Reform's Nasty Little Surprises - IBD - Investors.com

Reform's Nasty Little Surprises - IBD - Investors.com: "Health Overhaul: Many thought Nancy Pelosi was joking when she said, 'We have to pass the bill so you can find out what's in it.' But the more we learn about her 2,400-page horror, the more we realize the joke's on us.

Barely a day goes by without some new revelation of what the health care bill contains — and how its provisions are already starting to hurt millions of people. The overhaul has already begun tearing down our old health care system — the best in the world — and replacing it with something mediocre, bureaucratic, costly and even dangerous.

Here's just a sample of how, as the speaker of the House put it, we're now 'finding out what's in it':

• Despite promises that ObamaCare would cut costs for average Americans, we now see a front-page headline in the Los Angeles Times that tells us 'Health care overhaul won't stop premium increases.' Why? 'Although Democrats promised greater consumer protection, the overhaul does not give the federal government broad regulatory power to prevent increases.'"