Breaking News: House Committee Passed Health Care Bill
Bill Smith, Editor: Tonight, House Democrats pushed a health bill (H.R. 3200) along party lines through the House Energy and Commerce Committee by a vote of 31-28. Five Democrats opposed the bill: Reps. John Barrow (GA); Rick Boucher (VA); Jim Matheson (UT); Charlie Melancon (LA) and Bart Stupak (MI). Four Blue "Lap" Dogs voted to support the bill were Reps. Bart Gordon (TN), Baron Hill (IN), Zack Space (OH) and very disappointingly Mike Ross (AR) who touted himself as a conservative leader. Administration officials, Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) agreed with the four "dogs" on Wednesday to delay the full House vote past August, and to cut of $100 billion over 10 years. The bill is still $900 billion.
The the committee agreed to cap increases in the cost of insurance sold under the bill, and also to give the federal government authority to negotiate directly with drug companies for lower prices under Medicare. Previously, they voted 47-11 to grant 12 years of market protection to high-tech drugs used to combat cancer, Parkinson's and other deadly diseases. The decision was a minor trade off against the White House which was seeking faster patients access to generic versions of costly medicines.
Democrats stopped a Republican effort by 31-28 to strip out a provision allowing the government to sell insurance in competition with private industry. Also, abortion opponents were stopped by a vote of 31-27 to bar insurance plans that offer abortion services from accepting customers with government subsidies. However the committee agreed on a provision saying the government could neither require nor prohibit abortion services in insurance plans sold in the exchange.
Insurance companies would be required to sell coverage to all seeking it, without exclusions for pre-existing medical conditions. The federal government would provide subsidies for lower-income families to help them afford policies that would otherwise be out of their reach. There would be "exchanges" - national marketplaces - where consumers both with and without subsidies could evaluate different policies and choose the one they wanted. Insurance plans sold in the exchange would need government approval before increasing premiums by more than one and half times medical inflation. The main expansion of coverage would not come until after the next presidential election in 2013.
Speaker Pelosi, who previously said a bill would be out of committee before recess, has set a September 15 deadline of any talks to produce a bipartisan compromise. At that time, Pelosi will bring the bill for a full vote by the House. Pelosi said,"Let me assure you: There will be a health care reform bill passed and it will make a big difference in the lives of the American people." Pelosi has also promised a floor vote on a single-payer health care system that would be fully run by the government.
In the Senate, sources advise that Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) has been pressured by the White House and Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and has caved and intends for the Finance Committee to begin voting by September 15. If no bipartisan bill is achieved, then a bill will be tailored to the Democrats and voted on.
House Republican Leader, John Boehner (R-OH), said that "Democrats are in for a long, hot summer once they return to their congressional districts, where Americans are lining up in opposition to a government takeover of health care." However, it is apparent that the Democrats intended to ram through a nationalized health care bill in spite opposition by either Republicans or the general public. Expect the democrats to be hiding out during the August recess while the media and former Obama campaign team pushed for the Democrats national health care bill.
To prevent the irreversible train wreck of the best health care system in the world, IT will be critical for American citizens to make every effort to create a majority change in the U.S. House and to gain seats the U.S. Senate in 2010 Also, it appears that Obama will be forced to make national health care a center piece of his campaign in 2012.
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The the committee agreed to cap increases in the cost of insurance sold under the bill, and also to give the federal government authority to negotiate directly with drug companies for lower prices under Medicare. Previously, they voted 47-11 to grant 12 years of market protection to high-tech drugs used to combat cancer, Parkinson's and other deadly diseases. The decision was a minor trade off against the White House which was seeking faster patients access to generic versions of costly medicines.
Democrats stopped a Republican effort by 31-28 to strip out a provision allowing the government to sell insurance in competition with private industry. Also, abortion opponents were stopped by a vote of 31-27 to bar insurance plans that offer abortion services from accepting customers with government subsidies. However the committee agreed on a provision saying the government could neither require nor prohibit abortion services in insurance plans sold in the exchange.
Insurance companies would be required to sell coverage to all seeking it, without exclusions for pre-existing medical conditions. The federal government would provide subsidies for lower-income families to help them afford policies that would otherwise be out of their reach. There would be "exchanges" - national marketplaces - where consumers both with and without subsidies could evaluate different policies and choose the one they wanted. Insurance plans sold in the exchange would need government approval before increasing premiums by more than one and half times medical inflation. The main expansion of coverage would not come until after the next presidential election in 2013.
Speaker Pelosi, who previously said a bill would be out of committee before recess, has set a September 15 deadline of any talks to produce a bipartisan compromise. At that time, Pelosi will bring the bill for a full vote by the House. Pelosi said,"Let me assure you: There will be a health care reform bill passed and it will make a big difference in the lives of the American people." Pelosi has also promised a floor vote on a single-payer health care system that would be fully run by the government.
In the Senate, sources advise that Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) has been pressured by the White House and Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and has caved and intends for the Finance Committee to begin voting by September 15. If no bipartisan bill is achieved, then a bill will be tailored to the Democrats and voted on.
