Fight over Health Savings Accounts

I came across this press release from the Minority Leader in the State Assembly. There are so many things in here that point out the "big government" mentality of liberals.

1. He calls a tax exemption "spending." Just to be clear: Its not your money. Tax cuts are not spending!

2. He says people with HSAs already have a high deductible insurance plan. That is not true. You have buy a high deductible at the same time you buy purchase a Health Savings Account. In fact, HE is the one who wants to spend the money on people who are have a health care entitlement in Medicaid.

3. He says HSAs do not help make health care more affordable for working families. Hello! Eliminating the tax liability from money invested in HSAs makes health care more affordable.

4. Making health care more affordable for people in the private sector is a bad thing but more money is a massive government entitlement okay.

The Democrats opposition to Health Savings Accounts is pure union politics. Big Labor opposes HSAs because they want government-run universal health care. In a time when everyone agrees health care is an issue the Democrats private solutions because Big Labor tells them to. They really should be embarrassed.