A physician and former majority leader of the U.S. Senate is predicting that before the end of the year, President Barack Obama will be asked to sign a healthcare reform bill that will drive up the taxes of working Americans.
Considering his past, Dr. Bill Frist obviously knows something about healthcare. Before his 12-year Senate career, Frist made a name for himself as a heart surgeon. He performed thousands of operations, including heart transplants. Now the doctor has authored A Heart to Serve: The Passion to Bring Health, Hope, and Healing. The former Tennessee senator thinks some fundamental aspects in the healthcare sector need to be repaired. "Number one, healthcare costs are high; but the big problem is they're going up too fast, and that simply can't be sustained," he explains. "Number two, we know that about 30 percent of our healthcare dollar is wasted; and then third, we do have about 20 million people who are the hardcore uninsured." From this, Frist predicts Congress will pass a comprehensive healthcare reform bill. "It will pass in late December, probably around December 20, 21. It will increase your taxes. It will increase the premiums you have to pay." He also anticipates that the bill "will not insure 46 million people as was promised, but will probably insure an additional 20 million people." Frist concludes the new reform legislation would still leave about 25 million people out of the system.
Considering his past, Dr. Bill Frist obviously knows something about healthcare. Before his 12-year Senate career, Frist made a name for himself as a heart surgeon. He performed thousands of operations, including heart transplants. Now the doctor has authored A Heart to Serve: The Passion to Bring Health, Hope, and Healing. The former Tennessee senator thinks some fundamental aspects in the healthcare sector need to be repaired. "Number one, healthcare costs are high; but the big problem is they're going up too fast, and that simply can't be sustained," he explains. "Number two, we know that about 30 percent of our healthcare dollar is wasted; and then third, we do have about 20 million people who are the hardcore uninsured." From this, Frist predicts Congress will pass a comprehensive healthcare reform bill. "It will pass in late December, probably around December 20, 21. It will increase your taxes. It will increase the premiums you have to pay." He also anticipates that the bill "will not insure 46 million people as was promised, but will probably insure an additional 20 million people."
Frist concludes the new reform legislation would still leave about 25 million people out of the system.
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