Barb’s Blog

Coming out from behind closed doors is Pelosi’s Health Care bill longer in length than the first one at 1990 pages long. The
CBO Puts House Health Bill Total Cost At $1.055 Trillion . Believe it or not, with an estimated 10-year cost of $894 billion, that comes out to about $2.24 million per word.

Republicans aide said a print-out of the bill weighs more than 19 pounds and stands nearly nine inches tall.

If you want to read the bill, be aware, there are plenty of paragraphs like this one:

“(a) Outpatient Hospitals – (1) In General – Section 1833(t)(3)(C)(iv) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395(t)(3)(C)(iv)) is amended – (A) in the first sentence – (i) by inserting “(which is subject to the productivity adjustment described in subclause (II) of such section)” after “1886(b)(3)(B)(iii); and (ii) by inserting “(but not below 0)” after “reduced”; and (B) in the second sentence, by inserting “and which is subject, beginning with 2010 to the productivity adjustment described in section 1886(b)(3)(B)(iii)(II)”.

To make matters more interesting, while Republicans are search for a way for tort reform, Pelosi in the bill handed trial Lawyers a gift inside this bill, allowing medical malpractice lawsuits to drive health care costs even higher.
So, want to do something your congressman likely won’t do? Read the bill HERE.