Robert Knight at Townhall.com posted an article today on the current progress of healthcare legislation. The gyrations the Democrat Congress is going through to pass this bill are amazing. I'm not sure they are constitutional, and if they are constitutional, they are outrageous.
The text of the Max Baucus bill has been kept secret. No one knows what is actually in it! Yet, Congress is voting on it.
According to the article:
"Bits and pieces are leaking out, but entire sections will be added later. That's what happened with the House version. Nobody read the bill, and 75 "phantom" amendments were added after the vote. A similar maneuver happened in the Senate when a key committee approved another version of a sweeping health care bill in July without seeing the text. Actual language was unveiled months later in September."
The bill includes such wonders as:
Increasing taxes by creating higher levels in order for itemized expenses to be deducted.
Exempting Congress from the mandatory coverage provision.
Taxing Class II medical devices.
Different tax rates for people in different states. Oddly enough, the federal government is covering the increased cost of Medicare in Nevada and several other states for the next five years--other states will have to pay for the increase themselves.
Newsbusters posted an article on how Harry Reid plans to get this bill passed. There is also an article at CNSnews explaining how the bill could be passed and signed within the week. This is not good news for the country.
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