Letter: Universal health insurance a government boondoggle

First N.
Windom, MN     11/03/2009 7:33 AM

Hey YOU CANT keep your own health insurance! What? Page 92 of the Pelosi bill says you cant!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLDzKfsUzy0&feature=player_embedded#

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Gary L. W.
Worthington, MN     11/02/2009 1:46 PM

Just another way for the government to get involved in our lives and our pockets. Wake up Legal United States Of America Citizens. Look at current past histories the government is not here to help us. Just help illegals and whom ever will bow down to them.

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First N.
Windom, MN     11/01/2009 8:43 PM

I am not a doctor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egcIKZoNGd8&feature=related

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First N.
Windom, MN     11/01/2009 8:38 PM

Pelosi said that she listened to the American People and they want this bill? What planet are you people on anyway? WHY wont you look at the alternative? This is NOT a PARTY only problem! Get off your high horse and wake up America!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-q7Plh5VjY

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First N.
Windom, MN     10/30/2009 2:46 PM

Here are just a few TAXES in the CURRENT Pelosi bill: Some free bill huh???? •Employer Mandate Excise Tax (Page 275): If an employer does not pay 72.5 percent of a single employee’s health premium (65 percent of a family employee), the employer must pay an excise tax equal to 8 percent of average wages. Small employers (measured by payroll size) have smaller payroll tax rates of 0 percent (<$500,000), 2 percent ($500,000-$585,000), 4 percent ($585,000-$670,000), and 6 percent ($670,000-$750,000). •Individual Mandate Surtax (Page 296): If an individual fails to obtain qualifying coverage, he must pay an income surtax equal to the lesser of 2.5 percent of modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) or the average premium. MAGI adds back in the foreign earned income exclusion and municipal bond interest. •Medicine Cabinet Tax (Page 324) •Cap on FSAs (Page 325) •Increased Additional Tax on Non-Qualified HSA Distributions (Page 326) •Denial of Tax Deduction for Employer Health Plans Coordinating with Medicare Part D (Page 327) •Surtax on Individuals and Small Businesses (Page 336) •Excise Tax on Medical Devices (Page 339) •Corporate 1099-MISC Information Reporting (Page 344) •Delay in Worldwide Allocation of Interest (Page 345) •Limitation on Tax Treaty Benefits for Certain Payments (Page 346) •Codification of the “Economic Substance Doctrine” (Page 349) •Application of “More Likely Than Not” Rule (Page 357)

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John B.
Jackson, MN     10/30/2009 1:04 PM

It's amazing how the liberals see themselves as intellectually superior to the knuckle-dragging, dumb-hick conservatives. We might be rednecks if we have common sense!! As far as providing health care benefits to illegals, Obama said that was not part of the plan. Joe Wilson called him a liar. So far, Joe Wilson was correct.

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Zaxxy G.
Worthington, MN     10/30/2009 11:58 AM

This letter makes many good points. Too many peopole are suckered-in by the liberal chant: "Free Health Care for Every One !" Anyone with any smarts know this is far from true. If you think Health Care is expensive now, just wait till its free.

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Sam R.
Luverne, MN     10/30/2009 10:18 AM

I agree except for the part about a public education. I had one and am not in agreement with any part of the national health plan... the ones who are hanging on for this to happen are just like those stupid gals waiting for a phone call and standing in line for their Obama money.. how dumb can you be !

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Lisa A.
Windom, MN     10/30/2009 9:46 AM

Mike, you nailed it right on the head. On top of your comments, the current plan Pelosi spoke about yesterday covers abortions and illegal aliens. $10 trillion over 10 years. And there is no way to pay for it save raising our taxes, which Obama promised not to do. Steve also makes a good point about government control. Look what they're trying to do to the media, Fox in particular. If they have their way we'll be nothing short of a puppet controlled by a government that's out of control.

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Steve T.
Osseo, MN     10/30/2009 8:54 AM

Keep in mind folks....this is so much more than health insurance. It is all about the control over the people that this administration appears to desire. We need to look at history to see where this ideology took Germany.

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