Saturday, November 7, 2009
Tancredo Storms Off MSNBC Set During Interview With Moulitsas
Former GOP congressman Tom Tancredo walked off the set last night during a discussion about health care with Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas and David Shuster.
Shuster, who was sitting in for Ed Schultz on his MSNBC show, asked Tancredo whether the Veterans Administration, which is a single-payer system, is also a "threat to our freedom."
Tancredo said there were problems with the VA and told Moulitsas he should talk more to veterans. Moulitsas responded by saying; ""I did not get a deferment because I was too depressed to fight in a war that I supported in Vietnam." The former congresman from Colorado soon left the set.
Moulitsas is a veteran, and Tancredo got a 1-Y deferment from serving during the Vietnam war, meaning he was qualified for military service only in time of national emergency due to his depression.
Pelosi's Bill: Buy a $15,000 Health Care Policy for Your Family or Go to Jail
Ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) yesterday released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land people in jail.
The JCT letter makes clear that Americans who do not maintain “acceptable health insurance coverage” and who choose not to pay the bill’s new individual mandate tax generally 2.5% of income), are subject to numerous civil and criminal penalties, including criminal fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to five years.
According to the Congressional Budget Office the lowest cost family non-group plan under the Speaker’s bill would cost $15,000 in 2016.
"Although premiums under H.R. 3962 would vary by geographic area to reflect differences in average spending for health care and would also vary by age, the table shows the approximate national average for that lower-cost reference plan —about $5,300 for single policies and about $15,000 for family policies in 2016," according to a CBO letter by Douglas W. Elmendorf, director, sent to Rep. Charles Rangel on Nov. 2.
In response to the JCT letter, Camp said: “This is the ultimate example of the Democrats’ command-and-control style of governing – buy what we tell you or go to jail. It is outrageous and it should be stopped immediately.”
Criminal penalties could range from misdemeanor willful failure to pay is punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year or a felony willful evasion is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment of up to five years.”
The JCT letter makes clear that Americans who do not maintain “acceptable health insurance coverage” and who choose not to pay the bill’s new individual mandate tax generally 2.5% of income), are subject to numerous civil and criminal penalties, including criminal fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to five years.
According to the Congressional Budget Office the lowest cost family non-group plan under the Speaker’s bill would cost $15,000 in 2016.
"Although premiums under H.R. 3962 would vary by geographic area to reflect differences in average spending for health care and would also vary by age, the table shows the approximate national average for that lower-cost reference plan —about $5,300 for single policies and about $15,000 for family policies in 2016," according to a CBO letter by Douglas W. Elmendorf, director, sent to Rep. Charles Rangel on Nov. 2.
In response to the JCT letter, Camp said: “This is the ultimate example of the Democrats’ command-and-control style of governing – buy what we tell you or go to jail. It is outrageous and it should be stopped immediately.”
Criminal penalties could range from misdemeanor willful failure to pay is punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year or a felony willful evasion is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment of up to five years.”
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