"The Obama administration on Friday threatened to veto a defense appropriations bill in part because it does not include higher health care fees for members of the military.
“The Administration is disappointed that the Congress did not incorporate the requested TRICARE fee initiatives into either the appropriation or authorization legislation,” the White House wrote in an official policy statement expressing opposition to the bill, which the House approved in May.
President Obama’s most recent budget proposal includes billions of dollars in higher fees for members of TRICARE, the military health care system, and is part of the administration’s plan to cut nearly $500 billion from the Pentagon’s budget."......................
Fees, taxes, it's semantics. The effect is the same for everyone, everyone will be paying more for healthcare and the industry will be less efficient than ever because it's run by the Gubment.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Yep. Call it what you want it's more money out of our pockets.
otisptoadwater wrote: The effect is the same for everyone.
Probably, but, the greatest burden will fall squarly on the shoulders of middle class folks - it always does.
otisptoadwater wrote: ...the industry will be less efficient than ever because it's run by the Gubment.
Of course. I don't believe there has ever been a government run program that has not been rife with waste, inefficiency, and duplication of effort.
Social security, food stamps, you name it. Once the government gets its grimy paws in something you can count on more waste, more inefficiency, and fewer freedoms. But, some people will never learn and these same people will again vote for Obama and more government control.
SCOTUS addressed fees and taxes in the recent ACA ruling using Article 1 Sec 8 clause 1 which gives Congress the powers to tax whether it is called a fee or tax.
bumper sticker - honk if you will pay my mortgage
"The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." attributed to Margaret Thatcher
"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
Hang on a moment! How about these highly successful Gubment organizations:
Amtrack! Oh wait, no that's not it... The USPS! Oh wait, no they are going bankrupt... The Department of Education! Hm, well maybe not, kids don't seem to be getting very good grades in math and science these days... The DEA, Secret Service, ICE, Homeland Security, SCOTUS, the Attorney General? No, no that's not it either... Hang on, I've got it - the IRS! Everyone loves the IRS and they are very good at what they do!
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
