Posted on 03/01/2010 12:47:12 AM PST by yoe
On the verge of a procedural fight over health care, Arizona Sen. John McCain, the Republican's presidential nominee in 2008, said Sunday that he plans to introduce legislation that would prevent Congress from changing Medicare through a process that only requires a simple majority in the Senate.
“Social Security cannot be considered in reconciliation,' McCain said on NBC's "Meet the Press," referring to a rule established in the 1970s by veteran Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.). "We should do the same thing with Medicare. (Sen.) Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and I will be introducing legislation: Entitlements should not be part of a reconciliation process -- i.e., 51 votes. It’s too important. … Let’s start over. … It’s not too late.”
Democrats are trying to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicare to pay for their health care bill, something that wouldn't be possible under McCain's proposal.
McCain also took exception with some of the deals cut with industries and individual senators to build support for the various bills. He cited protections for the pharmaceutical industry that would block the reimportation of prescription drugs and preserve a favorable reimbursement structure for drug makers under Medicare.
"These are unsavory deals," McCain said. "People object to the process as much as they object to the product."
The Arizona senator also rejected the suggestion that Democrats genuinely wanted to work with GOP lawmakers.
"There is no doubt in my mind that this is a center-right country, and this administration is governing from the left.," McCain said. "We need to start over,"
Scott Brown win should tell the maggots that their day is done if they forge ahead.
95% of the Boomers are counting on these programs which by the way they were conned into paying for by the Dems all these years.
Statement based on MA Dems --> family and friends ... they are ticked off.
Here comes McStain, reaching across the aisle.
Meeting the Communists halfway....
By the time McCrap is done, we’ll be praying to Mecca under enormous portraits of Chairman Mao.
ROFLMAO!
Linking this to the Hayworth/McCain Headline Roundup:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2456305/posts?page=90
I’m hoping this is just a poison pill, but McCain has a track record of gullibility, such as being “misled” about the bailout.
I HOPE that Hayworth’s primary pressure at the very least helps make McCain sharper.
— FRegards ....
It could be a smart poison pill that unravels this entire process. It exposes the slashes on seniors. If seniors aren’t slashed, then the bill becomes surprisingly expensive. But this is McCain — a name you can’t trust.
Republicans failed to take advantage of a perfect opportunity at last week's "summit". When Democrats reiterated their claim that they could save hundreds of billions by eliminating fraud and waste in Medicare, the Republicans should have demanded that those corrections happen immediately. Every day we wait costs Americans billions. Why not eliminate the fraud and waste TODAY!? Why does it have to be part of health legislation!
The most recent discussion I've heard is reconciliation is legal but rarely used for bills like this. Do you have more up to date info re: legality?
McCain is feeling the heat at home.
“Legality” is probably the wrong word. It is a matter of complying with Senate rules, not enacted law.
As far as I know.
You are very unlikely to have either one.
I continue to fear MAO-bama & his comrades will eventually force their socialism on us.
“”There is no doubt in my mind that this is a center-right country, and this administration is governing from the left.,” McCain said.”
Make up your mind, McCain. Are we a ‘center-right’ country, which you’ve said in the past is a bad thing???
“This kind of rhetoric, I think, is not helpful in educating and helping the American people make a choice,” McCain said on “The Early Show” on CBS. “You know, it’s the most bitter and partisan campaign that I’ve ever observed. I think it’s because both parties are going to their bases rather than going to the middle. I regret it.”[snip]
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4555261/
And if you’re so concerned about our ‘healthcare’, why push legislation to restrict our freedom to buy supplements??
“(Sen.) Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and I will be introducing legislation”
When these two team up, you know it’s not going to be good.
J. D. Hayworth for Senate.
For a former Military man it is shameful he hasn’t taken the lead to get the BIG NEW FEES in Tricare for Life the secondary health ins. for over 65 retired Military REPEALED, they were promised for their service to their country.
OBAMANOMICS—TRICKLE DOWN DESTRUCTION of the economy
SET THEIR LOCAL AND DC LINES ON FIRE!
PLEASE ASK THEM TO REPEAL THE BIG NEW FEES in TRICARE for Life, the retired Military over 65 secondary health ins. which they passed in a DOD bill. They promised our Military these benefits, and our Military have earned them.
Bambi doesn’t keep his promises...so buyer beware!
Sen Scott Brown’s number is 202-224-4543
Capitol Hill switchboard is 202-224-3121
Lots of local demwit phone numbers on this thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2408217/posts
Rename, repackage, rewrite it a tad smaller, and sell another pig in a poke. NO COLAs for granny, retired Military or retired fed employees. BIG NEW fees for Tricare for Life retired over 65 Military’s secondary health ins.
(DOD bill already passed, delayed but goes into effect 2011 NEEDS TO BE REPEALED!
OBAMA’s WAR ON SENIORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2433867/posts/
New Dem mantra: Woof, woof eat dog food granny....ala let them eat cake. http://www.lifenews.com/bio3058.html
Friday, February 19, 2010
Obama says slight fix will extend Social Security
http://townhall.com/news/us/2010/02/19/obama_says_slight_fix_will_extend_social_security
Health Care Rationing for Seniors Another Problem in New Obama Plan http://www.lifenews.com/bio3058.html
Medicare tax may apply to investment income (ObamaCare tax hike)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2460988/posts
SOCIALIZED MED THREAD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2461394/posts
TRI CARE FOR LIFE This from a google search:
http://economicspolitics.blogspot.com/2009/05/tricare-for-life-is-obama-trying-to.html
This option would help reduce the costs of TFL, as well as costs for Medicare, by introducing minimum out-of pocket requirements for beneficiaries. Under this option, TFL would not cover any of the first $525 of an enrollee’s cost-sharing liabilities for calendar year 2011 and would limit coverage to 50 percent of the next $4,725 in Medicare cost sharing that the beneficiary incurred. (Because all further cost sharing would be covered by TFL, enrollees could not pay more than $2,888 in cost sharing in that year.) http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9925/12-18-HealthOptions.pdf
http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/hcva09/hcva110609-1.htm
Bill Would Restrict Veterans’ Health Care Options 11/06/09
Buyer and McKeon Offer Amendments to Protect Veterans and TRICARE Beneficiaries
Congress plans to block Tricare fee increases
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/10/military_tricarefees_blocked_100709w
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/10/military_tricarefees_blocked_100709w/
By Rick Maze - Staff writer, Oct 7, 2009
Tricare fee increases imposed last week by the Defense Department will be repealed by a provision of the compromise 2010 defense authorization bill unveiled Wednesday by House and Senate negotiators.
Snip The fee increases were announced on Sept. 30 and took effect on Oct. 1, but the defense bill, HR 2647, includes a provision barring any fee increases until the start of fiscal 2011.
Snip
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Bill Matz, president of the National Association for Uniformed Services, said the announcement of fee increases was shocking considering that the Obama administration promised earlier this year to hold off on any new fee Tricare fee increases until fiscal 2011.
“President Obama and DoD assured NAUS and the entire military family earlier this year that there would rightly be no increases in any Tricare fees” in fiscal 2010, Matz said. “We took them at their word, and I can’t believe that a co-pay increase like this was allowed to go forward,” he added.
Screw you, McCrap, it’s too late!
Yeah... right... this’ll pass... /s
When I enlisted I was promised free medical care for life if I stayed long enough to retire. I retired. Somehow, that free medical care never showed-up...
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