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The               recently               passed               House               version               of               health               care               (H.R.

3962)               will               cut               Medicare               for               seniors,               increase               profits               for               insurance               companies               and               impose               a               cost               burden               on               the               poorest               and               illiterate               citizens.

The               Congressonal               Budget               Office               (CBO)               estimates               the               Act's               net               cost               at               $894               billion               over               10               years.

However,               those               net               costs               would               be               offset               by               the               combination               of               other               spending               changes,               which               CBO               estimates               would               save               $426               billion,               and               receipts               resulting               from               the               income               tax               surcharge               on               high-income               individuals               and               other               provisions,               which               JCT               and               CBO               estimate               would               increase               federal               revenues               by               $572               billion               over               that               period.
               However,               some               savings               come               from               cuts               in               Medicare.

The               American               Health               Care               Associaton               (AHCA),               reports               that               the               Act               includes               $23.9               billion               in               Medicare               cuts               and               when               combined               with               the               $12               billion               in               cuts               that               went               into               effect               on               October               1,               makes               Medicare               unsustainable               and               therefore               detrimental               to               the               nation's               seniors.
               Some               income               is               expected               to               come               from               requiring               the               uninsured               to               purchase               overage               insurance               and               imposing               penalties               on               the               most               illiterate               and               underpaid               of               the               Nations               citizens               who               cannot               afford               coverage.

According               to               the               National               Coalition               on               Health               Care,               "it               is               conceivable               that               by               next               year,               57               to               60               million               Americans               will               be               uninsured."
               Like               far               too               many               legislative               acts,               H.R.

3962               falls               most               heavily               on               the               poor               and               illiterate               who               are               essentially               disenfranchised               from               the               political               process.

It               is               that               group               that               will               be               victimized               by               health               care               reform               if               the               provision               requiring               people               to               purchase               insurance               eventually               becomes               law               without               a               competitive               public               option               to               keep               prices               low.
               According               to               the               National               Right               to               Read               Foundation,               42               million               adult               Americans               can               not               read               and               50               million               can               only               read               at               the               4th               or               5th               grade               level.

Further,               one               out               of               every               four               teenagers               drops               out               of               high               school,               and               of               those               who               graduate,               one               out               of               every               four               has               the               equivalent               or               less               than               an               eighth               grade               education.

Further,               the               number               of               functionally               illiterate               adults               is               increasing               by               approximately               two               and               one               quarter               million               persons               each               year.

This               number               includes               nearly               1               million               young               people               who               drop               out               of               school               before               graduation,               400,000               legal               immigrants,               100,000               refugees,               and               800,000               illegal               immigrants,               and               20               percent               of               all               high               school               graduates.

An               additional               237               billion               dollars               a               year               in               unrealized               earnings               is               forfeited               by               people               who               lack               such               basic               reading               skills,               according               to               Literacy               Volunteers               of               America.

These               are               the               people,               who               cannot               afford               insurance               now,               and               who               will               be               forced               to               purchase               insurance               from               the               private               sector               under               H.R.

3962.

Forcing               the               poor               and               illiterate               to               purchase               health               care,               under               penalty               of               law,               is               unconscionable.
               Some               of               the               lower               income               individuals               would               be               covered               by               an               expansion               of               Medicaid,               the               state-federal               health               program               for               the               poor.

In               this               case,               adults               up               to               150               percent               of               poverty               -               individuals               making               up               to               $16,245               and               a               family               of               four               up               to               $33,075               -               would,               in               theory,               be               covered.

This               would               add               15               million               to               Medicaid.

That               number               is               far               below               the               number               of               poor               and               illiterate               that               populate               our               states.

Further,               Medicaid               is               a               pig-in-a               poke               since               Governors               control               the               percent               of               people               enrolled               in               Medicaid               and               in               tight               economic               situations               they               simply               cut.
               Nevada               Governor               Jim               Gibbons               cut               Medicaid               payments               during               the               H1N1               epidemic               to               hospitals               by               5%               across               the               board,               and               some               physicians,               especially               pediatricians               specializing               in               orthopedics,               urology               and               cancer,               saw               their               Medicaid               payments               reduced               by               41%.
               Gibbons               has               also               proposed               to               eliminate               Medicaid               coverage               for               low-income               pregnant               mothers.

The               state               has               already               reduced               personal-care               assistance               to               the               elderly               and               disabled.

He               has               capped               dental               benefits               under               the               state's               SCHIP               program               at               $600               a               year,               and               eliminated               orthodontics               and               vision               coverage.

Further,               Gibbons               has               capped               enrollment               at               25,000               for               the               program,               which               already               has               23,000               enrollees               and               pending               applications               for               7,000               children.
               The               cuts               mean               $21               million               less               in               Medicaid               funding               for               the               State's               public               hospital:               The               University               Medical               Center               of               Southern               Nevada,               Las               Vegas,.

The               cuts               add               to               the               expected               loss               of               $51               million,               about               10%               of               the               hospital's               net               revenue,               for               uncompensated               care.

The               Medical               Center               has               already               stopped               accepting               new               patients               at               the               outpatient               oncology               clinic,               and               has               canceled               a               contract               for               outpatient               dialysis.

