Posted on 07/31/2009 8:04:54 AM PDT by jazusamo
When it comes to their constituents' health care, the Blue Dogs are barking up the wrong tree.
House Blue Dogs -- moderate Democrats who represent Republican-leaning districts -- joined ranks with liberal Democrats on Wednesday to impose a government insurance system on all Americans.
The leader of the pack, Rep. Mike Ross, Arkansas Democrat, confusedly assured that government insurance "will not be mandated on anyone," but that "everyone in America will be required to have health insurance." He claimed that his negotiations cut the cost of the House health care bill by 9 percent and made it possible for more small businesses to be exempt from providing health care to their employees.
On its face, it's true that it is possible to require insurance without mandating that it be government insurance. The problem is that government insurance will be so heavily subsidized that most will choose it over private insurance because it will be much cheaper.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Blue Dorks
So Mike Ross, Arkansas Democrat, is crowing because he saved 9% of a 1.6 trillion dollar program.
Uh, Mike. That is like peanuts, you moron.
This is their out, they go back home and tell everyone how much money they saved but they made all the leftists on the Hill happy.
Time for yet another contact to my Blue Dog Rep to let him know we’re not fooled.
“Sec. 203, Pg. 84 - Government mandates ALL benefit packages for private Health Care plans in the exchange.”
Read the rest of this overview here:
http://www.liberty.edu/media/9980/attachments/healthcare_overview_obama_072909.pdf
WHERE is the dough-re-mi going to come from to pay for all this?
They will tax more and print money - both a disaster. Call your reps, and write a letter to the editor to get others to call their reps.
Well said, Sun. We have to keep the pressure on our reps during the whole recess and thanks for that link.
Crazy like a blue dog.
Drop the badly wrote bill NOW! This will do nothing but hurt people and deny care that they can easily recieve now.
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