If they fail, it will be 1994 again. It you remember, 1994 happened after the Democrats failed, not after they passed something.
Medicare actually operates quite well.
The Democratic shift may not make producing a final bill much easier. The party must still reconcile the views of moderate and conservative Democrats worried about the cost and scope of the legislation with those of more liberal lawmakers determined to win a government-run insurance option to compete with private insurers.
On the other hand, such a change could alter the dynamic of talks surrounding health care legislation, and even change the substance of a final bill. With no need to negotiate with Republicans, Democrats might be better able to move more quickly, relying on their large majorities in both houses.
Democratic senators might feel more empowered, for example, to define the authority of the nonprofit insurance cooperatives that are emerging as an alternative to a public insurance plan.
This week’s careful administration maneuvering on whether a public insurance option was an essential element of any final bill was seemingly part of the new White House effort to find consensus among Democrats, since the public plan has been resisted by moderate and conservative Democrats who could be crucial to winning the votes for passage if no Republicans are on board.
For the second time in two days, Mr. Obama did not mention health care on Tuesday, a marked departure from the aggressive public relations campaign he mounted in July and early August. The White House is striving to stay out of the fray, aides said, until the president can get away on vacation this weekend.
We will get the public option, thank GOD! Seems the dems are getting it done finally:
House Dems Rally Behind Public Option In Weekly Caucus Gathering
This way you have of posting is astonishingly annoying.
The falsity of this claim has been explained to you numerous times. Why do you keep repeating this lie?
i appreciate that, but if you think about it, my job is kinda to annoy you
if i were a lib, it would probably bother you less
i appreciate that, but if you think about it, my job is kinda to annoy you
if i were a lib, it would probably bother you less
You are obviously thinking of someone else. Medicare is working quite well...there is no lie in that.
The HI trust fund is not adequately financed over the next 10 years. At the beginning of 2009 the assets of the HI trust fund were $321 billion and are projected to be exhausted during 2017, under the intermediate assumptions. The HI trust fund does not meet the short-range test of financial adequacy. Although the short-range financial status of the HI trust fund has not been considered satisfactory since 2003, the outlook has further deteriorated as a result of the current economic recession.
The difference between Medicare’s total outlays and its “dedicated financing sources” is estimated to reach 45 percent of outlays in fiscal year 2014, the sixth year of the projection. Based on this result, the Board of Trustees is required to issue a determination of projected “excess general revenue Medicare funding” in this report. This is the fourth consecutive such finding, and it again triggers a statutory “Medicare funding warning,” indicating that Federal general revenues are becoming a substantial share of total financing for Medicare.
Under the intermediate assumptions the HI trust fund is projected to be exhausted in 2017, 2 years earlier than in last year’s report, reflecting much lower projected payroll tax income as a result of the recession. For the 75-year projection period, the actuarial deficit has increased from 3.55 to 3.88 percent of taxable payroll.
The HI annual cost rate is projected to increase from 3.31 percent of taxable payroll in 2008 to 12.07 percent in 2083—8.55 percent of taxable payroll more than the projected income rate for 2083. Expressed in relation to the projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP), HI cost is estimated to rise from the current level of 1.6 percent of GDP to 5.0 percent in 2083.
Part B outlays were 1.3 percent of GDP in 2008 and are projected to grow to about 4.5 percent by 2083. These cost projections, however, are understated as a result of the substantial reductions in physician payments that would be required under current law. Actual future Part B costs will depend on the steps Congress takes to address the situation but could exceed the current-law projections by 18 to 21 percent in 2015 and by as much as 10 percent for 2030 and later.
Part D outlays are estimated to increase from 0.4 percent of GDP in 2008 to about 1.8 percent by 2083.
Seniors overwhelmingly approve of medicare
and Republicans have preyed on that with the fear that they might lose it.
Where have you been for the last month?
Don't know about Southern, but I would still be equally bothered. Seriously, post coherent paragraphs and sentences. I never even read your posts, I just find it annoying.
This way you have of posting is astonishingly annoying.
ah, they're talking about ME again
The non pareil Prof
gotta make buzz in this biz
spy out my piece tomorrow, Prodigious Political Pratfalls, on PPPP (partisan politics, political platforms---i find that page precious, LOL!)
you'll clap
it's sentences are all complete
LOL!
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