{"id":44736,"date":"2009-11-19T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/?p=19189"},"modified":"2009-11-19T09:00:23","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T14:00:23","slug":"the-senate-health-care-bill-has-its-eyes-on-your-butt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/44736","title":{"rendered":"The Senate Health Care Bill Has its Eyes on Your Butt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"harry-reid-podium\"Yesterday Harry Reid emerged from the Senate with a 2,074-page health care bill<\/a>, which covers everything from Sarah's family life in Alaska to her conflicts with the McCain campaign in- oh, sorry, reflex.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the Senate has a health care bill, it runs 2,074 pages, and that is a source of great consternation<\/a>. Why is this bill so long? Look at it!<\/a> Why does it have all those words and numbers? Can't they just overhaul the American health care system with a Facebook note, like normal people? What outrageous things are the Democrats trying to hide with their writing and publishing?<\/p>\n

How about this<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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To raise money for the health overhaul, Democrats are proposing a new 5% tax on elective cosmetic procedures. The tax was a surprise addition to the sweeping 2,074-page bill that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled late Wednesday. It generates $5 billion over a decade for the plan, which is expected to cost $849 billion over a decade.<\/p>\n

The tax would fall on the individuals who undergo the procedures. If they don't pay it when they\u2019re billed for their surgery, then it falls to the provider who performed the procedure.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Outrage-o-meter says… 3. Maybe 4, max. Fun fact: since 2004, New Jersey has been the only state with its own cosmetic surgery tax law on the books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yet if you've ever gone down the shore in July, you'll notice that it's had zero impact in terms of putting bureaucracy, or even common sense, between patients and their plastic surgeons.<\/p>\n

Aww, NJ, you know I love you. Next time I'm in Belmar, the pork roll-egg-and-cheese is on me.<\/sup><\/p>\n

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