I have a proposed campaign slogan for opponents of the health care reform travesty:
Why do Democrats Hate Our Children?
Cue sympathetic female voice from somewhere off camera:
Senator/ Representative (insert name here), why do you hate our children? You voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that caps the amount families can spend each year through their pre-tax “Flexible Spending Accounts”. We can no longer effectively use these accounts to pay for little Maggie’s occupational therapy.
Cue: picture of darling Maggie, confined to a wheelchair
Maggie has cerebral palsy, which is a result of her premature birth. We are lucky to have Maggie, thanks to the wonderful life saving devices in the Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units. You voted against an amendment to stop the added tax on these devices. Now they will be more expensive to create and use.
Dear Senator/representative X: why have you made it more expensive to treat and care for our children? Why did you vote against measures meant to help our children and for federal subsidization of Viagra to convicted child molesters?
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Think this is an exaggeration or over-reaction? Shocked that your Senators and Representatives could be so crass, so stupid, as to vote for a cap on FSA’s and a tax on medical devices? Think again.
Cap on FSA’s as stated in the bill: page 1960 lines 5-16
Senate Amendment to exempt pediatric devices from medical tax
Senate Amendment to prevent subsidization of Viagra to rapists and child molesters
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