[flyingillini]

[BadNina]

Let the lawsuits begin. Then people can start bitching about lawyers making money.

[Yi]

[tltaylor89]

Benefits kick in when? Where do I sign up?

Time for me to get a MRI every day lol the government is paying for it.

[fsugolf]

anyone want to give me a cliff's note version of this bill?

[tltaylor89]

Get ready for the Blue Cross to go up 400%

[flyingillini]

Lots of people buying property in Ecuador in the next 6 months. Costa Rica is played out.... Ecuador is the place to be!

[Grind House]

Free shit, Free shit, Free shit.

[compaqDikk]

flying illini does that mean 'pain management' clinics located in florida will go nationwide now?

[AnotherLoan]

Lots of people buying property in Ecuador in the next 6 months. Costa Rica is played out.... Ecuador is the place to be!

Rush Limbaugh said he's moving to Costa Rica if this bill passed. Wonder what he'll do?

[Naz18]

Sweet debt can now be lowered....

[ElCapitan]

Rush Limbaugh said he's moving to Costa Rica if this bill passed. Wonder what he'll do?

Probably the same thing Barbara Streisand did when she said she'd move out of the country if George Bush got elected in 2000.

Guess what? She stayed.

[DrStale]

Rush Limbaugh said he's moving to Costa Rica if this bill passed. Wonder what he'll do?

Yay! I'm not a Democrat but Rush Limbaugh sucks at life.

[BadNina]

Rush Limbaugh said he's moving to Costa Rica if this bill passed. Wonder what he'll do?

Actually that was a misquote. He said he would go there for health care. Not move. Imagine that....someone twisting what he said around until it had a completely different meaning and people blindly believing it. I mean...that never happens. Right?

[DrStale]

How about how he wanted to throw everyone who used drugs illegally into jail, and then got busted for using prescription drugs illegally? That get twisted around too?

[thechaoz]

Oh well....when does NFL start?

[eidolon]

Yes! I can now reveal that I have cancer, heart disease and brain tumors to my doctor.

[THEGREAT30]

good

[Grind House]

Now all the painkiller addicted ghetto trash and trailer hos are gonna be callin the amber lamps everytime they get a sore back from turnin tricks

So you think everybody now has healthcare too? You people are so fukking political and didn't read shit about this reform crap. You fukking dummy, you let others pump your head up with stupid shit and then turn around and echo it. I maybe missing something, but show me where it says everybody now has health care. If you can I will shut the fuk up and stick to sports, and leave this dumb political shit alone.

[paco]

Can someone gimme a short description of this bill? I havnt watched CNN in over a month .

[Reno Paul]

Gonna see how this plays out.

[Naz18]

Cost:

• $940 billion over ten years.

Deficit:

• Would reduce the deficit by $143 billion over the first ten years. That is an updated CBO estimate. Their first preliminary estimate said it would reduce the deficit by $130 billion over ten years. Would reduce the deficit by $1.2 billion dollars in the second ten years.

Read more on the CBO Report
Coverage:

• Would expand coverage to 32 million Americans who are currently uninsured.

Health Insurance Exchanges:

• The uninsured and self-employed would be able to purchase insurance through state-based exchanges with subsidies available to individuals and families with income between the 133 percent and 400 percent of poverty level.
• Separate exchanges would be created for small businesses to purchase coverage -- effective 2014.
• Funding available to states to establish exchanges within one year of enactment and until January 1, 2015.

Subsidies:

• Individuals and families who make between 100 percent - 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) and want to purchase their own health insurance on an exchange are eligible for subsidies. They cannot be eligible for Medicare, Medicaid and cannot be covered by an employer. Eligible buyers receive premium credits and there is a cap for how much they have to contribute to their premiums on a sliding scale.

Federal Poverty Level for family of four is $22,050

Paying for the Plan:

• Medicare Payroll tax on investment income -- Starting in 2012, the Medicare Payroll Tax will be expanded to include unearned income. That will be a 3.8 percent tax on investment income for families making more than $250,000 per year ($200,000 for individuals).
• Excise Tax -- Beginning in 2018, insurance companies will pay a 40 percent excise tax on so-called "Cadillac" high-end insurance plans worth over $27,500 for families ($10,200 for individuals). Dental and vision plans are exempt and will not be counted in the total cost of a family's plan.
• Tanning Tax -- 10 percent excise tax on indoor tanning services.

Medicare:

• Closes the Medicare prescription drug "donut hole" by 2020. Seniors who hit the donut hole by 2010 will receive a $250 rebate.
• Beginning in 2011, seniors in the gap will receive a 50 percent discount on brand name drugs. The bill also includes $500 billion in Medicare cuts over the next decade.

Medicaid:

• Expands Medicaid to include 133 percent of federal poverty level which is $29,327 for a family of four.
• Requires states to expand Medicaid to include childless adults starting in 2014.
• Federal Government pays 100 percent of costs for covering newly eligible individuals through 2016.
• Illegal immigrants are not eligible for Medicaid.

Insurance Reforms:

• Six months after enactment, insurance companies could no longer denying children coverage based on a preexisting condition.
• Starting in 2014, insurance companies cannot deny coverage to anyone with preexisting conditions.
• Insurance companies must allow children to stay on their parent's insurance plans through age 26.

Abortion:

• The bill segregates private insurance premium funds from taxpayer funds. Individuals would have to pay for abortion coverage by making two separate payments, private funds would have to be kept in a separate account from federal and taxpayer funds.
• No health care plan would be required to offer abortion coverage. States could pass legislation choosing to opt out of offering abortion coverage through the exchange.

**Separately, anti-abortion Democrats worked out language with the White House on an executive order that would state that no federal funds can be used to pay for abortions except in the case of rape, incest or health of the mother. (Read more here)


Individual Mandate:

• In 2014, everyone must purchase health insurance or face a $695 annual fine. There are some exceptions for low-income people.

Employer Mandate:

• Technically, there is no employer mandate. Employers with more than 50 employees must provide health insurance or pay a fine of $2000 per worker each year if any worker receives federal subsidies to purchase health insurance. Fines applied to entire number of employees minus some allowances.

Immigration:

• Illegal immigrants will not be allowed to buy health insurance in the exchanges -- even if they pay completely with their own money.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_1...46-503544.html

[paco]

Awesome !

[Chi_archie]

good find Naz

[fsugolf]

sigh

[TheLock]

Tanning Tax

yeah I saw that too and LOL'd hard





Looks like the cast of Jersey Shore just a got a little poorer