He vetoed EIGHT parts of the bill, but did not even lift a finger to veto or negotiate this part out of it and agreed to Planned Parenthood guaranteed seat on his panel. Don't give me your BS. U.S. Army Retired |
Posted on 01/06/2008 2:30:43 PM PST by Fred
Fred Thompson Release:
- This is Romney's health care plan of which he claims authorship and credit. - The plan guarantees Planned Parenthood a seat at the decision-making table. - The plan provides taxpayer-funded abortions for a copay of $50. - The plan penalizes individuals not buying health insurance coverage and small businesses not offering health insurance to their employees.
Romney Is Quick To Take Credit For Massachusetts' Health Care Plan
- "I love it. It's a fabulous program." (GOP Primary Debate, Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA, MSNBC, 5/3/2007) - "But I helped write it and I knew it well..." (GOP Primary Debate, Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA, MSNBC, 5/3/2007)
KEY ASPECTS OF ROMNEY'S MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH CARE PLAN...
(1) Guarantees Planned Parenthood A Seat At The Table. Romney's legislation created an advisory board and guarantees, by law, that Planned Parenthood has a seat at the table. Romney's plan established a MassHealth payment policy advisory board, and one member of the Board must be from Planned Parenthood. No pro-life organization is represented. (Chapter 58 Section 3 (q) Section 16M (a), http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/seslaw06/sl060058.htm )
(2) Provides Taxpayer-Funded Abortions . Abortions are covered in the Commonwealth Care program that Romney created as Governor. Under the program, abortions are available for a copay of $50. (Menu of Health Care Services: http://www.mass.gov/Qhic/docs/cc_benefits1220_pt234.pdf )
- Romney used his line-item veto authority to strike eight sections of the bill that he found objectionable, including the expansion of dental benefits to Medicaid recipients. Yet, he did not strike Planned Parenthood's guaranteed Board representation and he did nothing to prohibit taxpayer-funded abortions as part of his plan. ("Romney's Health Care Vetoes," Associated Press, 4/12/06)
(3) Punitive Toward Small Businesses. Small Businesses are fined $295-per-employee if they do not provide health insurance coverage to employees. (Steve LeBlanc, "Mass Lawmakers Ok Mandatory Health Bill," Associated Press, 4/5/06)
(4) Punitive Toward Individuals. Individuals not obtaining health insurance coverage lose their personal state tax exemption in 2007, which will cost them an estimated $219 in higher taxes. In 2008, uncovered individuals are assessed a fine equal to 50-percent of the cost of a standard insurance policy, which could be as much as $2,000. (Michael Tanner, "No Miracle In Massachusetts," Cato Institute, 6/6/06; Steve LeBlanc, "Timing Of Health Care Law's Penalties Could Pose Risk For Romney, MA," Associated Press, 11/9/07; William C. Symonds, "In Massachusetts, Health Care for All?" Business Week, 4/4/06 )
WRONG! Actually when a DEM governor took over he brought at least some accountability and control of corruption. Guess how he did it? He told the HEY MOE's Knock it off or the program shuts down. Now what do you think happened? His second term and not a mention of state income tax or shutting down state facilities.
I know who was being tossed out of Tenncare under Taxquist it was the ones formerly Medicaid qualified namely the disabled and that as well brought several revolts. I'm from Tennessee both me and my wife are disabled residence of Tennessee. I know how the who stinking mess started and I know the GOP's hands were very dirty in it as dirty as the DEMs maybe a little bit more so.
Chris Wallace on FOX now.....before the debate interviews. He has interviewed Romney, now on Huckabee. Let’s see if he follows the winner line from Iowa and has Fred on next, and then McCain. Bet if he has anyone on after Huckabee it will be McCain and then he will forget about Fred. That is what I expect, but maybe Chris will surprise me. Sure hope so!
GO FRED!
O.M.G...
Mandated by the courts, you’ve been told a dozen times, but you continue to LIE.
Hasn’t Chris been somewhat fair toward Fred when he’s been on Fox Sunday morning?
| He vetoed EIGHT parts of the bill, but did not even lift a finger to veto or negotiate this part out of it and agreed to Planned Parenthood guaranteed seat on his panel. Don't give me your BS. U.S. Army Retired |
Fred is the one who got him to blurt out the BS about "I'm not making it a federal mandate"
Personally, I had no idea this thing was this bad.
Punishes employers, punishes individuals, encourages abortion.
That's a real conservative Republican platform plank there!
That’s all well and good they could’ve just halted funding, but then Scumquist would’ve had to have done something else in its place. You know and I know that asshat couldn’t do anything right, so would you have trusted him to try to come up with an entirely new system ? With THIS legislature ? Your blaming Fred for that is a stretch. As for Frist, he was just plain incompetent. Lay the blame on Scumquist.
How can it be phony? It’s Mitt’s bill, not Fred’s.
