The Health Care Reform Bill Accepted or Not? Good or Bad?

April 2, 2010- Some of what the health care bill states in according to the health care bill translated in layman’s terms:

• The federal government will have direct, real-time access to all individual bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.
• All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free healthcare services.
• Any individual who doesn't have acceptable healthcare (according to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income.
• Any Non-Resident alien is exempt from individual taxes (Americans will pay for them).
• Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.
• Cancer patients: welcome to the wonderful world of rationing!
• Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems preventable re-admissions.
• Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand without government approval
• Government will restrict enrollment of Special Needs individuals.
• Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. Mandatory. Appears to lock in estate taxes ahead of time.
• Government provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.
• Government mandates program that orders end-of-life treatment; government dictates how your life ends.
• Advance Care Planning Consult will be used to dictate treatment as patient's health deteriorates. This can include an order for end-of-life plans. An order from the government
• Government will decide what level of treatments you may have at end-of-life.
• Government will cover marriage and family therapy.
• Government will cover mental health services: defining, creating and rationing those service


Star News Online states that one week after the House of Representatives passed the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats, 54% of the nation's likely voters still favor repealing the new law.

Rasmussen Reports states that repeal is favored by 84% of Republicans and 59% of unaffiliated voters. Among white Democrats, 25% favor repeal, but only one percent (1%) of black Democrats share that view.

Rasmussen Reports states Only 17% of all voters believe the plan will achieve one of its primary goals and reduce the cost of health care. Most (55%) believe it will have the opposite affect and increase the cost of care.

Rasmussen Reports states Forty-nine percent (49%) believe the new law will reduce the quality of care. Sixty percent (60%) believe it will increase the federal budget deficit. Those numbers are consistent with expectations before the bill was passed.

According to UPI compared with a similar poll in November 2009, the recent poll found a 7 percent drop in respondents' belief that healthcare in the United States will improve if the bill becomes law. A mere 19 percent of respondents in the recent poll were confident the bill would improve healthcare nationwide.

An opinion group says results of a poll indicate 36 percent of U.S. residents support the current healthcare reform bill, while 39 percent oppose it.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 31% of the nation's voters Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Fifty-three percent (53%) disapprove.

Sixty-three percent (63%) of Democrats are optimistic about the nation’s current course, a 15-point jump from two weeks ago. Thirty-one percent (31%) are not. Prior to the passage of the health care bill, Democrats were almost evenly divided on the question: 48% said the country was headed in the right direction, and 44% felt it was going down the wrong track.

A solid majority (88%) of GOP voters and 68% of voters not affiliated with either major party continue to think the nation is heading down the wrong track. The number of Republicans who feel this way is up 19 points from last week, while the number of unaffiliateds who feel this way has held steady.

Sixty-one percent (61%) of all voters now say the nation is heading down the wrong track, just a point above the lowest level of pessimism measured since last October.