Posted on 04/01/2010 10:31:14 PM PDT by Chet 99
April 01, 2010 6:34 PM
By BENJAMIN YOUNT
Illinois Statehouse News
SPRINGFIELD - Mark Kirk is adding a dose of realism to his opposition to the recently signed national health care reform.
The Chicago-area congressman and GOP candidate for U.S. Senate said he still is opposed to much of the law aimed at overhauling the nation's health care system.
But Kirk is backing away from his pledge to lead the fight to repeal the plan.
"We lost, and we don't have the votes," Kirk said Thursday in Springfield. "And so now my job is to tell the American people exactly what is (in) this bill in terms of new taxes and cuts to seniors who depend on Medicare. And then to go forward, hopefully as your senator, and have some of these taxes not in place, have some of these cuts not in place."
Earlier this month, Kirk pledged to an audience at a political event that he would repeal the law in 2013, before most of the new changes would take effect.
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Just snuggling in with the chains, now that they have warmed to his back. Only he is exempt from all this.
Prohibition was repealed; this can be repealed. We may not have the numbers now, but next November can change that.
What this moron does it up to him. It’s not going to be the goobers and the gomers in the GOP who are going to repeal and rollback communism in this country. We the People of the United States ARE GOING TO DO IT. The GOP goobers can join in the effort or they can go hang out at a strip club somewhere. They just need to stay the hell out of the way. It’s up to them what they want to do. We really don’t care one way or another.
OBAMACARE CUTS TO SENIORS HEALTHCARE
THE FOLLOWING CUTS HIT SENIORS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. AFTER THAT BIGGER CUTS TO MEDICARE KICK IN. THIS MUST BE REPEALED!!
2010
• Medicare cuts to inpatient psych hospitals (7/1/10)
• Medicare Advantage cuts begin
• Medicare cuts to home health begin
• Wealthier seniors ($85K/$170K) begin paying higher Part D premiums (not indexed for inflation in Parts B/D)
• Medicare reimbursement cuts when seniors use diagnostic imaging like MRIs, CT scans, etc.
• Medicare cuts begin to ambulance services, ASCs, diagnostic labs, and durable medical equipment
• Impose new annual tax on brand name pharmaceutical companies which will raise drug prices
• Americans begin paying premiums for federal long-term care insurance (CLASS Act)
2011
• Prohibition on Medicare payments to new physician-owned hospitals
• Seniors prohibited from purchasing power wheelchairs unless they first rent for 13 months
• New Medicare cuts to long-term care hospitals begin (7/1/11)
2012
• Additional Medicare cuts to hospitals and cuts to nursing homes and inpatient rehab facilities begin (FY12)
• New tax on all private health insurance policies to pay for comp. eff. research (plan years beginning FY12)
Mark Kirk is a dangerous counterfeit.
Mark Kirk does understand the people of IL and their desire for total socialism.
Tell this weasel squish that SCOTT BROWN WON in MASSACHUSETTS running against healthcare.
REPEAL!!!!
I live in Illinois and I will never vote for the ultra liberal Kirk.
Yeah, that's the kind of fighting spirit I like to see in my Congressman. /s
Kirk, if you guys run in November on Repealing Obamacare, may be enough of you will win, and than you decide what options are available to handle obamacare.
Kirk, if you guys run in November on Repealing Obamacare, may be enough of you will win, and than you decide what options are available to handle obamacare.
Must have gotten the Fax from The RNC to back off that line of attack the Republicans are afraid the people will hold it against them if the repeal effort fails ,Bunch of Cowards,dont forget to send in your donation,snatching defeat from the jaws of Victory
*IL politics ping*
Just when you think Mark Kirk can’t get any more odious...
Thats why I working for and voting for Randy Stufflebeam for U.S. Senate!!
Guess ya can add Mark Kirk to the growing list of RINO turds.
Just kick them all to the curb.
We need a SECOND one.
What?
Let’s see, there is the DemocRAT party and then there is the Republican (or dem lite) party.
No real conserative party as I can see.
If worse comes to worse it can be repealed no later than 2013 when Obama is gone.
I have a dose of realism for Mark.
If he wants my vote he’s going about it the wrong way.
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