Whoa! They can run but they can't hide.
And I am mad at Baldy for bringing in all those immigrants that is further choking our welfare system. And look at all the other stuff he is in to! It's mind boggling.
Gov Baldacci
Posted on 04/23/2005 7:37:39 AM PDT by newsgatherer
What have Governor John E. Baldacci and State Senator David R. Hastings the third (R) done to and brought to Maine?
Special Christian-News-In-Maine.com report.
Caution, we are going to have some very graphic information and links in the bleow special report, this is not for children and it is not for those who have eaten within the last ten hours. This is the tip of the iceberg of what Baldacci and his ilk are bringing to Maine.
Not long ago the radical homosexuals in the state, with the aid of their pro-homosexual partners in the main stream media and body politic, attacked Mike Heath relentlessly for his wanting to identify those politicians in the state who were either openly homosexuals and/or fully supported the radical sodomite homosexual agenda in the state.
While the extreme left wing at the Portland Press Herald, all three major televisions stations, the Bangor Dally, and others went after Mike viciously and relentlessly, they ignored the fact that the information is already available thanks to the same radical homosexual groups that sicced their allies on Mike.
According to: http://www.actwin.com/eatonohio/gay/stategov.htm Governor John Elias Baldacci holds an "A" rating with the radical homosexuals and only one governor in the country has a higher rating, Democrat Doyle of Wisconsin has the only A=+ rating.
Complete list
According to: http://www.actwin.com/eatonohio/gay/openhopo.htm Maine has more than it's share of openly homsoexual activist in the body politic:
Scott W. Cowger (D) State Senator, Maine [21] Kennebec Co.
Peter L. Rines (D) State Representative, Maine [53] Wiscasset
Lawrence Bliss (D) State Representative, Maine [122] South Portland
Peter O'Donnel (D) Porland City Council
Karen Geraghty City Council, Portland, Maine
and more,
(Excerpt) Read more at christian-news-in-maine.com ...
It is also very graphic at times and is not for children.
Jake
By the way, this group gave Snowe and Collins a lower grade than baldacci and to many Republicans.
I need to thank a source in Collins office for bringing this to our attention.
Jake
Whoa! They can run but they can't hide.
And I am mad at Baldy for bringing in all those immigrants that is further choking our welfare system. And look at all the other stuff he is in to! It's mind boggling.
Gov Baldacci
Didn't know about that, can you tell us more?
It is going to get worse. Maine has one of the most liberal court systems in the country - and Baldassi will be making a Supreme Court Appointment - namely: his own lawyer (what do you think his lawyer believes in?) and he has just nominated a radical liberal feminist for a Superior Court appointment."
People need to be woken up about how kooky and left-wing these people really are.
This is what happens when the Republicans get so RINO-ized there isnt even a conservative party anymore ... the Democrats become totally left-wing, because, well, because there is nobody to stop them.
A disaster waiting to happen.
Who is this radical liberal feminist?
Where do these people get off? They are supposed to run the state according to the people. That is why they are voted in. Not to become all power hungry and just do what ever they so desire behind closed doors. I'm sick of it.
And I will tell you another thing: Sen. Ted Kennedy has a strangle hold on New England and until he is out of office I don't see much change.
And this business about passing bills and laws without putting them to a vote is ridiculous. We have no say about anything anymore.
If the Christian Right and the Patriot movement and the pro-gunners and a few others can put a side their differences and form a colaitlion, the Republican party will not only change but be the winner again.
I pray for this, I really do. It's going to take a large group and some big guns to get Maine back.
Our state is going to hell in a handbasket and it's like a cancer that just keeps growing.
Let me know when you can what is happening. :)
Oh, and what happened to the woman who killed her husband? Even though there was overwhelming evidence against her she was found innocent of all charges and walked away. It is ironic because the Steve Rowe has made public statements saying that there are very few male domestic violence victims in Maine.
It was either bias in his office, or gross negligence, that allowed him to lose that slam-dunk case.
