As a consumer who would love to see reform across the country for people who need health care, I selfishly admit that my own interests come into play as I do not want the extra tax burden to pay for such a system. Some of the cost will supposedly come from Medicare/Medicaid reform which has been running ‘inefficient’ for several years. What makes anyone think that a bill like this slapped together in just a few months can run any better that those systems did?

However, what we are all talking about is much more expensive and infinitely more important to our nation’s future. The amount of money it’s going to ultimately cost each and every one of us to fund this so-called “reform” is beyond staggering. And if their “cost savings” don’t materialize they have two options: raise our taxes or print more money (they usually choose the former).

You’ll notice that the price tag discussed is always in the neighborhood of $950 Billion dollars, but that’s really the bare minimum AND only if their plan goes exactly as outlined. Let’s just be honest and call it what it really is, $1,000,000,000,000, a Trillion dollars. And the final price tag, when all is said and done? Beats me, but you can be certain that it’s going to be a number with way too many zeros at the end.

One more question even a 5th Grader could answer……Do you really think they are going to come in under budget? The Federal Government is certainly not Acmat, a local New Britain, CT company, whose proud corporate slogan is “More….for less…and on time”! More often than not the Feds can be counted on for delivering “Less…for more….and not on time”.