I've been examining the most elegant H.R. 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act. I've read 654 pages of 1990, and plan to finish it. It's excellent. If passed it will force each and every American to enroll in "acceptable coverage" by compelling all to pay up or be penalized with exorbitant fines.
Nowhere does it say Americans will be given health coverage, but everywhere it tells them that they must obtain coverage or be penalized. The only "reform" is to the Internal Revenue code of 1986. This is a tax revenue-raising bill, not a health care reform bill.
This Bard wonders how forced coverage equals better coverage or reform? How does compulsory equal affordable?
How does amending the tax code with more sucking power improve insurance coverage or provide competition and choice?
And what is this about "Plain Language"?
(B) Definition.-- In this paragraph, the term "plain language" means language that the intended audience, including individuals with limited English proficiency, can readily understand and use because that language is concise, well-organized, and follows other best practices of plain language writing (page 122, "Affordable Health Care for America Act")
"Intended audience," or in plainspeak: unwitting players upon the stage, blinded by the glare of the strategically placed stage lights.
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