Raising Taxes = Cutting Costs
I was reading a NY Times article about how lobbyists are fighting the “last big plans to cut healthcare costs” and noticed that one of those “big plans to cut healthcare costs” is actually a tax hike. The tax on gold-plated insurance plans is the last vestige of most economists’ favorite idea, eliminating the tax [...]
Health Care Reform From This Guy?
This article in the New York Times just leaves me shaking my head. It could be good news depending on the result, and it was good for an ironic laugh. But no matter what, it shows how much trouble our politicians have put us in and how little chance we have. Representative Henry Waxman, chairman [...]
This Is Health Care Reform?
Some politicians are saying the current health care “reform” bills will reign in costs. But the facts don’t seem to back up those statements. The Congressional Budget Office (which does non-partisan estimates) says all the proposed bills will actually increase costs. The bills seem to be targeted at increasing the income of health care providers [...]
More Votes Bought
My previous post was about the influence of money on politics. This is along the same lines but is a case of Democrats customizing the tax code to benefit their union base. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has been advocating taxing our health plans in order to pay for universal health care, or at [...]