Monday, February 05, 2007
AP newswire spins for the HMOs...
The Headline on the AP newswire this morning is: Edwards healthcare plan raises taxes. Most news organizations have run the story with similar headlines that emphasize the taxation aspect. The first paragraph then notes that the plan could cost up to $120 billion a year. Excuse me but there are two things wrong with this. 1) 120 billion was the upper number in the range of potential healthcare costs. It very well could cost less than that, and the plan includes coverage for ALL Americans. 2) Big Chief Clusterf*** just asked for $240 billion(or at least twice what healthcare would cost) to keep running his Mesopotamian misadventure. I dunno but if for half this year's Iraq cost the ENTIRE F-ing country can get health insurance, where do I sign up?
The other misleading thing about the article is they wait until paragraph 5 to note that most of the revenue required to put his healthcare plan in action, will be gotten from tax increases on those making more than $200,000 a year and by more aggressively pursuing wealthy tax cheats. So in other words he's proposed healthcare for everyone and a viable way to pay for it right now, sounds like sensible government to me. But this article paints a picture of people making $40K getting slammed by the taxman to pay for healthcare. This is what the HMO's want you to think, but don't believe the hype. Look for the truth, ignore the "truthiness"(Colbert rules!).
The other misleading thing about the article is they wait until paragraph 5 to note that most of the revenue required to put his healthcare plan in action, will be gotten from tax increases on those making more than $200,000 a year and by more aggressively pursuing wealthy tax cheats. So in other words he's proposed healthcare for everyone and a viable way to pay for it right now, sounds like sensible government to me. But this article paints a picture of people making $40K getting slammed by the taxman to pay for healthcare. This is what the HMO's want you to think, but don't believe the hype. Look for the truth, ignore the "truthiness"(Colbert rules!).