House Republican Leader, John Boehner (R-OH), said that "Democrats are in for a long, hot summer once they return to their congressional districts, where Americans are lining up in opposition to a government takeover of health care." However, it is apparent that the Democrats intended to ram through a nationalized health care bill in spite opposition by either Republicans or the general public. Expect the democrats to be hiding out during the August recess while the media and former Obama campaign team pushed for the Democrats national health care bill.
To prevent the irreversible train wreck of the best health care system in the world, IT will be critical for American citizens to make every effort to create a majority change in the U.S. House and to gain seats the U.S. Senate in 2010 Also, it appears that Obama will be forced to make national health care a center piece of his campaign in 2012.
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Here is what some of our folks in the medical field think of ObamaCare.
Medical Stimulus Package:
Apparently the American Medical Association has weighed in on the new economic stimulus package….
The Allergists voted to scratch it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves.
The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it, but the Neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of nerve.
The Obstetricians felt they were all laboring under a misconception.
The Ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted.
Pathologists yelled, “Over my dead body!” while the Pediatricians said, ‘Oh, Grow up!’
The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness, while the Radiologists could see right through it.
Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing.
The Internists thought it was a bitter pill to swallow, and the Plastic Surgeons said, “This puts a whole new face on the matter.”
The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward, but the Urologists were pissed off at the whole idea.
The Anesthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas, and the Cardiologists didn’t have the heart to say no.
In the end, the Proctologists won out, leaving the entire decision up to the assholes in Washington.
These politicians voted Against the Nathan Deal Amendment, that would Prevent Health Care Benefits to Illegal Aliens. Simply put--it's not their BLOODY MONEY! So what! Do they care if taxpayers have to foot the behemoth bill, for anybody who snubs our laws and enters a sovereign country called America? The nationwide parasites are --CHEAP LABOR--businesses who could care less, because they pile up enormous profits. The corporate hierarchy have been having a field day--FOR DECADES. A foreign national gets hurt, their service manager or whoever the underling is, drives the maimed person and relinquishes any responsibility by dumping them on the emergency hospital entranceway. BINGO! nothing to pay!
Perhaps Americans should find some old shoddy clothes, no shave, no haircut and enter every emergency room in our country in the millions? Speak a lot of gibberish and carry no identification with a small splinter in their finger, a touch of a fever or any minor condition. By federal law the hospital will have an emergency on a--EMERGENCY. I am afraid Americans have been Lemmings going over a proverbial cliff, since who knows when? We just keep paying and paying even more to the IRS, to support--ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Try getting free health care in any other country, other than societies in the European Union? A FAT CHANCE! We are literary being taxed to death, to give welfare to the business overlords. These legislators have already tried to weaken E-Verify, local police action 287(g) and now unwinding the 1986 Simpson/Mazzoli enforcement law--which worked, but again was never enforced.
Even our Democrats who are trying to engineer health care for every American---INCLUDED 20 PLUS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR LARGE FAMILIES. Here are 29 Judas Iscariot's, who sold the American people out--for a lot more than 13 pieces of silver? HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR. Capps (D-CA), Eshoo (D-CA), Harman (D-CA), Matsui (D-CA), McNerney (D-CA), Waxman (D-CA), DeGette (D-CO), Murphy (D-CT), Castor (D-FL), Rush (D-IL), Schakowsky (D-IL), Braley (D-IA), Sarbanes (D-MD), Markey (D-MA), Dingell (D-MI), Stupak (D-MI), Pallone (D-NJ), Weiner (D-NY), Butterfield (D-NC), Space (D-OH), Sutton (D-OH), Doyle (D-PA), Gordon (D-TN), Gonzalez (D-TX), Green (D-TX),Welch (D-VT), Christensen (D-VI), Inslee (D-WA) and Baldwin (D-WI). I'm afraid I would be banned if I used the right epithet, when leaving a comment for these so called lawmakers?
These are the betrayers of--ALL--taxpayers. These 29 traitors gave illegal immigrants the right to pilfer your billfold and purse, while they sit in their Washington office collecting their 6 figure salaries. REMEMBER THEM AND THROW THEM OUT! DEMAND NO AMNESTY! NO FAMILY UNIFICATION KNOWN AS CHAIN MIGRATION! BUILD THE ORIGINAL FENCE! NO MORE HEALTH CARE OR ANY OTHER KIND OF BENEFITS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. CLOSE THE BORDER AND STATION THE NATIONAL GUARD. $2.5 TRILLION DOLLARS, JUST IN RETIREMENT BENEFITS? Learn uncorrupted facts at NUMBERSUSA. For myself and family! I am for any health care re-organization, as long as it doesn't smell of copious profiteering and corruption, like the majority of private insurers do?
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Lol, this site is hilarious.
The most annoying thing is, that they wont even institute a national healthcare program. It's just going to be a big handout to the insurance and pharma companies.
Not that a state operated universal health-care program would work.
I think it's important to remember that free access to health-care is important, but it won't work if the state tries to provide it.
Maybe the Republicans would be better served building free-market solutions to health-care, rather than fighting the liberals in government.
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