There are a few interesting things I ran across while trying to study up on the new bill. One surprise is that 70 million Americans are on Medicaid. . . .
Another item of interest was the proposal to change the "age tax". It basically would allow insurance companies to charge the elderly not yet on Medicare more. AARP says maybe $3000 more per year for a person over 60. So that would basically wipe out the $4000 a year tax incentive for people over 60 that is in the new bill. Nice work congress.
As an off-shoot I looked up compensation for the CEO of Gilead. $18 Million a year in wages and benefits. I can only guess that if there were price controls on drugs, like other countries have, they might have to slim down some of their compensation packages.
http://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/g...st-year-as-ceo