Posted on 08/18/2009 7:45:20 PM PDT by Libloather
Miss. Democrat Childers opposes House health bill
Updated: Aug 18, 2009 10:06 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Travis Childers says he would not vote for a House health care reform bill in its current form.
The north Mississippi freshman told more than 7,200 listeners during a town hall teleconference Tuesday night that private insurance companies should compete for business to decrease health costs.
Childers said companies should stop denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. He said he wants to see details before deciding whether he'd support a mandate for all Americans to have some type of health insurance.
Childers said he opposes any public funding for abortion and any public health coverage for people who are in the U.S. illegally.
He also said it is a "myth" that health care legislation would require people to go before "death panels" to discuss end-of-life issues.
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So far, that's a bit better than the RINO's.
What will the Obama freebie voters do when they find out the government is going to FORCE them to PAY for insurance.
I’ll believe him later.
If you have a one time window for people to purchase their own private insurance, regardless of Pre Existing conditions, with a mandatory 12 month waiting period for benefits on the PEC, I can see it (although it is wrong). But forcing insurers to pay for care on PEC’s knowingly and permanently will put them out of business.
Its akin to requiring insurers to offer life insurance policies to new applicants who are terminally ill. The purpose of insurance is to protect against a risk. Having a condition already, means its not a risk, its a fact.
Not to worry - they will be covered under the Children’s Healthcare Program which covers from birth until death and the feds/states pick up the cost.
I would bet my place in line, to be in line, to see an alternate, student assistant nurses-aide-in-training in our forthcoming healthcare miracle that Mister Childers will cave in like a coward's coward.
House Squeaker Pelosi doesn't want any conscience consultation ruining her reign, and Mister Childers is about to meet Mr. Letsmakeadealthatyouwontrefuse.
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I wonder if he supports this for other type of insurance.
My car has a preëxisting condition: I crashed it. Can I still get insurance?
Can I get life insurance for my spouse? Yeah, he has a preëxisting condition in that he's in the ground...
Back in Washington, he will vote exactly as Nancy tells him to. Blue Dog Democrats are first and foremost DEMOCRATS.
“Childers said he opposes any public funding for abortion and any public health coverage for people who are in the U.S. illegally.
So far, that’s a bit better than the RINO’s. “
Nope. Even RINOs are against taxpayer funding of abortions. Meanwhile 7 pelosi poodle/blue dogs voted *FOR* taxpayer funding of abortion in HR3200.
Childers is still a Pelosi Poodle.
Childers still votes to keep Pelosi in the Speakership and Barney Frank & Charlie Rangel in Committee Chairmanships.
“If you have a one time window for people to purchase their own private insurance, regardless of Pre Existing conditions, with a mandatory 12 month waiting period for benefits on the PEC, I can see it (although it is wrong). But forcing insurers to pay for care on PEC’s knowingly and permanently will put them out of business.”
I read that insurers would accept this onorous regulation so long as they get captive customers ... which they get with *MANDATES*.
I agree that this level of heavy regulation will in effect end the free market in health insurance (what little exists in our overregulated system). YOu’ll get the insurance the govt mandates you have.
My takeaway: THE REAL END TO HEALTHCARE CHOICE OCCURS WHEN YOU IMPOSE MANDATES. The crucial problem with ObamaCare is MANDATES, a concept almost as bad a Public Option.
Yeah, the whole issue is akin to stepping thru a minefield. If they follow Kyl’s suggested framework, HSA’s combined with across state line sales, tort reform, and group pooling, that would lower cost of insurance. But the problem is the retreads who won’t work and pay for their own.
If everyone pays, the system works fine and costs come down. But if the uninsured and non-paying remain just that, the costs remain necessarily high because the payers are covering the non payers.
The even more major problem though is that Obama has no genuine interest in Health Care. He is interested in government control. He won’t be interested in anything that doesn’t provide government control. That is why, as much as we need reform, the best thing is to kill the bill and come back to it when Sarah Palin is elected in ‘12.
I wonder if he supports this for other type of insurance?
I wouldn’t ask this question too loudly for fear of the answer...
Good. Although I live in Memphis (TN, of course) I am less that 20 miles from his district and i have been calling his office regularly to let them know that as a retired couple, my wife and I would be spending about 5 days a month knocking on his constituents’ doors.
States that have mandatory liability insurance also have “assigned risk” pools, with high premiums for minimum coverage. Good behavior lets these bad risks out of the AR pool and back into the regular market.
The Medicare D plan does not force us geezers to buy in to a qualified plan, but if we drop out for a year, our new premiums are higher when we return.
If you carry insurance when you are young and healthy, you should pay less for it later on. If you carry it continuously, you should never be dropped due to your health.
And health insurance premiums should be deductible ONLY by the individual, not the employer. That way the insurance could be made portable.
Going without insurance SHOULD raise the price when you do buy in,
Sounds just like what my blue lap dog rep is saying. Talking points alert!
They have a cushion of 38 + and rinos the can decieve.
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