Why We Need To Scrap The Health Care Bills
We welcome Rep. Marsha Blackburn to these pages. -Patrick
President Obama made a decision very early in the health care debate that doomed the process to failure. He decided to let Congress write the proposed bills, with very little input from the White House. Then he made another decision that just added to the problem. He decided that he wanted health care reform passed before Congress left for the August recess.
These two steps by the Administration have created chaos. First, by relying on liberals in the House of Representatives to define the debate, the President forgot about a very important component in any debate - the American people. Secondly, by trying to ram the bill through, without most members of Congress even having a chance to familiarize themselves with the provisions, let alone read the bill, he miscalculated the energy of the people. Any member of Congress will tell you that it has been many years since they have seen this level of anger and passion on the part of the American people.
We have certainly seen that anger expressed time after time at townhall meetings all across the country. And why wouldn’t the people be angry? The American people have already expressed their concern over the mounting federal debt, a debt that their children and grandchildren are going to be left paying for. Then the Obama administration tried to push through a health care bill that would consume 1/6th of our spending, and affect the lives of every single American. It’s no wonder that the people have said "enough is enough."
They have sent a strong message to members of Congress - one that we all need to think about. Congress works for the people. Congress should be the voice of the people. Something is drastically wrong when the people are willing to fight with Congress to get their message across. Congress needs to understand that, and they need to start listening.
80% of the American people are satisfied with their health care now. They don’t want it changed. People who have Medicare Advantage don’t want to lose it. They don’t want to see medicare cut. They don’t want the government standing between them and their doctors. Congress needs to get the message.
Are there problems with health care in America? Sure. Do we need to figure out a way to lower costs and provide methods for people who truly can’t afford health care to have access to health care? Of course. But let’s not throw away the entire system in order to fix what is wrong. Instead, let’s toss the bills that are on the table in the wastepaper basket. Let’s listen to the people. Then let’s write legislation that deals with the two issues that need to be addressed, costs, and helping the hard-core uninsured. Most of all, let’s keep the legislation simple enough that Congress can understand it.
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Congressman Marsha Blackburn bashes TennCare as an example of how bad Obama’s proposed Universal Health Care Plan will be for all of America. Well that’s real nice but she fails to note the fact that she campaigned for Mitt Romney whose Massachusetts Universal Health Care Plan is Bankrupting that state.
Federal Government Health care is not a right and is not constitutional, the Republican Congress in 2003 that decided to subsidize private health insurers under Medicaid Advantage, which costs taxpayers an average of 13 percent more per beneficiary than the government-run program. The same Republican Congress passed the prescription drug benefit add-on to Medicare that President George W. Bush so enthusiastically championed, creating the largest expansion of the welfare state since LBJ’s “Great Society.”
And now the Republicans have announced from the Republican National Committee, a brand new “Health Care Bill of Rights for Seniors.”
Will it ever end.
Prescription Drug Benefit.
The final version (conference report) of H.R. 1 would create a prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. Beginning in 2006, prescription coverage would be available to seniors through private insurers for a monthly premium estimated at $35. There would be a $250 annual deductible, then 75 percent of drug costs up to $2,250 would be reimbursed. Drug costs greater than $2,250 would not be covered until out-ofpocket expenses exceeded $3,600, after which 95 percent of drug costs would be reimbursed. Low-income recipients would receive more subsidies than other seniors by paying lower premiums, having smaller deductibles, and making lower co-payments for each prescription. The total cost of the new prescription drug benefit would be limited to the $400 billion that Congress had budgeted earlier this year for the first 10 years of this new entitlement program. The House adopted the conference report on H.R. 1 on November 22, 2003 by a vote of 220 to 215 (Roll Call 669).
Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR this bill.
Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
See her unconstitutional votes at :
http://bluecollarrepublican.com/blog/?p=614
Mickey
are you going to post my comment?