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“Americans don’t want taxpayer funding for abortions and are opposed to a first-ever, mandatory abortion tax. Knowing this, the bill’s proponents have rushed it through the Senate at a time when Americans are focused on celebrating Christmas with their families.”
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Failing to adjust the contribution cap will cause the value of a $2,500 FSA to plummet to less than half its worth within a decade.
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Below,to according Consumer Watchdog, is a list of the most deceptive sound bites, and the longer truth of the reform plans.
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Congress didn’t intend the SGR to produce large savings.
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For the Medicare program, the increases over the next 25 years are even more dramatic.
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The reasons are clear: deep divides among Democrats on a public insurance plan, abortion, tax hikes and cost-cutting.
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The Times reports that both senators have been talking privately with Democrats and independents about devising joint amendments in such areas as cost control, and both said they would continue to look for compromises.
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Analyses, including those by the Congressional Budget Office, show that a government-run plan would do nothing to make healthcare coverage more affordable for consumers and will in fact have the opposite effect.
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“This proposal encourages people to wait until they are sick to purchase coverage, which will significantly drive up costs for those who are currently insured.” – Karen Ignagni, AHIP
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$25 billion — Unfunded state mandates in additional Medicaid expenditures over the 2010–2019 period
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