Mar/100
March 21st – US Dependence Day
Well the democrats have succeeded in shoving a bloated, socialist, unpopular health care bill down the throat of this great nation.
My biggest concern at this point is whether the american people as a whole will have what it takes to remember. I believe that John Q. Public has a pretty short memory. Come November it is absolutely critical that every american remember what happened today when they enter that ballot box.
At first I was saying "I just can't believe American's are this stupid." Granted I don't generally have a tremendous amount of confidence in the public at large, even this seems like a jagged pill to swallow. But then I decided it's not the masses here. It's a handful (219 of them to be exact) of democrats hell-bent on expanding the power of the federal government. And truth be told, I bet the real number of democrats is even smaller. You can't tell me you don't believe that some of those democrats were hold-outs until Obama put them on AirForce One and told them how it's going to be. He made back room deals and twisted arms until he bent the system to his will.
What happened to "You'll be able to watch it all on C-SPAN?" And don't give me this "Health Care Summit" crap either. You can't have one meeting on TV over the course of a year long debate and call that an open and transparent process. What a lie.
Do the American people know they're going to start paying into a system that won't have a single benefit for FOUR YEARS?
I'm going to compile a list of all the people who voted for this disgusting piece of legislation and make it my mission to remind the public who they are come election time in November.
Sep/090
I’m Gonna Shut You Down ..
Humana’s Letter Regarding Health Care Reform
Last week, Humana Inc., a private medical insurance company, sent a letter to its Medicare enrollees claiming that health reform proposals could hurt “millions of seniors and disabled individuals” who “could lose many of the important benefits and services that make Medicare Advantage plans so valuable.”
The company issued this letter in response to health care reform proposals that would directly cut payments to Medicare Advantage plans by an estimated $123 billion over 10 years and indirectly reduce funding for those plans by another $15.6 billion, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. In response to the mailing, the Department of Health and Human Services wrote Humana last week instructing it to stop the mailings. The department also wrote to all companies that offer Medicare Advantage plans on Monday, chastising them for saying anything contrary to the administration and suggesting that “such communications are potentially contrary to…federal law.”
I feel that Humana was well within its rights to send out a policy piece explaining what could happen under one of the health care reform bills. I think that Humana is being used as an example to prevent other insurance companies from sending similar mailings that include content perceived to be negative toward the health care proposals in Washington. The action by HHS is contrary to the First Amendment of the Constitution that allows for free speech. Both the government and the people have the right to speak freely, and it was inappropriate for Humana to be condemned for doing its job, which is to keep its policy holders informed. The issue has been raised with the administration by Republicans and a letter has been sent to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requesting the department to lift its’ ‘gag order,’ and I am hopeful that the problem will be corrected.