Well folks, just when things seemed to be cooling off in the health care debate up in D.C., things are starting to heat up again! Earlier today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent out a release harshly criticizing the House Tri-Committee's health care proposal, H.R. 32000. They argue the bill as is will:
• Launch a massive federal bureaucracy for employer-sponsored insurance
• Force changes to current employer plans, regardless of whether employees liked the original plans
• Unfairly deny individual affordability credits to low and moderate income workers whose employers provide health insurance
• Tie up substantial resources of employers, insurers, and providers to adjust to a wide variety of new rules and changes
• Reduce spending under Medicare, but not direct those savings to address the problem of unfunded obligations under Medicare.
• Fail to reduce the rise in national health care costs
But that's not all. Things look a bit brighter on the senate side, but we're still not quite there. There are numerous ways to improve upon Sen. Baucus' proposal, and luckily for us, the Chamber has pointed them out to him. Click the following to download their letter to the Senator: 090923_HealthCareBaucusMark_Bau
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