Miller-Meeks: Health Care Bill Doesn’t Benefit Working Americans
- Saturday, December 26, 2009, 11:17
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While Senate Democrats praised themselves today on the passage of a bill that drastically reshapes America’s health care system, Republican congressional candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks warned its crushing costs will fall on middle-income families in Iowa and across the nation.
“The bill approved today will benefit insurance companies at the cost of the taxpayer and ordinary working, middle-income Iowans and Americans. It does not bend the cost curve down or control escalating health care costs,” the Ottumwa ophthalmologist said this morning. “It will increase health insurance premiums. Despite its tremendous cost, it does not provide universal coverage and, even more importantly, it fails to provide portable insurance for individuals so they’re able to keep their insurance coverage as they go from one job to another or one state to another.”
Miller-Meeks noted that Rep. David Loebsack voted for the House version that will be the basis for negotiations with the Senate as the two chambers work to cobble together a compromise bill early in 2010.
“The Senate bill is terrible. Unfortunately, the House bill is even worse. The entire process led by Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi is a disaster for America because it’s going to cost trillions of dollars going forward and it’s going to make the health-care system worse instead of better. It’s already been widely reported that Nebraskans will never have to pay the increased costs for Medicaid. That was a deal that was cut to get Senator Ben Nelson to vote for it. We can only imagine how many more deals like that are going to have to be made at the expense of the American people so the Democrats can get the votes they need to take over our health care system.”
She added, “If there’s ever a time when David Loebsack should listen to his constituents and support representative democracy, this is it. He needs to meet with the people of this district during the next few weeks and represent them instead of representing Nancy Pelosi. And, I urge the people of the Second District to call Congressman Loebsack and tell him to stop this destructive bill by voting no.”
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Vote Miller-Meeks in 2010.
This, Comfortable Death Sedation featured in a NY Times article today 12/27 is the type of warped reasoning by this administration that has stirred the emotions and anger of most Americans not being represented in this healthcare reform legislation. This is an attempt by the Harry Reids of this world to make this procedure look harmless and compassionate to families; I am not buying it. If we are going to make decisions based strictly on financial principles and the work of bureaucrats, then the government’s termination should be close at hand due to its unbridled spending and borrowing. Also, if these bills seek to mandate lifestyle requirements in addition to obesity, sugar, and exercise regulation, the government has hopefully included tobacco use as a prohibition. Thus Obama himself, a smoker, has a problem continuing executive service without quitting his habit. America until now has offered to its citizens, the finest healthcare system in the world. Yet, that achievement is apparently too expensive an item for the administration to tolerate it being included in the federal budget. One must wonder aloud about their need for cost reduction by seeking answers to the following questions:
Can’t we live with five less B-2’s?
What about less junkets with congressman, staffs, and even Presidential entourages including, air force one and its carbon use?
Can we tolerate less foreign aid, U.N. support and subsidies for governments that hate us?
What about abortion funding?
What about federal spending and borrowing?
I am merely trying to utilize hyperbole to let government officials know that a decision about an elder American’s death must be left to that person and their family alone, through their instruction or medical directive. My parents like those of Congressional members were allowed to make that life and death choice and we as siblings benefited, as did the nation, from retaining some of them in our lives much longer.
As an example, people like former New York Mayor Ed Koch who has undergone expensive surgery in recent months seems to be doing well. I am glad America still has the former Mayor’s experience and advice available to us all. I know that many in this administration simply do not care what Americans are thinking, but those are my thoughts concerning end of life issues.
This administration is simply not in touch with a majority of Americans. Bureaucratic actions predict many current unethical politicians’ future removal from public office. Their historical legacy will be the squandering of American freedoms and liberties, including the right of the individual to make life and death choices.
I recently read a cutesy article entitled Oh, come, Oh come, Emanuel. As a Christian, my curiosity was peaked to favor this noted author by reading his expansive missive. Imagine my shock when I realized he was referring to the President’s chief of staff, not Christ. I have news for that author, there is a huge difference between purity and rudeness, the immortal and the mortal, the divine and the ordinary.
I personally remain steadfastly opposed to one of the most liberal and nonsensical agendas ever mandated to the American people by a new administration. If the day comes when I can make a difference in the lives of Americans by eliminating this legislation, I will do so! I will join those working class Americans, who have protested this nonsense, while trying to make ends meet, many having lost their jobs.
I simply will not have corrupt bureaucrats deciding who lives or dies. In the words of Winston Churchill, I will oppose them, If necessary alone!
Dr. Alan G. Phillips
Bloomington, IL
This bill is the net result of what you get when you won’t vote for the GOP candidate that isn’t “pure enough”. The dems are in charge, now how’s that “hope & change” working out?
Maybe Miller-Meeks wasn’t such a bad choice after all!
This article isn’t even 1/10th of what MMM knows about health care. I’ve heard her talk in-depth and at length on it. She is probably the most knowledgeable candidate I’ve ever seen on the issue one of the best spokes people for free market health care there is. Not to mention cap n trade, fiscal policy, and a host of others.
This is a very rare chance to run a very electable conservative in the 2nd District who I think will beat Loebsack in the general. The only one who can in my opinion.