The friends and family of the murder victim were mortified, they will never get over what happened. About 3 dozen of them showed up in Rockland last weekend to demand justice - I'll bet you didn't see any mention of that in the liberal Maine media, did you?
Anyway, these folks are trying to organize a follow up in the next couple of weeks - watch this story, or e-mail me for details how you can get involved.
See:
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/coast/050422judge.shtml
See: "... credited with expanding programs related to domestic violence...."
As we know, that is code for: "men are all evil and women are all victims."
If not go to:
http://public.fotki.com/TomChan/
This is the first I have heard of this. How rotten of our local media not to bring this to the state's attention. Thanks for letting us know about this. I love the pictures. Being so far north, I miss out on everything down state.
Just because it's not in the paper doesn't mean it never happened. I am a big fan of shutting my mounth and talking with my feet. Because complaining ain't going to get you nutthin!
Well, I don't know what the answer is. But when I go to the Polls and there are 5 rats in front of me and 5 behind me, how discouraging do you think that is for me? I just feel as if my vote will never matter. 10 against one? The odds are 'not' in our favor in our great state of Maine.
Here are a few items of interest concerning the FACTS in Maine's Legislated Health Insurance Disaster.
This is a massive scandal starting in 1993, which has;
1. Cost Maine consumers Billions of dollars in wasted premium costs and jeopardized their health.
2. Forced the exodus of employers (and our young people), and erected a barricade to new business start ups.
3. Created a huge health insurance monopoly.
4. Deliberately caused a problem of catastrophic proportions, just so the state could "step up to the plate" with the "solution"
This past decade of health insurance inflation has been nothing more than a cruel experiment on the working people of Maine.
I've included a couple of excerpts from Maine Statutes, Title 24-A specific to the current manufactured "crisis"
The first attachment-"Don't Let the Door Hit-cha":
In 1993 they knew their actions would destroy the individual market and drive insurance companies out of the state, so they included what I call the "Don't let the Door Hit-cha" provision in the law.
The second attachment-"Guaranteed Issue/Renewal":
One of the reasons Maine citizens are forced to pay 2 to 3 times more than folks "back in the states" Guaranteed Issue is a destructive concept compelling companies to sell to all comers, regardless of health.
See: http://www.cagionline.org/docs.php
Guaranteed renewal, however, is a good thing. The opponents of LD 1496 are trying to use to confuse the debate. No one is proposing it's elimination.
It means once underwritten, a client cannot be bumped upward into a more expensive rate classification or dropped from coverage.
The third attachment- "WHY, WHY, WHY":
Good questions to ask the opponents of health insurance market based reform.
Sincerely,
Michael Vaughan HD105
Title 24-A: MAINE INSURANCE CODE
Chapter 33: HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRACTS
§2736-C. Individual health plans
4. Cessation of business. Carriers that provide individual health plans after the effective date of this section that plan to cease doing business in the individual health plan market must comply with the following requirements.
A. Notice of the decision to cease doing business in the individual health plan market must be provided to the bureau 3 months prior to the cessation unless a shorter notice period is approved by the superintendent. If existing contracts are nonrenewed, notice must be provided to the policyholder or contract holder 6 months prior to nonrenewal. [2001, c. 258, Pt. B, §1 (amd).]
B. Carriers that cease to write new business in the individual health plan market continue to be governed by this section. [1993, c. 477, Pt. C, §1 (new); Pt. F, §1 (aff).]
C. Carriers that cease to write new business in the individual health plan market are prohibited from writing new business in that market for a period of 5 years from the date of notice to the superintendent unless the superintendent waives this requirement for good cause shown. [2001, c. 258, Pt. B, §2 (amd).]
[2001, c. 258, Pt. B, §§1, 2 (amd).]
Title 24-A: MAINE INSURANCE CODE
Chapter 33: HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRACTS
3. Guaranteed issuance and guaranteed renewal. Carriers providing individual health plans must meet the following requirements on issuance and renewal.
