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lynnf
03-27-2010, 08:44 AM
http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/UploadedFiles/WM_hcr_timelinel.pdf

2009
•2‐year tax credit (total cap of $1B) for new chronic disease therapy investments
•Medicare cuts to hospitals begin (long‐term care (7/1/09) and inpatient and
rehabilitation facilities (FY10)) 2009
•States and Federal officials review premium increases
•FDA authorized to approve "follow‐on" biologics
•Increase brand name pharmaceutical Medicaid rebate (from 15.1% to 23.1%)
•Medicare payments to physicians in primarily rural areas increase (2 years)
•Deny "black liquor" eligibility for cellulosic biofuel producers credit
•Tax credits provided to certain small employers for health care‐related expenses
•Increase adoption tax incentives for 2 years
•Codify economic substance doctrine and impose penalties for underpayments
(transactions on/after 3/23/10)
•Provide income exclusion for specified Indian tribe health benefits provided after
3/23/10
•Temporary high‐risk pool and high‐cost union retiree reinsurance ($5 B each for 3.5
years) (6/23/10)

2010
•Impose 10% tax on indoor UV tanning (7/1/10)
•Medicare cuts to inpatient psych hospitals (7/1/10)
•Prohibits lifetime and annual benefit spending limits (plan years beginning 9/23/10)
•Prohibits non‐group plans from canceling coverage (rescissions) (plan years
beginning 9/23/10)
•Requires plans to cover, at no charge, most preventive care (plan years beginning
9/23/10)
•Allows dependents to stay on parents’ policies through age 26 (plan years
beginning 9/23/10)
•Provides limited protections to children with pre‐existing conditions (plan years
beginning 9/23/10)
•Hospitals in "Frontier States" (ND, MT, WY, SD, UT ) receive higher Medicare
payments (FY11)
•Hospitals in “low‐cost” areas receive higher Medicare payments for 2 yrs ($400
million, FY11)
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angelatc
03-27-2010, 10:28 AM
bump because everybody should click that link.

The Democrats are taking money away from the sick and the old, and giving it to the people who don't need it.

Obviously, we don't support Medicare, but even Ron Paul says we can't shut that tap off overnight.

GunnyFreedom
03-27-2010, 10:52 AM
Yeah, everybody should look at the linked PDF -- it's even worse than we thought...

JenaS62
03-27-2010, 10:58 AM
I feel violent looking over that document. The elderly are the hardest hit by this. Nice going dems.

amy31416
03-27-2010, 11:00 AM
Holy crap...if you guys have any family/friends who rely on medicare, this could break them even if they have a decent amount set aside.

Maybe that black-market medical business isn't such a bad idea after all.

Old Ducker
03-27-2010, 01:48 PM
AARP will be happy. Lots of profits to be made from selling Medicare supplement insurance.

lynnf
03-27-2010, 08:08 PM
AARP will be happy. Lots of profits to be made from selling Medicare supplement insurance.

AARP is a sell-out organization, and, let's see, do you think they supported Soetorocare because they will make some profits off it?

lynn