Yes Chris has been fair to Fred. Just wondering if his interview line up includes all four top winners out of Iowa or just Huckabee and Romney. Looks like it will be just be the two. Now talking with Brit. GO FRED!:)
One more time. RomneyCare is nationalized health care insurance and the first step towards socialized medicine. It’s mandated, subsidized and controlled by the government. Forcing people to purchase a service against their will is called tyranny. Subsidizing the premiums for those who can’t afford it, is called socialism.
Others might give you grief, but I appreciate you posting reality in post #81...
To forecast how some might respond based on past reactions in other settings...people usually get more upset over these pix than the reality that Mr. or Ms. Abortionist was able to dismember the little one you've show there.
Because that was mandated by the court and not subject to negotiation.
Private health insurance should be mandated, just like private auto liability insurance The only exception would be that if the individual refuses to buy private medical insurance, he/she must sign a document releasing the government from incurring any debt that results from his/her medical treatment (which is exactly what Mitt said in yesterday’s debate).
Why should I (the taxpayers) have to pay for the medical treatment of anyone refusing to have private coverage? Screw that.
Mitt is right.
Of course it includes Planned Parenthood. Romney is on the Healthy People 2010 train just like Huckabee.
Guess what? It isn’t just Planned Parenthood. Healthy People includes firearms as a safety hazard.
See the last link below my post to reference the firearms control section under the occupational safety initiative of Healthy People 2010
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=pressreleases&agId=Eeohhs2&prModName=dphpressrelease&prFile=061024_obesity.xml as retrieved on Aug 15, 2007 18:53:58 GMT.
Massachusetts State Seal
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Department of Public Health
250 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108-4619
MITT ROMNEY
GOVERNOR
KERRY HEALEY
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
TIMOTHY MURPHY
SECRETARY
PAUL J. COTE, JR.
COMMISSIONER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 24, 2006
CONTACT:
Donna Rheaume
(617) 624-5006
ONE OUT OF FIVE MASSACHUSETTS ADULTS OBESE
DPH Releases Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Report
The Department of Public Health (DPH) today released the annual Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) report which tracks health risk factors, preventative health behaviors, chronic conditions and emerging public health issues. The report is based on a 2005 telephone survey of over 8,900 Massachusetts residents ages 18 and older. Residents were asked questions about a variety of health topics including smoking, binge drinking, weight and obesity, diabetes, flu immunization, cancer screening, asthma and others.
Highlights from the report include:
* Obesity continued to increase in Massachusetts. One out of five Massachusetts adults was obese (20.7 percent). Massachusetts remains the fifth leanest state in the U.S.
* The gap between Massachusetts and the U.S. numbers for binge drinking is decreasing. In 2005, nearly 16 percent of Massachusetts adults reported binge drinking (5 or more drinks on one occasion) in the past month compared with about 14 percent nationally.
* 6.4 percent of Massachusetts adults have diabetes, which is 14 percent lower than the U.S. Diabetes has been increasing at a rate of 3 percent per year in Massachusetts since 1990. Obese adults are more likely to report diabetes than adults with normal weight.
* 87 percent of Massachusetts adults reported that they have a health care provider in 2005, surpassing the Healthy People 2010 goal of 85 percent.
“The Massachusetts BRFSS continues to be one of the key public health surveillance tools which helps us target resources to meet the needs of residents and improve the health of our citizens,” said DPH Commissioner Paul J. Cote Jr.
According to the Massachusetts BRFSS, adult smoking rates have fallen in the past two decades from 28 percent in 1986 to the current rate of 18 percent, placing Massachusetts below the national average of 21 percent. There has also been a decline in Massachusetts residents’ exposure to secondhand smoke. The statewide Smoke-Free Workplace Law was signed by Governor Romney in July 2004.
Other highlights on tobacco use include:
* In 2005, 18 percent of Massachusetts adults reported smoking, which represents about 850,000 current adult smokers in Massachusetts.
* Adults with less than four years of college reported significantly higher smoking rates.
* Smokers also tend to be concentrated in certain geographic areas of the Commonwealth, including Worcester, Springfield, Fall River/New Bedford, and rural areas of southeastern and western Massachusetts.
“This report demonstrates that we have made tremendous progress in lowering smoking rates in Massachusetts. It also allows us to target our efforts to those groups and communities where smoking rates remain high as we work to reduce the numbers of smokers,” said DPH Associate Commissioner Sally Fogerty.
For more information,visit www.mass.gov/dph/hsp and www.mass.gov/dph/mtcp. BRFSS Data through 2005 can also be found on www.masschip.state.ma.us.
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More on Healthy People 2010:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1563271/posts
Healthy People 2010
Anyone supporting Romney, if he is sold out to Healthy People, this means NO GUNS. Healthy People 2010 declares guns “unhealthy”.
See post 108 for the Occupational Safety and Health section of Healthy People 2010
prolife ping
| Sometimes you have to face a little reality and realize that Mitt's slickness has and will lead to the dismemberment and murder of innocent human beings for PROFIT. He's a sick evil SOB. U.S. Army Retired |
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