A. Coverage must be guaranteed to all residents of this State other than those eligible without paying a premium for Medicare Part A. On or after January 1, 1998, coverage must be guaranteed to all legally domiciled federally eligible individuals, as defined in section 2848, regardless of the length of time they have been legally domiciled in this State. Except for federally eligible individuals, coverage need not be issued to an individual whose coverage was terminated for nonpayment of premiums during the previous 91 days or for fraud or intentional misrepresentation of material fact during the previous 12 months. When a managed care plan, as defined by section 4301-A, provides coverage a carrier may:
(1) Deny coverage to individuals who neither live nor reside within the approved service area of the plan for at least 6 months of each year; and
(2) Deny coverage to individuals if the carrier has demonstrated to the superintendent's satisfaction that:
(a) The carrier does not have the capacity to deliver services adequately to additional enrollees within all or a designated part of its service area because of its obligations to existing enrollees; and
(b) The carrier is applying this provision uniformly to individuals and groups without regard to any health-related factor.
A carrier that denies coverage in accordance with this paragraph may not enroll individuals residing within the area subject to denial of coverage or groups or subgroups within that area for a period of 180 days after the date of the first denial of coverage.
[RR 2001, c. 1, §30 (cor).]
B. Renewal is guaranteed, pursuant to section 2850-B. [1997, c. 445, §10 (rpr); §32 (aff).]
C. A carrier is exempt from the guaranteed issuance requirements of paragraph A provided that the following requirements are met.
(1) The carrier does not issue or deliver any new individual health plans on or after the effective date of this section;
(2) If any individual health plans that were not issued on a guaranteed renewable basis are renewed on or after December 1, 1993, all such policies must be renewed by the carrier and renewal must be guaranteed after the first such renewal date; and
(3) The carrier complies with the rating practices requirements of subsection 2.
[1993, c. 477, Pt. C, §1 (new); Pt. F, §1 (aff).]
Arguments against Risk Pools ignore the overwhelming evidence to the contrary:
-Only 5 States in America still do business the expensive Guaranteed Issue Way. States that had Guaranteed Issue are getting rid of the Socialist-Style method or regulating health insurance....and are putting in Risk Pools.
-45 States in America regulate the business of health insurance another way then the Expensive Maine Guaranteed Issue Way....and most of those have Risk Pools...and individuals there pay far less for their health insurance.
-Can someone explain why defenders of Maine’s Expensive insurance laws want to impose such outrageously high rates of insurance on Maine citizens?
If Guaranteed Issue and Community rating are such a good deal -- and Risk Pools are so horrible:
1) Why do only 5 states in America use Guaranteed Issue and Community rating right now?
2) Why have 11 of the 16 states that originally adopted these rules, dropped them and put in Risk Pools?
3) Why are the 5 GI States so much more expensive for health insurance? ($300 vs. $150 mo.)
4) Why has the Federal Government put up $1,000,000 per state in grants to start Risk Pools?
5) Why did NH insurance rates drop by 30%+ and more when NH installed a Risk Pool?
6) Why did 10 out of 11 carriers leave Maine when the Legislature repealed our Risk Pool in 1993?
7) Why do most Americans buy $1000 deductible or less...and most Mainers buy $5000+ deductible?
8) Why did 30,000 NH citizens return to the NH individual market after the NH Risk Pool was implemented?
9) Why did 60,000 Maine citizens drop out of the Maine individual after GI and CR were implemented?
10) Why isn't Dirigo able to write policies for all Maine individuals and sole proprietors that can't buy an affordable product? Why is Dirigo enrollment capped? Why isn't enrollment in all individual and sole proprietor health insurance capped?
April 1 was the first effective date for all individuals with Dirigo. Gov. Baldacci announced on March 27.... 5 days prior to April 1....that all openings for individuals in Dirigo had been taken.
The Dirigo Health Authority CLOSED enrollment to these folks because they couldn't handle the ADVERSE SELECTION of the individual market. Isn't that interesting?
Question: If an organization with the auspices of the State of Maine and Anthem BCBS can't handle the high risk individuals in the individual market, then just who can?
ANSWER: THE MARKET IN 34 STATES DOES HANDLE IT WITH A RISK POOL.
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