NO, YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR HEALTH PLAN

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clipped from www.ncpa.org President Obama guaranteed Americans that after health reform became law they could keep their insurance plans and their doctors.  It's clear that this promise cannot be kept.  Insurers and physicians are already reshaping their businesses as a result of Obama's plan, says Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a former official at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a practicing internist.  The health reform law caps how much insurers can spend on expenses and take for profits, explains Gottlieb:  Starting next year, health plans will have a regulated "floor" on their medical-loss ratios, which is the amount of revenue they spend on medical claims. The spending cap is 15 percent for policies sold to large employers.  They also have higher medical costs, owing partly to selection by less healthy consumers http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703315404575250264210294510.html  http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_Category=16

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OBAMA'S TAX ON JOB CREATION

clipped from www.ncpa.org The landmark health reform law signed by President Obama (ObamaCare) will require small businesses to provide health insurance to their employees.  This burden will be offset by a tax credit for each employee covered.  However, the credit is arbitrarily reduced as firms grow, penalizing employers that hire more workers or increase their salaries.  Thus, the credit may discourage firms from hiring more workers or higher-paid workers, say Devon Herrick, a senior fellow, and Pamela Villarreal, a senior policy analyst, at the National Center for Policy Analysis.  How does the tax credit for small firms work?  From 2010 to 2014, businesses in some industries that employ 25 workers or fewer will qualify for a tax credit worth up to 35 percent of the employer's contribution to workers' health coverage.  Beginning in 2014: The credit is not available to sole proprietorships and their families.  http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba703  http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_Category=20

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Negative impact of ObamaCare already kicking in family rates are going up $200/month"

clipped from www.informationliberation.com 48 hours had not even passed after Congress approved ObamaCare before the negative impact of its provisions began kicking in. Remember, the so-called 'benefits' of the program will not begin until 2014. But the fees, taxes, and other surcharges that are essential to the plan go into effect immediately. Remember, the so-called 'benefits' of the program will not begin until 2014. But the fees, taxes, and other surcharges that are essential to the plan go into effect immediately. So much for the "my plan will save Americans" $2500/year in Healthcare premiums. "So I just got a call from my health insurance provider. My family rates are going up $200/month ... $2400/year per employee effective April 1st. Didn't take long after signing to get this s**t going. In anticipation of these homicidal measures being implemented once ObamaCare kicks in full-steam, apparently the government is getting in some early target practice on denying care for the elderly. I'm not sure how or why The Gov tends to keep trying to tells us things that it is not. Like this.

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Michigan Attorney General Is Joining The Fight To Stop ObamaCare

clipped from the-resistance.posterous.com Attorney General Mike Cox on Monday filed a constitutional challenge to federal health care reforms passed by Congress amid a fury of backlash from Michigan opponents that included a petition drive by Tea Party leaders to put the issue on the November ballot. Michigan is among several states that have joined Florida in challenging whether Congress has the authority to compel citizens to buy health insurance or face fines. The move follows passage of landmark legislation late Sunday that aims to overhaul the nation's health care system by expanding it to an estimated 32 million uninsured Americans. "Congress' attempt to force Michigan families to buy health insurance -- or else -- raises serious constitutional concerns," Cox said in a press release. "We will fight to defend the individual rights and freedoms of Michigan citizens against this radical overreach by the federal government." Opponents want to allow citizens to opt out. via detnews.com

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Arizona Drops Children’s Health Program

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clipped from www.nytimes.com Arizona on Thursday became the first state to eliminate its Children’s Health Insurance Program when Gov. Jan Brewer signed an austere budget that will leave nearly 47,000 low-income children without coverage. The Arizona budget is a vivid reflection of how the fiscal crisis afflicting state governments is cutting deeply into health care. The state also will roll back Medicaid coverage for childless adults in a move that is expected to eventually drop 310,000 people from the rolls. The cuts also mean the state will forgo hundreds of millions of dollars in federal matching aid, and could lose far more if Congress passes a health bill that requires states to maintain eligibility levels for the two programs. The 12-year-old program, which enjoys bipartisan support in Congress, covers an estimated 7.7 million children whose parents typically make too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to afford private insurance.

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Republicans assail IRS provision in health care bill

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A News update from Positive ID
http://todaysworldnewsinfo.blogspot.com/2010/03/positiveid-corporation-enters-into.html

Yet again, What so many fail to recognize, is how Positive ID makes all this fall into place. Not just Identification purposes. But, bank account information and security among so much more. How could the IRS get their money? Remove it from this chip. Can't pay? Turn it off. No more buying or selling for this person, Oh and no healthcare either.
Read through it all.
http://www.positiveidcorp.com/

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/positive_id//

VeriChip merges with credit monitoring firm Steel Vault
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Companies will form PositiveID to offer identification tools and technologies for consumers and businesses
Now one and the same company.
http://www.steelvaultcorp.com/press-release-october-08-2009.html/

Revelation 13 15-18
..He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads,
and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

clipped from thehill.com House Ways and Means Republicans on Thursday assailed a provision in the proposed health care reform bill under consideration this week.  Subcommittee on Oversight ranking member Charles Boustany (R-La.) said the IRS provision in the bill "dangerously expands, in an ominous way the tentacles of the IRS and it's reach into every American family," he said today during a press conference.  "This is a vast expanse of power," he said.  Boustany said the bill would allow the IRS to confiscate refunds if there are penalties for not buying health care.  Lawmakers have questioned whether the IRS can handle the increased workload to oversee, administer and collect penalties for people who don't buy health insurance.  Taxpayers could be required to buy insurance under President Barack Obama’s reform proposal by 2014 or face penalties of roughly $325 per individual that the IRS would collect. VERICHIP has now bought STEEL VAULT and has now changed their name once again to POSITIVE ID and for the FIRST TIME EVER now they will be combining MONEY & IDENTITY with a RFID CHIP!!! WOW!!!

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Idaho first to sign law aimed at health care plan

clipped from www.google.com BOISE, Idaho — Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health insurance. Similar legislation is pending in 37 other states. Constitutional law experts say the movement is mostly symbolic because federal laws supersede those of the states. But the state measures reflect a growing frustration with President President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The proposal would cover some 30 million uninsured people, end insurance practices such as denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, require almost all Americans to get coverage by law, and try to slow the cost of medical care nationwide. Democratic leaders hope to vote on it this weekend. "Congress is planning to force an unconstitutional mandate on the states," said Herrera, the group's health task force director.

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Obama health care reform - Taxes increased for all

clipped from www.examiner.com On the O'Reilly Factor, Tuesday, February 23, 2010, host Bill O'Reilly and Progressive talking head Alan Colmes discuss the inevitable tax increases which will be caused by Obamacare if this monumental mistake is passed. If your federal taxes increase due to President Obama's massive government expansion and over-spending, or your state and local taxes increase due to federal cuts in state and local funding due to President Obama's massive government expansion and over-spending, in the end the result is the same. Your taxes will increase. The cost of the "new" Obamacare plan is claimed to cost $1 trillion, Of those without health insurance, only 14.9 million make less than $50k per year, which totals 4.8% of the population. Obamacare will significantly increase taxes on more than 95% of Americans to benefit less than 5%. All government officials, from the local level to Washington DC, seem to forget that they are elected to represent the citizens, not dictate to them

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