Yesterday Grace-Marie Turner at National Review Online posted an article about the report from Medicare’s chief actuary, Richard Foster.  The report lists nine problems with the healthcare reform bill:

• Employer coverage will decrease–it will be cheaper for employers to pay fines than to insure employees–forcing people to enroll in Medicaid.  This will overburden Medicaid.  Seniors will lose Medicare Advantage coverage.
• Businesses will be faced with hugh penalties because they will not be able to afford the policies the government requires.
• The increased costs to businesses will be passed on to the consumer in the form of higher prices for drugs, medical devices, and premiums.
• The “CLASS Act” long-term-care insurance is probably unsustainable.
• National health spending will increase by $311 billion over the next ten years, increasing federal spending rather than decreasing it.
• In 2019, there will still be approximately 23 million people uninsured–5 million illegal aliens and 18 million who pay the fine instead of the cost of insurance.
• Spending reductions “may not be fully achievable”.  Sounds like a normal government program.
• There will be fewer places that senior citizens will be able to go for treatment.  Access to care for senior citizens will quickly become an issue.
• The increased demands on Medicaid will make it difficut to find care.

I got a letter from my Congressional Representative yesterday explaining how great the healthcare reform bill was.  I wrote him back that I would be actively campaigning for his opponent in November.  Please join me–if your Congressman (or Congresswoman) voted for the healthcare reform bill, please donate or campaign for their opponent in November.  We need to repeal this awful bill before it has time to do any serious damage to our country.