Here is a new web site regarding this health Care Reform mess as I see it. Check it out http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/32056.html
Here is another web site to keep up with where Health Care Reform is going. Although it may have come to a grinding halt for now. The web site is http://www.thehill.com
I want to thank my good friend Lewis Ingles for giving me this information so I could share it with you.
Free free to share any information you may come across as well.
Republican Tom Coburn submitted an amendment to the Senate health committee which vote 12-11 in favor that would require all members and their staff to enroll in any new government-run health plan. Congressman John Fleming of Louisiana has proposed an amendment that would require congressmen and senators to take the same healthcare plan they are forcing on the rest of us. Currently under the proposed legislation they are curiously exempt. I wonder why? Well congressman Fleming is encouraging people to go on his website and sign his petition if you feel our government officials should have the same healthcare as the rest of us. the website is;
How do you feel as an American that your congressmen would not have the same level of benefits as we do, theirs would be better?
Wednesday June 10,09 in a Washington Post article, “the Senate plan to overhaul the nation’s health system is likely to include a new tax on some employer-provided health benefits that exceed the value of the basic plan offered to federal employees, curently about $13,000 a year for a family of four, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee stated”
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee he can be reached at the following address: baucus.senate.gov/contact/emailForm.cfm?subj=issue and then GOP Minority leader Chuch Grassley and he can be reached at: grassley.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Let’s reach out to both of these gentlemen and let them know they still represent US, and not themselves. As a business owner myself, I have had enough taxation! It would be nice for awhile to think my government has my best interest at heart.
More to come on this subject. If you find some interesting articles be sure to let us know.
It looks like Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) has released, with the help of others a proposal for reforming health care. As reported by ABC World News, “The key provision here is a requirement that every person in America have health insurance or pay a fine. Now the biggest, most controversial part of this bill is the creation of a government-run insurance program that would compete directly with private insurance companies. “
What are your feelings first that every American have health insurance or pay a fine? and secondly that our governement is going to compete against the free enterprice system we have in America today?
