While I've been whipping attention to the fact that Senator Landrieu doesn't want to listen to her constituents on the issue, Rep. Bill Cassidy has been busy currying favor with the banking and health care industries with his plan for health care reform:
He envisions a modified form of the current Health Savings Accounts that would "wrap around" to cover catastrophic treatment as well as preventative treatment.
So ... folks who work, and contribute to the Health Savings Account set up by their employer would be okay ... until they or their children get cancer, a heart attack, or some other catastrophic illness, which would deplete the money in said health savings account.
How would this rein in the costs? It won't.
How would this increase access to health care? It won't.
Pray tell what would this idiotic plan do, other than giving banks more fees to charge, and health care providers more opportunities to over-charge for medical services?
Lucky for us, y'all can ask the Congressman himself at the town hall meeting he's holding in the auditorium at Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center tomorrow at 5:30 PM.
