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Posted by: Elizabeth Lauten
7 CommentsAt 11:30pm on Wednesday night, Sen. Harry Reid released his version of the health care bill. Clocking in at 2,074 pages, the table of contents alone is 14 pages deep.
Reid’s government-run health care experiment costs over a staggering $2.5 trillion after ten years of full implementation – which equates to $1.2 billion per page, $6.8 million per word.
This bill is overwhelming in terms of its size, complexity, impact on our quality of life and our economy. It will raise taxes, cut Medicare benefits for seniors, raise health care costs, and lead to government interference in doctor-patient relationships. Chock full of legal jargon and political loop-holes, even the most steadfast members of Congress will be hard-pressed to comprehend this arduous bill before debate on it begins on Saturday. Adequate time for a responsible, thorough review by all members of Congress is essential before the first vote, because Senators should make sure that this bill will “do no harm” to our health care system. And once they actually read the legislation, they’ll see that government-run health care will be disastrous.
Equally important, the American public deserves to understand the ins-and-outs of this government takeover of health care before their Senators vote on it, on their behalf. But with health care reform approval ratings plummeting, time is the enemy of the Democrats who want to mask the hidden costs and pitfalls of their bill.
Contact your Senators now by calling the Capitol Switchboard at (202)-224-3121 to let them know how you feel about the bill and attend any town hall meetings over the Thanksgiving recess to let your voice be heard - this is a representative democracy after all.
7 CommentsPosted by Thomas Ward on 2010-01-12T18:04:20.777
We live in a Constitutional Republic
Posted by Lee Thompson on 2009-12-16T09:37:04.957
One correction I'd like to make regarding the title of this post.. We do not live in a democracy. We live in a republic, where supposedly the right of the individual cannot be legislated away by a majority vote. We have been slowly inch by inch given way to the democratic philosophy over the last century. It has to stop! Communism was voted in by a democracy and it killed over 60,000,000 of its own citizens. This nation is committing suicide. I can't vote for anyone Democrat or Republican or anything else that doesn't understand this and has a burning desire to get the out of healthcare and every other private enterprise entirely!
Posted by Jack Felter on 2009-11-30T20:19:57.96
This is utter hogwash! If we don't stop believing in our government and start believing in ourselves, we will be broker than a third world country. Look at the polls, right now America's swaying to the right but there's nothing she can do about it. The government has the power, it's only a matter of time before it becomes the limiting factor in people's lives, if it already isn't.
Posted by Fred Belinsky on 2009-11-22T11:24:31.703
Has anyone checked Senator Mary Landrieu's (D-LA) freezer yet? Hiding payoff cash in the deep freeze seems to be the norm in LA.
Posted by Michael Smith on 2009-11-22T10:30:22.757
Interesting. Lets see. Our form of government is a representative democracy. That means within a district I run for office with the promise to represent the collective wishes of my district. If I am unable or unwilling to represent those wishes then I should, as a matter of conscience, resign in order to allow someone who will represent those wishes to cast votes reflective of those wishes. Is that how it works?
Posted by Arctific on 2009-11-21T23:37:21.113
We should start building the "What didn't Obamacare do for you lately?" Commercial series. After all, this DisasterCare Plan will create Hospital forms costs and Government payer plan rejections that stick all of us with a mess. The statistics of discontent with such a plan are inevitable. So, kill the plan if you can. But, document the disaster if it survives. Socialism is a bad plan that cannot redeem itself through spiraling debt. So, we will just have to repeal the plan after US government proves it cannot make it work. The only way to do that is document the DisasterCare Plan as it unfolds. As for me, if I had an opt out allowing me to use a Medical Savings Account and a Catastrophic coverage with a $30,000 annual deductible, I would take it. I do not want a doctor to be loyal to the Government payroll. I want my doctor to be loyal to my payment of his services. This is the only true way to reform the Medical system.
Posted by Dale Griffith on 2009-11-21T09:01:14.373
I would have a better feeling that congress believed in this bill if they were covered under it and did not have their "own" government program.
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