Posted by
Blogging Conservative Granny on Saturday, October 31, 2009 2:11:47 PM
Remember the good old days? Back in August we were moaning about the 1017 page monstrosity that House Democrats were pitching. Now their plan to take over the healthcare system has swollen to a whopping 1990 pages. I can't wait for that movie to come out! (And so much for saving trees.)
The original Social Security Act took up 30 pages (And showed a government take totaling 6% from employer and employee. There's a reason we refer to the past as the good old days!); I could have printed the 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act in 32 pages.
Since no one has the time to actually print, much less read, that many pages, here's some help from the GOP in the form of a reading guide to the Affordable Health Care for America Act. (Affordable. Yeah, right.)
You will notice that there is indeed abortion in the bill. Considering the present makeup of Congress and the President's whole-hearted support of abortion which can be seen here in this answer to a question at a Planned Parenthood meeting (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9CCpvj690A&feature=player_embedded), what do you think the chances are of the Hyde Amendment surviving its next vote?
I don't see any sign of elective plastic surgery in the bill. That would really be tough for the Speaker of the House. Oh, except for the fact that she won't be in the plan anyway. Page 225, section 330 says "Members of Congress may enroll in the public health insurance option." Probably the loneliest place to be in the Capitol Building would be at the table marked "Sign up for your public health insurance option here." It would be kind of like being the Maytag repairman in those old TV commercials.
Page 303 left me scratching my head. (Well, actually most of the bill did.) Lines 6 and 10 talk about "section 100(c) of the ." It appears they've left a word out. Can we make that into a court case against it?
Oh, you'll love this, too: Health plans are required to make their disclosures in plain language (pp. 121-122), readily understandable even to those with limited English proficiency. Somehow that reminds me of the Treasury Secretary who cheated on his taxes but was then gung ho to go after those who cheated on their taxes.
There are several reference to limited English proficiency. If you need to raise your blood pressure, refer to pp. 613-636. If you suffer from high blood pressure, forget I mentioned it.
In case you're convinced that the whole world has gone mad and the disease is spreading from the direction of Washington, check out this youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G44NCvNDLfc. This statement was made back in July by Michigan Representative Mike Rogers. It's good to know there are a few pockets of sanity remaining in government. As my former pastor's wife used to say: May his tribe increase.