And guess who is one of the sponsors of this bill? Yes, my Senator, good old Lamar Alexander. Alexander is so predictable and reliable. He will talk as though he believes in capitalism and the free market when in truth Lamar is so disassociated with reality he wouldn’t recognize a free market healthcare plan if it slapped him in the face.

From American Thinker – A sham ‘compromise’ health care bill waiting in the wings

By Dennis B. Cooke MD & Carolyn Cooke

The truth is Wyden-Bennett is a backdoor takeover by the Congress of the entire insurance marketplace. The result would lead to a complete nationalization of our healthcare system. It may well be the bill Obama and members of the United States Congress have intended to legislate all along.

Wyden-Bennett is the most overreaching and dangerous threat to our liberties of any of the bills in existence.

The Healthy Americans Act is the plan former Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy endorsed from the very beginning of the healthcare debate. Candidate Senator Hillary Clinton, said she would sign this bill if she was elected president. Interesting endorsements for a supposedly free-market plan!

Under Wyden-Bennett, the insurance market is 100% regulated by the federal government. This plan mandates Congressional approval of all insurance plans including the premiums the insurance companies may charge. The government will approve or disapprove insurance claims.

snip…Make no mistake, the private plan you enjoy now will be gone. The standard benefits package will be the BlueCross/BlueShield Plan in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). This plan is designed for older, financially secure federal employees. The average 2009 family premium is $13,440 per year.

Under federal mandate all Americans will be forced to buy the FEHBP as their minimum allowable coverage. The ability of the insurance company to offer any lesser coverage will be gone — the needs and wants of the individual will no longer be taken into consideration. The young healthy individual, with a lower salary and little need for extensive benefits, will be forced to purchase the same policy, at the same premium, as an older life-long smoker or diabetic. In effect he will be subsidizing their care. Many young Obama supporters are going to be very unhappy with this plan.

Michael F. Cannon, Director of the Health Policy Studies at the CATO Institute, states that 30-50% of Americans will be forced to pay more than they need or want for healthcare in order to subsidize others. Often those others may be people that have chosen unhealthy lifestyles.

The penalty for failure to comply will be the average monthly premium plus 15% for each uncovered month.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will expand further into our personal lives. The premium will be taken out of paychecks, thus removing any transparency from the system and diminishing the consumer’s ability to make responsible choices. The IRS will be in charge of all collections, disbursements and the garnishing of wages for penalties. Checks for claims, payments for hospitals, clinics and healthcare providers will be written by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and administered through the sham insurance carriers. The IRS may collect the money for fines out of your bank account.

S. 391 Wyden-Bennett Bill called The Healthy Americans Act

Sponsors of the bill:
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Michael Crapo (R-ID)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Edward Kaufman (D-DE)
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Joseph Lieberman (I-CT)
Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)

Beware of RINO’s bearing false gifts.

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