Friends, it is as bad as I feared. The Republicans are playing so nice with the Democrats in the Senate that they are improving the health [...]
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As Predicted, the Senate Republicans Are Improving the Health Care Bill so it Passes
Friends, it is as bad as I feared. The Republicans are playing so nice with the Democrats in the Senate that they are improving the health care bill so it [...]
First, below, is a note I sent to Colorado’s junior senator, Michael Bennet, last Thursday. Following my note is the vacuous form letter I received in response.
Dear Senator Bennet,
I realize this note is almost certainly falling on deaf ears, but I’ll try anyway:
I urge you to vote NO in [...]
FTS takes a critical listen to remarks made by junior U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet on the Senate floor this week. Of particular interest: Bennet's assertion that the bill will actually reduce the federal deficit, a claim made in a recent CBO report that's engineered to Democrats' benefit.
' [...]The Institute for Health Freedom advises you to contact your Senator today about tomorrow’s vote “on a motion to proceed” on Harry Reid’s health care bill (Sat. Nov 21). There are many reasons not to like this bill. The Institute summarizes:
The bill would (among many other provisions):
require nearly every [...]
Dr. Paul Hsieh has a great article in the Washington Examiner about HR 3962 and mandatory health insurance. It begins:
Suppose the mafia came to your town and forced everyone to purchase all their meals at mob-approved restaurants. The mafia would also select the menu items.
If [...]
Jeff Scialabba at the Ayn Rand Institute has written a two-part blog post on how HR 3962 would punish medical innovation. Part one is about the benefits of medical devices and the cost of bringing them to market. It begins:
America is the world leader in medical device innovation, producing [...]
Dick Durbin says:
Last month Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced a merged Senate health care bill -- a bill that includes a public option. And last weekend, the House of Representatives passed an historic health care reform bill that included a robust public option as well.Obama Care - more uninsured, higher premiums, writes economist Martin Feldstein in the Washington Post:
A key feature of the House and Senate health bills would prevent insurance companies from denying coverage to anyone with preexisting conditions. The new coverage would start immediately, and the premium could not [...]
The Independence Institute has two new videos in its series on Obama’s health care policy proposals (as proposed by Congressional Democrats). These are two testimonials from Canadian patients who suffered while waiting months and years for medical treatment. Is this what awaits patients in the U.S.? After all, [...]
David Harsanyi summarizes it nicely:
You will, of course, need to be plastered to buy Pelosi’s fantastical proposition that 450,000 words of new regulations, rules, mandates, penalties, price controls, taxes and bureaucracy will have the transformative power to “provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth [...]
State Representative Scott Tipton is entering the race for the 3rd Congressional District joining Martin Beeson and Bob McConnell in the primary to unseat incumbent John Salazar. Rep. Tipton told the Pueblo Chieftain Salazar's support of the health care bill pushed him into the race.
Tipton said [...]
A new Cato briefing paper by economist Aaron Yelowitz. Here’s the summary:
One of the most interesting questions about the health care overhaul now moving through Congress is how it would affect young adults. That legislation would force most or all Americans to purchase health insurance (an “individual mandate”) and would [...]
If you want a taste of what more politically-controlled medicine would look like, check out this story from MSNBC about how Wall Street executives have access while others wait.
The Wall Street Journal also reports:
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged health officials around the [...]
Dennis Kucinich voted against the health care bill on principle. His full reasoning is after the jump.
I cannot fault his reasoning, and agree in principle with everything he says. Whether his action was a good idea or a bad idea is a completely separate issue.
The Single Payer advocates believe [...]
The only Republican to vote for Nancy Pelosi’s disastrous health care bill was Joseph Cao, from inner-city New Orleans.
I have two things to say to Mr. Cao:
First, in supporting your vote, you argued that you did it because health insurance costs “are exploding”. But anybody who’s been paying even the [...]
From the Washington Examimer:
That American citizens should be fined or even put in federal prison for refusing to purchase government-approved health insurance is as un-American as any idea we can imagine. But such a mandate is the very heart of the bill written behind closed doors by House Speaker [...]
I don’t know if the “trigger” part is still in but even if it is, the states that need it the very most, already hit the “trigger”. The press is trying to spin it as a victory for Republicans because “it’ll weaken the chances of Democrats in the mid-term”. I [...]
UPDATE 7:00 pm - Nancy Pelosi says she has the votes to clear 218. Vote tentatively scheduled for 11 pm
Original Post:
Things are moving quickly (for a change) in Congress today, and the House may actually vote on the health care bill tonight:
After receiving a pep talk from President [...]
From John Fund in the Wall Street Journal:
Back in September, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters she was “absolutely” committed to having the final language of any health care bill posted on the Internet for 72 hours before a vote on the House floor.
Well, the bill isn’t finished, with [...]
Ballpark crowd estimate–1000-1500.
PPC’s coverage of the event, including several interviews with folks on the question–”why are you here?”–and the “shredding” of the health care bill that will be delivered to DC and the Capitol steps tomorrow (along with Rep. Michele Bachmann, Mark Levin, and Jon Voight) by one of [...]
Surely you have an opinion on health care policy. Make your voice heard on November 5. Here’s a letter from Patients First:
As millions of Americans head to the polls today, it’s worthwhile to reflect on what our representatives in Washington are planning for the future of our health care [...]
If this isn't a kick in Harry Reid's ass to get him to wake up to the lie that is Joe Lieberman.
Days after drawing anger from liberal Democrats for opposing a public option to the Senate health care bill, Sen. Joe Lieberman is adding fuel to the fire, telling an [...]