It               also               ended               routine               prenatal               care,               thus               leaving               600               women               to               find               other               providers,               and               it               discouraged               women               with               high-risk               pregnancies               from               using               the               hospital               by               closing               a               unit               that               was               losing               more               than               $2               million               a               year.
               Congresswoman               Dina               Titus,               (D.

Nev.),               attempted               to               put               a               positive               spin               on               H.R.

3962               by               arguing               that               the               Act,               will               ban               insurance               industry               practices               of               discriminating               against               those               with               preexisting               conditions               or               withdrawing               coverage               for               people               when               they               get               sick.

In               addition,               the               legislation               will               close               the               so-called               donut               hole               that               forces               nearly               13,000               seniors               in               her               district               to               pay               high               out-of-pocket               costs               for               prescription               drugs.

Further,               the               congressional               version,               Titus               argues,               eliminates               co-pays               for               preventive               services               and               "gender               rating"               by               insurance               companies.

Gender               rating               is               particularly               onerous               and               has               led               to               women               paying               up               to               48               percent               more               in               premium               costs               than               men               for               coverage               through               the               market               place.
               One               particularly               interesting               provision               of               the               act               ends               the               insurance               industry's               exemption               from               anti-trust               laws               that               has               allowed               them               to               stifle               competition.

Further,               there               is               a               grant               program               to               encourage               states               to               implement               alternatives               to               traditional               malpractice               litigation.

The               Act               also               permits               states               to               enter               into               agreements               to               allow               for               the               sale               of               insurance               across               state               lines.
               The               House               bill               does               address               concerns               expressed               by               businesses               in               Southern               Nevada.

Specifically,               the               Act               reduces               or               eliminates               surcharges               businesses               currently               pay               for               insurance.

Further,               a               Titus               amendment               allows               more               small               businesses               to               enter               into               the               Health               Insurance               Exchange               to               leverage               their               purchasing               power               to               get               lower               rates.

None               of               these               provisions,               however,               solve               the               problem               of               enriching               the               insurance               industry               at               the               expense               of               the               poor               and               illiterate.
               House               minority               leader,               John               Boehner,               R.,               Ohio,               voted               nay               on               the               legislation               but               not               because               it               disenfranchised               the               poor.

He               simply               argues               that               any               democratic               proposed               health               care               will               increase               costs,               add               to               the               skyrocketing               debt               ,               destroy               jobs,               and               cut               seniors'               Medicare               benefits.

To               far               too               many               in               congress               dollars               are               more               important               than               meeting               the               health               care               demands               of               the               nations               citizens.
               Boehner,               for               example               voted               nay               on               H.R.

3962,               because               he               is               paid               to               do               so               by               the               insurance               and               health               professionals.

His               nay               vote               cost               the               insurance               and               health               care               industry               in               excess               of               $202,000               in               "contributions."
               Titus,               who               received               $6,000               from               the               American               Health               Care               Associaton               (AHCA),               did               vote               yea               in-spite               of               AHCA's               position,               correctly,               that               HR.

3962               will               make               Medicare               unsustainable               and               therefore               detrimental               to               the               nation's               seniors.
               Fundamentally,               most               Republicans               as               represented               by               Boehner               are               protecting               the               insurance               industry               from               economic               damage.

Democrats,               as               represented               by               Titus,               appear               to               feel               that               anything               is               better               than               nothing.

As               a               result,               the               poor               will               be               poorer               and               Medicare               for               seniors               will               be               less               and               healthcare               will               remain               essentially               the               same:               the               domain               of               a               profit               motivated               insurance               industry.
               Most,               but               not               all,               of               the               inequities,               can               be               helped               by               a               public               option               or,               even               better,               a               single               payer               system.

These               provisions               seem               less               and               less               likely               as               politicians               angle               for               ways               to               suck               the               poor               and               illiterate               dry,               cut               Medicare               at               the               federal               level,               and               transfer               inevitable               cuts               in               Medicaid               to               the               cash               starved               Governors.
               Maybe               something               better               will               happen               as               the               House               version               goes               to               the               Senate               for               consideration.

According               to               Senator               Harry               Reid,               D.,               Nev.,               the               next               step               in               the               health               reform               process               is               to               "find               middle-ground               that               will               create               competition               to               make               health               care               more               affordable               for               all               Nevadans."               Unfortunately,               there               is               no               middle               ground               when               it               comes               to               passing               the               burden               on               health               care               to               the               illiterate,               poor,               and               disenfranchised.
               See               more               at:               American               Health               Care               Association               SOS               Save               our               SeniorsDina               Titus,               D.,               Nev.,               Congrerssonal               Budget               Office               on               H.R.

3962               Harry               Reid.,               D.,               Nev:               Reid               Outlines               Next               Step.John               Boehner,               R.,               Ohio,               National               Coalition               on               Health               CareNational               Right               to               Read               Foundation.Open               Congress:               John               BoehnerOpen               Congress:               HR               3962               Affordable               Health               Care               for               America               ActOpenSecrets:               John               Boehner               OpenSecrets:               Dina               Titus






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