The debate over health care has reached a fevered pitch in our nation’s capital. Over the last several months, millions of Americans have spoken out at town halls, have called and written in to the White House, and have even made personal visits to their members of Congress to express their strong opposition to government run health care. Yet Speaker Pelosi has once again ignored their voices.
Speaker Pelosi’s health care bill H.R. 3962 was drafted without committee hearings or markups behind closed doors by Speaker Pelosi and a very limited number of her inner-circle. Weighing in at more than 2,000 pages, Pelosi’s bill will cost the American taxpayers $1.2 trillion over the next ten years.
Real reform of our health care system is needed. We must help those who want health insurance but cannot afford it. We must expand access to health care in rural America. We must fix our medical malpractice laws so that doctors can focus on saving patients rather than paying lawyers. And we must expand our investments in preventative care. However, that doesn’t mean we should throw out the car because it has a soft tire. This country still has the best doctors, the best treatments, the best researches, and the best hospitals in the world. Improvements need to be made, but not at the cost of potentially destroying our current health care system, saddling our children and grandchildren with trillions of dollars of debt, decreasing our standard of care, and burdening American families and small businesses with $729.5 billion in new taxes.
I will continue to oppose Speaker Pelosi’s government run health care legislation and any legislation that comes before Congress that includes a public option.
Congressman Frank Lucas represents Oklahoma’s Third Congressional District. For more information, visit his website at www.house.gov/lucas.
Week said Mr. Lucas
VizBiz Friday, November 6th at 3:38PM EST (link)We’re behind you 100% and we’ll fight to the bitter end.
Runs with scissors, walks with Wacom.
I meant well said Mr. Lucas
VizBiz Friday, November 6th at 3:39PM EST (link)Big fingers, small keypad
Runs with scissors, walks with Wacom.
The true cost of Obamacare is closer to $2-Trillion over ten years...
rbdwiggins Friday, November 6th at 9:09PM EST (link)Once the never-intended-to-actually-be-cut Medicare “savings” are fully restored, $2.5-Trillion over ten years would be a much more accurate figure.
And, since raising taxes during a recession will cause a sharp drop in federal revenue collection, government run healthcare is likely to be financed with $2-Trillion in deficit spending.
And, that precludes any of the enormous cost overruns that normally accompany all government entitlement programs.
Don’t just continue to oppose…
Expose. Then, offer a viable alternative that will actually lower the cost of healthcare for all Americans.
And, don’t forget to do something about the $60-Billion/Year in Medicare fraud.
“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan
remember the X7 rule of thumb
kyle8 Friday, November 6th at 9:17PM EST (link)History shows that big government programs end up costing an average of seven times the original estimated cost. It is all on my diary here:
http://www.redstate.com/kyle8/2009/07/22/lessons-from-history/
“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle
So true... X9 and counting over estimated Medicare cost... nt
rbdwiggins Friday, November 6th at 10:34PM EST (link)“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan
To me, the true cost of this insanity.........
Kenny Solomon Friday, November 6th at 10:59PM EST (link)………….is the destruction of Constitutional Rights and individual liberty on many levels.
Congressman Lucas, thank you for your thoughts, however, in all honesty (and this is my opinion) this entire concept needs to be shifted in a totally different direction and done so immediately.
I’m not an attorney and I definitely don’t play one on TV, but none of the major items in this semi-vapor-bill could possibly stand the test of constitutionality.
Please implore your colleagues to literally rise up and fight this, using all weapons at your disposal.
If this legislation is implemented, millions of American lives could easily be at stake along politically mandated lines.
Of course you can have my guns……. Bullets first.
I didn’t say rounds, shells or magazines……
I said bullets first.
You're right, Kenny, but then again,
GregInFla Friday, November 6th at 11:22PM EST (link)don’t ask Burris about the constitution. He has shown his understanding of it is lacking. And rememberm this is no comparison to auto insurance, which is required by the states, not the feds.
Best comment I heard on this healthcare bill:”You are going to tax my knee replacement to pay for another lady’s abortion?”
The leftists are using the phrase “does not add to the deficit” to hide the taxes involved, and make the uneducated (Obama) masses think it is free.
– A true evolutionist would let endangered species die off. Anyone care to change sides?
Support Marco Rubio for US Senate.
GREAT Costs for Small to Medium Enterprises
anghough Monday, November 9th at 9:54AM EST (link)As our representatives vote on health care reform legislation, they should consider the large number of business owners who are against government-controlled health care, such as myself. My husband and I are each small business owners, and would be forced to “fire” all employees, hiring them back as contract laborers due to the health care costs we would bear for employees. As contract laborers, all taxes would become their responsibility. Talking to other CEOs, I’ve found that the same conclusion has been found by small businesses across the country.
But this really isn’t a good solution. If the US goes to a socialist form of health care, we will still pay.
How many Americans are going to set aside a portion of their income for taxes, I wonder?