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Landmark Health Insurance Bill Passes House
theodp writes "A hastily-crafted amendment imposing tough new restrictions on abortion coverage in insurance policies helped pave the way for the House to approve the Democrats' bill to overhaul the nation's health insurance system. 'It provides coverage for 96 percent of Americans,' said Rep. John Dingell. Rep. Candice Miller disagreed, calling the legislation 'a jobs-killing, tax-hiking, deficit-exploding' bill. The 1,990-page, $1.2 trillion legislation passed by a vote of 220-215 and moves on for Senate debate, which is expected to begin in several days."
Update — 11/08 at 13:45 GMT by SS: Changed vote totals above to reflect the actual bill vote. The 240-194 number was for the abortion restrictions amendment.
Believe it or not, willful tax evasion does indeed mean you may face jailtime. That has been the case for quite a while, and this bill did not change it.
You mean like the horrible death that so many Americans die every month, because "health" insurance companies only "insure" you, when you don't need it, and tell you to GTFO, as soon as you actually need them, thereby running a giant fraud on all of you?
I mean, helloooo... you *bought* a service, that pays for your (totally out of its actual worth) medical bills. And they won't pay. Which is a breach of contract. Except that the fine print is written in a way, that actually excludes everything, and if translated, states that you just pay for getting nothing at all. Which would be criminal if written in plain English.
Then you go to a "doctor" who gets payed only as long as you are sick. And whose information on what to do is based on fake magazines from the pharma industry. Who also only makes money if you are sick. So he gives you pills that don't do much. Just hide the symptoms a bit. And make sure they all come back right after you stopped taking them. Which would also being the criminal offense of drugging people. Except of course if you buy some senators. Which is really cheap nowadays.
I wonder how you people even survive. I wish I could see the faces of those people who oppose a health care bill that kicks the "health" industry's ass, when they then get denied coverage, and have to die. Slowly. And painfully. (They should look happy. After all there is no government death panel involved. Just plain old death-by-market. :P)
Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
There's going to be Hell to pay.
Seastead this.