We have seen an uptick in visitors to the web site lately, and it would seem that more and more Americans are keeping close tabs on the antics in Washington, D.C. Some of our elected leaders on the left are lashing out everyday at Americans who rightfully question health care reform.
Most Republicans strongly favor some kind of meaningful health care reform. The current third-party payment system is overwhelmed by endless paperwork and heavy government regulation. What we need is consumer choice based on a patient-centered system that includes the competition of free markets.
We are hard-working, everyday Americans just like you who are guided by these conservative principles on health care reform:
- The ability to buy insurance across state lines
- Greater choice of doctors, hospitals and health plans
- Greater tax fairness and simplification
- Greater health care price disclosure
- More competition between facilities
We are opposed to:
- Increase government mandates or price controls
- Implement new, expensive government programs
- Expand existing, wasteful programs
One of the President’s closest confidants, investor Warren Buffett, said it best: “Don’t invest in something you don’t understand.”
Let’s take a look at just one paragraph of the 1,018-page House Democrat plan:
The requirements of sections 2711 (other than subsections (c) and (e)) and 2712 (other than paragraphs (3), and (6) of subsection (b) and subsection (e)) of the Public Health Service Act, relating to guaranteed availability and renewability of health insurance coverage, shall apply to individuals and employers in all individual and group health insurance coverage, whether offered to individuals or employers through the Health Insurance Exchange, through any employment-based health plan, or otherwise, in the same manner as such sections apply to employers and health insurance coverage offered in the small group market, except that such section 2712(b)(1) shall apply only if, before nonrenewal or discontinuation of coverage, the issuer has provided the enrollee with notice of non-payment of premiums and there is a grace period during which the enrollees has an opportunity to correct such nonpayment.
Do legislators expect us to read something as contrived and convoluted as this? The answer is no. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other far-out leaders in Washington are trying to intimidate Americans to keep quiet while they arrogantly misuse their power. They want to pass an expensive, damning piece of legislation that will negatively impact us all, likely for the rest of our lives.
Let your Senator and Congressman know how your feel about health care reform — before it’s too late.