Dem Senator Warns of 'Big, Big Tax' on Middle Class in Baucus Bill

Just figured that out out, did ya Jay?

actually individuals with crummy insurance will pay more!!! too. a simple crummy individual policy costs $15000 per year per person and would be taxed. tax on a junk policy. not a cadillac policy. tax should be on policies that have high coverage, not just by cost

"The tax contemplated by Baucus is also a big revenue raiser. It is expected to raise $200 billion"

These incompetents in D.C. always over estimate how much tax revenue a certain new tax will bring in. I would guess that it will be a much lower amount, especially when it does what it intends to in reducing the number of these high cost insurance plans. Where do they get money to fund whatever they were going to with the $200 billion, once they accomplish getting rid of the majority of these high cost plans?

The government needs to cease and desist on any health plan. There is too much corruption in our government with all their other plans. Can we still trust the government???

Who in their right mind would ever think this is a free lunch?

"It's not every day that you hear a Democratic senator charge that a fellow Democrat"

Right, It's happens more than most mite think, It just doesn't get reported by the MSM as it is not there interest. The MSM are not journalists there the advertising arm of the the DNC.

Just say NO!

"I did not have sex with that women"

This is classic. The Democrate who is worried about his piece of the pie. The easy fix congressman is to add something into the bill to exclude the democrats from this tax. I am sure the rest of the country will not mind.... we are used to it.

Dems and Reps don't support this plan and the President keeps saying - Hurry up, we need to pass something. Our government is a mess.

Since this is an ABC column - DID YOU HEAR THE ONE ABOUT ACORN . . .

And, therein lies the problem. Obama is trying to push another extreamly poorly crafted piece of Legislation down the throats of the American Taxpayer.

The voters have learned all about Obama's penchant of hiding "loopholes" in his proposed Legislation from the Banking Bailout, the Stimulus Bill, and the Auto Company Buyout.

Basically, the Democratic controlled Congress has acquiesed to Obama's voter pay-off scheme by foisting the sloppiest piece of Legislation in the history of the Republic, figuring the American Taxpayer is asleep.

Wake up, America!!! It's not whats "IN" the Bill. It's the "exclusionary language" to close those "loopholes" that has been omitted that gives the Federal Dot.Gov Carte Blanche over the future of your Healthcare.

Remember obama's promise of no new taxes on the middle class when you vote in 2010 and 2012!

My GOD! He sounds like a...dare I say it?....gasp! REPUBLICAN! He actually looked beyond the Utopian dream into reality? Oh, the Humanity!

I will take ABC seriously when they learn from the amateurs at biggovernment.com what investigative journalism is.

The silence of the "mainstream" media on the ACORN scandal speaks volumes to how profoundly "in the tank" for Obama they are, to the point where they are acting like a de facto state run media.

I have been shocked and horrified at how these very real scandals have been ignored or white washed in the media. This was inconceivable when I was younger---the future looks horrifying until and unless the media snaps out of its spell and learns to do its job again.

The Democrats cannot help themselves. Let them pass "healthcare reform" on their own and then let them experience the wrath of voters.

The best way to "fix" healthcare is to allow the purchase of policies across state lines, to implement tort reform, to make sure private options for catastrophic coverage are available, and to allow a tax deduction for the policies purchased by individuals.

Wow.... a tax on the middle class.... you don't say...

The Democrats say we should have compassion and let the gov't insure those 46 Million Un-Insured.

Well, that's not compassion, that's highway robbery.

Besides, I have to balance my cheekbook every month. Why does the Gov't insist on running a deficit.

Jay now realizes that his constituents will vote his butt out of office unless they get this care for free. Everyone, at least the uninformed and all ACORN workers always expected a free lunch. Now they find out what the free lunch will eventually cost.
And by the way, hurry up so nobody knows the level of future pain.

So, once again the Democrats find a way to make the "Public Option" the least expensive option (regardless of bureaucratic costs) once this tax is factored into the cost of employer-provided insurance. There won't even be an incentive to make the government insurance as cheap as possible. It only needs to be cheaper than what you have now, which means that the government can build in all kinds of extra costs.
And where would you go to find health insurance if your company didn't provide it? Individual policies are way overpriced compared to the pooled policies that comapnies get, and the Democrats are doing everything they can to eliminate the possibility of "co-ops", so again the "Public Option" would be your only choice.

Yes We Can (screw the American people)!

Nothing matters - if unemployment in this country is at 10% or highter - no one will be in a position to afford anything. Taxes will have to go up on everyone - business down, sales down, government income down. This Administration feels when in debt - add more debt - more costly programs, more socialism. With over 300 million citizens in this country and bad dudes everywhere wanting to take us down - we need to think smart and remain strong.
These two critical issues are not being addressed by the politicians in Washington. So much yakking about health care reform - like worrying about what beverage to serve at a meal when there is no food to be had anywhere. Very serious situation - and now the yakker in chief will spend an entire weekend and beyond on TV shows.
For Obama it is vacation or speech - that is the extent of his work week.