Why 2014

lol...figured it out did you? It is not about "people"...it is about power and money.

Some of the taxes go back to January. You can bet the farm on the fact that the taxes collected will not be put into a lock box and saved until 2014. They will start spending the money right now.

If I recall, an a pool for high-risk medical cases goes into effect very soon and continues until Jan. 1, 2014 For most of us, however, we will never see a penny of that money we lose returned to us until 2014 comes around.

There are a few reasons that occur to me right off the top of my head: One, the financing for the health care bill runs for ten years which will provide only 6 years of benefits. While they tout the bill's ability to lower the deficit, they are not counting in the 4 years of deficit funding for the bill. They will put into effect a few programs, some will not take effect until much later than 2014. Two, they want to avoid a huge push to repeal the bill after the 2010 and 2012 elections. Nothing will go into effect until after Obama runs for his second term, so we can't be unhappy with him. Secondly, they will put into effect the parts of the bill they think people will like - kids on parents' policies until age 26 and the restrictions on insurance companies that prevent them from denying insurance for pre-existing conditions. These are benefits that they think people won't want to give up once they have them. They don't actually care if people die or even if they have health care. They plan on people not taking out insurance since the penalties and taxes will cost less than the price of insurance and they will use those taxes to fund the plan. The number of people who will die in the streets will not be a problem, since they will have more taxes to hire bulldozers to clear away the corpses. The most important reason is ego and power. Obama's ego demands that he win at all costs. The costs will be to the Democrats they bribed and scolded into voting "yes" but he doesn't care. The Democrats just like being powerful. It's funny, because the DNC's new fundraising telephone callers tell you that it's the GOP that want all of us to have to follow their rules for our lives.

There are very few people that die from lack of health care. We have all kinds of assistance programs that pay so that people who can't afford it can go to the doctor. This whole thing was about taking over 1/6 of the economy plus the student loan program. I have no idea why the "benefits" don't kick in till 2014. Just one more piece of proof that this is not about taking care of people. I dread getting my insurance premium bill--if it doesn't skyrocket this month, it probably will the following month.

It was an emergency and we can't let an emergency be wasted.

That way we could collect the taxes form those people before they die. Then think of the money we will save!

What I think is funny is that some think the money is actually going to be there in 2014. Right, and social security is overflowing. I also have a bridge for sale. It's a nice one, trust me.

The key word in your statement is "full". Yes, it will take time for some parts to be implemented but others will start very soon. For instance, the provision that allows a parent to keep their child covered by their employer provided health insurance until age 26.