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To: Dale Baker who wrote (131257)	2/23/2010 10:54:44 AM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541851

The proposed plan is basically just an expansion of Medicaid. It raises the bar to take in a segment of the country that has income a certain percentage over the current poverty levels. If your brother falls into that group, he would indeed find his situation improved. But if he doesn't he most likely would find himself paying much more each month on "healthcare" than he currently does. There are good reasons why so much of the public is opposed to the plan. When one does get down in the weeds, the ground is rather barren relative to the high expectations that seem to be attached to it. As far as I know, there's nothing in the proposal to prevent 39% increases in premiums.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (131257)	2/23/2010 11:06:00 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541851

Whatever tax changes come my way will be trivial. For me to scream about personal impacts when the broader picture is so compelling, is quite selfish, IMHO. I would be helpful if more people looked at this from a macro perspective rather than what's in it for them. So, then, shifting into macro mode, and since you expressed concerns about fiscal time bombs, have you carefully evaluated the size of the fiscal time bomb we have vs that of the likely fiscal time bomb in the weeds? Are you confident we wouldn't be creating a worse one? If so, on what basis?