal ruin, and consisting of a committee of medical experts highly empowered to make Medicare cuts.

The CBO said that IMAC would do nothing, trimming costs by perhaps 0.2 percent. A 0.2 percent cut is not a solution; it's a punch line.

-- The final blow came last Sunday when the CBO euthanized the Obama "out years" myth. The administration's argument had been: Sure, Obamacare will initially increase costs and deficits. But it pays for itself in the long run because it bends the curve downward in coming decades.

The CBO put in writing the obvious: In its second decade, Obamacare significantly bends the curve upward -- increasing deficits even more than in the first decade.

...

Three CBO strikes and you're out cold.

...

Obama will have to settle for something very modest.

...

The president will in the end simply impose heavy regulations on the insurance companies that will make what you already have secure, portable and imperishable: no policy cancellations, no preexisting condition requirements, perhaps even a cap on out-of-pocket expenses.

...

But wouldn't this bankrupt the insurance companies? Of course it would. There will be only one way to make this work: Impose an individual mandate. Force the 18 million Americans between 18 and 34 who (often quite rationally) forgo health insurance to buy it. This will create a huge new pool of customers who rarely get sick but will be paying premiums every month. And those premiums will subsidize nirvana health insurance for older folks.

Net result? Another huge transfer of wealth from the young to the old, the now-routine specialty of the baby boomers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...3002819_pf.html

Not from these young whipper snappers. The 18-25 year olds are the biggest group of unemployed we have, and they'll be spending more than they contribute on medical marijuana and birth control.

Should I cry now or later?

[natty bumppo 297]

Not from these young whipper snappers. The 18-25 year olds are the biggest group of unemployed we have, and they'll be spending more than they contribute on medical marijuana and birth control.

do they also say .... bah bah

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Not from these young whipper snappers. The 18-25 year olds are the biggest group of unemployed we have, and they'll be spending more than they contribute on medical marijuana and birth control.

do they also say .... bah bah

Dale, dont forget they are the biggest whiners.

[natty bumppo 297]

Not from these young whipper snappers. The 18-25 year olds are the biggest group of unemployed we have, and they'll be spending more than they contribute on medical marijuana and birth control.

do they also say .... bah bah

Dale, dont forget they are the biggest whiners.

yea ... they want everything ...

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Not from these young whipper snappers. The 18-25 year olds are the biggest group of unemployed we have, and they'll be spending more than they contribute on medical marijuana and birth control.

do they also say .... bah bah

Dale, dont forget they are the biggest whiners.

yea ... they want everything ...

God forbid they give up the X-BOX! Hey How bout we wake them up for work too?

[natty bumppo 297]

Not from these young whipper snappers. The 18-25 year olds are the biggest group of unemployed we have, and they'll be spending more than they contribute on medical marijuana and birth control.

do they also say .... bah bah

Dale, dont forget they are the biggest whiners.

yea ... they want everything ...

God forbid they give up the X-BOX! Hey How bout we wake them up for work too?

nah ... then they will annoy the rest of the workers ...

[dalegg 143]

Not from these young whipper snappers. The 18-25 year olds are the biggest group of unemployed we have, and they'll be spending more than they contribute on medical marijuana and birth control.

do they also say .... bah bah

Dale, dont forget they are the biggest whiners.

yea ... they want everything ...

Hippies. I wouldn't trust them to walk my dogs.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Not from these young whipper snappers. The 18-25 year olds are the biggest group of unemployed we have, and they'll be spending more than they contribute on medical marijuana and birth control.

do they also say .... bah bah

Dale, dont forget they are the biggest whiners.

yea ... they want everything ...

Hippies. I wouldn't trust them to walk my dogs.

They be lickin the bowl as long as it's free!