Dems Ditch “Deem & Pass”; Tell them To Dump the Entire Bill!

March 20th, 2010

The President is speaking to the House making a final push to pass his dangerous health care reform bill. 

It is urgent that we make every effort to push back.  

The people spoke up and told the Democrats that “Deem and Pass” was unacceptableThey now must hear that the whole 2000+ page bill is unacceptable and that Americans across the country do not want it.

Yesterday 40 groups from across the political spectrum voiced their opposition to one of the worst parts of the bill, the individual mandate to purchase insurance at threat of prosecution and fines.  In fact the the bill would allow the IRS to enforce these and many other new provisions.  The IRS could have to hire more than 16,000 additional agents, auditors and other workers just to enforce all the new taxes and penalties,” said Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) which could cost an additional $10 billion this decade. Read the rest of this entry »

The CBO: Just What Doctor Obama Ordered

March 20th, 2010

Not too surprisingly, “CBO gives Obama just what he wanted.” What is surprising is that the headline is not from a conservative political publication but from the front page of a mainstream, left-of-center urban daily newspaper, The Arizona Daily Star.

The President ordered up a $950 billion price tag, and a $100 billion, ten-year reduction in the federal deficit. Presto! The CBO pulled the right number of digits out of the hat, a mere $940 billion price tag and a $138 billion deficit decrease—a giant drop in the gargantuan federal red-ink bucket. Read the rest of this entry »

“Reconciliation” bill out & House Democrats in Disarray.

March 18th, 2010

“Reconciliation” bill out & House Democrats in Disarray. Help Keep Them That Way!

House Democrats “are in disarray” according to Congressman Mike Pence and are still 5-10 ”yes” votes short.

Your calls to the Capitol are helping to keep this pressure on the Democrats. Keep calling!  Read the rest of this entry »

A Right to Health Care? Wrong!

March 18th, 2010

by AAPS Director, Richard Amerling, MD

Years of debating liberal friends and colleagues has brought me to an understanding: This question is at the core of the debate. The absurd notion of a “right” to health care underlies the movement towards socialized medicine. If this right does exist, it becomes a moral imperative to guarantee it for all, i.e. “universal coverage.” Read the rest of this entry »

Reconciliation Bill Posted

March 18th, 2010

Reconciliation Bill Posted
CLICK HERE TO READ

Dems defeat effort 222-203 to force separate vote on Senate Bill:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/87683-dems-defeat-gop-effort-to-force-separate-vote-on-senate-health-bill
 
Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad says unlikely the Senate will be able to pass a health care reconciliation bill unchanged from what the House passes.”
http://www.rollcall.com/news/44356-1.html

NO OFFICIAL CBO ESTIMATE – PRELIMNARY CBO Estimate is $940B over 10 years.

March 18th, 2010

House Budget Committee Ranking Republican Paul Ryan (WI) issued the following statement:

“The Congressional Budget Office has confirmed that there is currently no official cost estimate.  Yet House Democrats are touting to the press – and spinning for partisan gain – numbers that have not been released and are impossible to confirm.  Rep. James Clyburn stated he was “giddy” about these unsubstantiated numbers.  This is the latest outrageous exploitation by the Majority – in this case abusing the confidentiality of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office – to pass their massive health care overhaul at any cost.”

According to The Hill:

“The comprehensive health reform legislation will cost $940 billion over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Thursday.

“The nonpartisan budget office told lawmakers that the health bill set for a vote this weekend would cut the deficit by $130 billion over the next decade, and $1.2 trillion in the second decade of the plan’s implementation.”

Text of CBO analysis and Text of actual reconciliation package are expected later this morning.

The Toxic Slaughter “Up or Down” Process

March 16th, 2010

The proposed charade is not the “up-or-down vote” the president says he wants. Of course, he is demanding an “up” vote, not a “down” one. This is how the Slaughter/reconciliation procedure would work to deliver it.

We have a Senate bill that is a concoction of arsenic, mercury, botulinum toxin, snake venom, lead, and 2000 other things that nobody knows much about. It got 60 votes before the Massachusetts election, and now can only get 59. The reason it can only get 59 is because the whole country helped to unelect the person who would have been #60. Read the rest of this entry »

On Tuesday – Call, March & Honk Against Healthcare Takeover

March 16th, 2010

Patients and physicians are descending on the US Capitol Tuesday to let Congress know that they do not want the massive government-run plan that Pelosi, Pres. Obama, and Reid are trying to force through this week.  For more information visit http://www.americangrassrootscoalition.org/ and http://www.doctorsandpatients.org .

If you cannot be in DC Tuesday, there are events in your area to express your displeasure with the bill.  Americans for Prosperity are asking citizens across the country to “Honk No” Tuesday at Noon.   Details and a printable sign to hang from your car window are at http://honkno.com/about/ .  Read the rest of this entry »

A KISS to Congress and the President

March 15th, 2010

By:  Dr. George Watson, President, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)

All Americans should be familiar with the KISS principle—Keep It Simple, Stupid!  But it is past time for Congress and the President to employ this principle.  So I will present a few simple steps.

Keep a copy of the Constitution in your pocket, Congress, and Mr. President.  it is the law of the land that you swore to uphold.  It is short and it is simple, so all citizens can understand it, including you.  The first question to ask about any proposed legislation is this:  “Is it Constitutional?” 

If there is any question about Constitutionality, then it isn’t.  Read the rest of this entry »

Democrats release 2,309 page shell of reconciliation healthcare package

March 14th, 2010

Late Sunday evening House Democrats posted the shell bill for the Health Care reconciliation package. This is just a shell bill that will be gutted and replaced later in the week. An explanation of this process can be read at: http://spectator.org/blog/2010/03/15/the-health-care-shell-game-beg .