tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9727508094384023832024-09-04T23:34:23.789-05:00News, information, and valuable links to the Health Care Bill. Now that the bill has been signed by the President, it has become law. The movement to Repeal the Bill has now begun! Support your Congressman and urge them to Repeal this bill.Paul Deatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02481973729498509069noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972750809438402383.post-65408517298939328562012-03-18T19:26:00.000-05:002012-03-18T19:26:20.808-05:00

The possibility of the health care bill being repealed seems to get further and further from the realm of possibility as the days, weeks, and months go on. What about chipping away at the funding needed to drive the bill? That is an approach that has received attention but does not cut out the most dangerous parts of the bill. I am talking about how prices for medical care skyrocketing,

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In the last few weeks at a local Clinic/Hospital three doctors have been fired and seven more have resigned. Here's a quote from the CEO: "The firings and the departures are the “inevitable result of the pressures of over-regulation of physician services” brought about by health care reform . . .  And local rumors are that dozens more resignations are on the way. ***UPDATE*** 24 doctors

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Now that the President has signed the bill into law the push for repealing the Health Care Bill is on! What this means is that in the upcoming elections we must see to it that we vote for and promote Congressmen and Senators that will stand with those of us who want to control government spending, get Washington fat cats out of the medical decision making process, and more. In order to

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In a marathon session in the Senate last night, the Democrats defeated the GOP's amendments to the fixer-upper bill for Health Care Reform. The only surviving amendment dealt with student loans. All that is left of the amendments is the Democrats' voting record to be used as cannon fodder for the mid term elections. Left in the Health Care Bill are all the sweetheart deals for Louisiana,

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So Obama signed the Health Care Spending Bill this week and, if you listen to MSNBC, the new age of heaven has begun. The Republican Senators are presenting amendments to the bill to correct some of the glaring problems with the bill. For example, Senator McCain is addressing the pork and back room deal making by presenting an amendment to cut out the special deals for Louisiana, the Cornhusker

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Well, it has not passed yet. That's a good thing.  The question has come up about a spot in the monster bill that says the bill cannot be repealed in the future. That is partly correct. There is a mention of it "it shall not be in order in the senate or the house of representatives to consider any bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that would repeal or otherwise change this

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The final details about the health care reform bill are now being worked out - in private. No cameras. No reporters. No Republicans. No Transparency. Somewhere in the back of my mind this morning came the old quote "Men loved the darkness because their deeds were evil". Why, I wonder, are the final negotiations going on in private? Because Obama and the Dems do not want the country to see who

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Here's what Stephanie Condon at CBS new blogs said today, "Repealing the health care bill, however, would take more than winning back a few congressional seats. Just as the Republican minority in the Senate has stalled the current health care debate, a Democratic minority could do the same to any repeal measure unless Republicans were able to pull together at least a 60-vote majority. The GOP

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Most agree the final version of the bill will look more like the Senate Bill than the House version. But what main elements will be there? Public Option? 55 to 64 Medicare? Fed funding for abortion? Who knows. But what we do know is that it will cost way more then anyone will ever predict. Congress has never come "under budget" on anything. Ever. Have they? And what about Medicare cuts to

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Here's a link to the official Senate record of how they voted. Grouped By Vote Position YEAs ---60 Akaka (D-HI)  Baucus (D-MT)  Bayh (D-IN)  Begich (D-AK)  Bennet (D-CO)  Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA)  Brown (D-OH)  Burris (D-IL)  Byrd (D-WV)  Cantwell (D-WA)  Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE)  Casey (D-PA)  Conrad (D-ND)  Dodd (D-CT)&

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Great for Nebraska. What about the rest of us? Here's how the Dems got Nelson to go along with the Senate version of the bill: "Nelson secured several other concessions from Reid, including a guarantee that the federal government will fully cover the cost of expanding Nebraska’s Medicaid program. All other states have to partially pay for a Medicaid expansion to admit all adults earning up to

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Obama and the Dems have said all along that veterans and military retirees' Tricare would not be negatively impacted by the health care reform bill. At least, they've said that their care would not be hurt. But what will happen to the premiums we pay for the insurance? No mention of that. I received a letter from the MOAA (Military Officers Association of America) warning me that under the

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So the exact language of a Public Option is out. So is the buy in for Medicare for 55 - 64. Another failed amendment was the one that would allow us to buy prescription meds from other countries. But what is buried in the language of this zillion page bill? For sure we know that these three elements remain: 1. You cannot be rejected for health insurance because of pre-existing conditions. And,

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Heard that phrase this week? It was spoken by Rep Anthony Weiner when describing the buy in option to Medicare for those aged 55 to 64. That option was introduced this week by Sen Reid as the solution to getting the public option out of the bill and getting more people covered. But. At what cost? What would those premiums be? How much would be subsidized by we the tax payers? You can give a pig

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So if you can't beat them with the facts, sling mud that's irrelevant. That's what Mr Reid from Nevada did on the Senate floor today. Chastising the Republicans for what he said was their call to "slow down" he compared it with to civil rights/slavery and women's right to vote. Will this kind of rhetoric get any Republicans to vote the Democrat's way?  Will it sway moderate Democrats to

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This weekend the Democrats are saying on the one hand - $400 billion in Medicare cuts to pay for the health care reform bill, and on the other hand - These cuts will strengthen Medicare by eliminating waste, overpayments, and inefficiency. Is it just me or is there a total lack of logic and reason in this approach? Haven't we been trying to reduce waste and overpayments for years? How will

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Senior Citizens should keep an eye on the debate and the bill. The bill presently cuts many areas of Medicare. One of the cuts includes payments to doctors. Some amendments are in the works to postpone the cuts to doctors providing care to Medicare patients. But if payments to doctors are cut, the unintended consequence would be an exodus of doctors providing care to seniors. Fewer doctors,

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Plenty of pundits are predicting what our nation's health care system would be like if the government was in charge of it. In this brief note, just consider our government's track record of running other public services. And consider their cost. Amtrack? United States Postal Service? Military procurement? No matter what costs are forecast, they have always cost more when the government does

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NICE, also known as National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, is the UK's system for determing the guidelines for medical practitioners as to how various conditions should be treated and whether or not a particular treatment should be funded. This layer of government decides if your medical condition merits treatment and what kinds of treatment. If they decide you get the treatment,

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It failed too. And thanks for the comment on the last post. The Clinton Health Care bill failed with a greater majority in congress (I think) and less popularity in the White House. Hopefully this bill will not make it out of the Senate. Then, a repeal of the health care reform bill would not be necessary. Clinton's 1992 campaign did focus on universal health care, and he never delivered. Sound

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Tonight the Senate voted to move ahead to debate the Health Care Reform Bill - S. 1728 by a vote of 60 Democrats to 39 Republicans. Get the full story here: "Senate votes to bring health care bill to the floor." With any luck the debate in the Senate will be well publicized and reason will prevail.

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In a word, cost. I do not want the government to interfere with my cancer treatments. Given the high cost of my medications and my low copays I don't want anything to change. I am afraid that my cancer medication (Sutent) will become unaffordable, or as in the UK, deemed unaffordable by the government. You also have to consider the "unintended consequences" of the bill. In just one isolated

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