Healthcare Bill Passed Thread

[ryguy]

Originally Posted by theicecreamdan

The biggest thing I see from this is that everybody is required to have insurance.

True, but there are going to be HUGE subsidies for poor (lazy) asses who can't afford insurance on their own.

For the first time in our history, there will be a new capital gains, dividends, and interest tax specifically to pay for healthcare. That was once the burden of the worker receiving the healthcare (social security taxes.) Now the tax burden is being shifted to those who do not need to use Social Security (or for the sake of this argument, the new government subsidies).

Not to mention, there will be specific taxes on profits of healthcare insurance providers, and specific taxes on premium health insurance plans.

I for one can't wait for election time. Congress is going to see a huge Republican wave. Too bad it's too late.

This is not what America was supposed to be. Hell, the federal government has no constitutional power to even do this. Healthcare should be left to the states.