When the House passed their version of Healthcare (by a tiny squeak of a margin), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi noted the day was “historic” for that vote…and she also noted that the “Democrats took control of Congress three years to the day today”. Which means Democrats have controlled Congress since November 7, 2006. Wait a minute! Didn’t she get the memo?? Democrats and the administration have been complaining that they “inherited this mess”!? You mean she actually admitted that they MADE the mess? Read the rest of this entry…
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Bills by Republicans are being ignored! Therefore, it is not really accurate to lump Republicans together as the “party of no”. Here is a label for the liberals who like to give such nicknames: let’s call them the “party of IGNORE”. Liberals complain that “The Republicans complain about the Democrats’ health care proposals, but they don’t offer any plan of their own!” and it is simply not true. House Republicans have introduced over 100 bills that would accomplish these goals, fixing what is broken in our health care system without allowing the federal government to completely take over. Here are a few proposals (along with the number/name of each bill and a link to see it): Read the rest of this entry…
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TAKE ACTION! Act NOW to Defeat the Government-Forced Health Insurance Bill in the House. The vote WILL occur at the end of this week. Phone calls are best, so please try to phone both your Representative’s Capitol Hill office and his/her district office at least once a day, everyday this week. Here is a list of crucial target Members of Congress, according to Eagle Forum: these Members need extra pressure to stand up to Nancy Pelosi and vote NO on H.R. 3962 this week. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121. If your own Representative is solidly opposed Read the rest of this entry…
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Congress: don’t pattern federal reform on the FAILED Tennessee Plan! Several healthcare reform proposals currently being considered are patterned after a Tennessee health care plan (TennCare) which failed….. Read the rest of this entry…
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Congress: don’t approve ANY bill that is modeled after FAILED Massachusetts Plan! Per Georgetown University Health Policy Institute article and other sources, several of the healthcare proposals in Congress are based on the Massachusetts health care plan which is failing. From The Boston Globe article 3/2/09: “Congress should not make it a model for the nation because Read the rest of this entry…
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Why did Congress ignore CBO guidelines for true reform?
After CBO released their report in July, it was clear that HR3200 had completely missed the mark: the White House wanted the bill to NOT increase the budget but it did the opposite; the White House wanted the bill to provide healthcare for “everyone” (it didn’t) and the White House wanted it to improve the quality of healthcare (it didn’t). The CBO director blogged about how he was called to the White House Read the rest of this entry…
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All the proposed Healthcare bills being considered FALL SHORT on promises: Read the rest of this entry…
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Yes, we need to fix the fiscal aspects of our healthcare system….in a meaningful way, not a complete overhaul. We support INCREMENTAL and genuine reform, specifically…. Read the rest of this entry…
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