Posted on 08/13/2009 10:39:27 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
CORPUS CHRISTI — Area residents will have the opportunity to ask questions and voice concerns about plans to revamp health care during a telephone town hall meeting next month.
U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Robstown, whose office has gotten thousands of calls from constituents, will discuss health care proposals under consideration in Congress during the Sept. 2 phone conference.
Constituents can call the congressman’s Corpus Christi, Brownsville and Washington D.C. offices to register, Ortiz spokesman Jose Borjon said.
Corpus Christi resident Janet Homan plans to be among the first to register for Ortiz’s meeting. Homan, a 56-year-old elementary school teacher, had called Ortiz’s local office and Washington office urging a town hall format meeting.
“I would like some answers as far as what this is all about,” Homan said.
Congress is struggling to come up with a health care plan that meets Obama’s goals of expanding coverage to millions of uninsured while reining in exploding costs.
Obama has said insurance companies would be barred from dropping coverage when someone gets too sick, limits would be set on out-of-pocket expenses, and preventive care such as checkups and mammograms would be covered.
Opponents say the plan will come with a prohibitive price tag that will further imperil the U.S. economy. They also fear that it will give the government an unprecedented say in health care decisions.
Homan wants to know more.
“This is a major change in the way we do things. I feel it is being pushed through very quickly without questions and answers,” she said. “Are there any answers? I’m not sure there are any, but there are lots of questions.”
Homan said she would rather see Ortiz in person, but will make do with the telephone format and has a list of questions ready.
“Things like, why a public system? Why do we want the U.S. government to take over that large a portion of the economy?” Homan said. “And what is this really going to cost and where are these dollars coming from?”
Borjon said Ortiz has questions he wants answered too, before he has to answer to his constituents.
“He knows that health care is something vitally important to the community in South Texas,” Borjon said. “And he knows a lot of his constituents don’t have health care. However, at the same time what the congressman is mostly concerned about is we need to know how much this is going to cost.”
Borjon said the health care legislation is evolving and the House leadership has not told Ortiz what it will cost or how the nation will pay for it.
Health care meeting
What: Telephone town hall meeting with U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz
Why: To discuss proposed health care reforms
Who: For residents of the 27th Congressional District which includes Nueces, Kleberg, Kenedy, Willacy and Cameron counties and a portion of San Patricio County.
When: 6 p.m. Sept. 2
To register: Call Ortiz’s office: Corpus Christi 361-883-5868 Brownsville 956-541-1242 Washington 202-225-7742
p*ssy
Corrupt Coward!
Chicken, cluck-cluck.
Local radio has been hammering for a town hall meeting, almost got there.
“He knows that health care is something vitally important to the community in South Texas,” Borjon said. “And he knows a lot of his constituents don’t have health care....
Compared to Dallas the health care sucks down here in Corpus. I go up to Dallas to get seen because it takes forever here.
I’m not talking about the doctors/nurses, but the overall getting an appointment with a specialist can take weeks.
Also ran into a major clinic that did not take Aetna or Medicare patients. Also doctor’s staff that didn’t set up the recommendation to the specialist for a couple of weeks.
It'll be interesting to see how it works. If it's successful, we'll no doubt see many more of the same, as the arrogant and pampered congress tries to keep out from in front of public wrath.
>“He knows that health care is something vitally important to the community in South Texas,” Borjon said. “And he knows a lot of his constituents don’t have health care.
And soon you will have millions more from Deep South Texas (Mehico) coming up to suck on the teat of Aunt Sam.
Not acceptable.
If you were a physician, would you want to practice in South Texas prior to tort reform? You can thank Mikal Watts and all the other ambulance chasers in Corpus Christi for the shortage of specialists. Fortunately tort reform has really hurt the TX trial lawyers. I noticed that quite a number of law offices near Spohn hospital now have medical specialists instead.
Ortiz, Rush Limbaugh Katie Couric Award winner for asking the stupidest question, ping!
He has won numerous “Dumb as a Bag of Rocks” awards, and is a poster boy for how Mexican political systems and practices having taken over in South Texas along with the illegals. Oh, and he has endorsed the House bill.
EL PASO Congressman Silvestre Reyes(D)holds
“telephone townhall” meeting.
http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=10929077&nav=menu193_2_5
From The Monitor:
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, has said he would hold a telephone town hall later this month.
Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D-Mercedes, said he doesn’t plan to hold a town hall because the debate has become too polarized.
“Republican leaders and their ideological fellow travelers who want to prevent health insurance reform have poisoned the political well,” said the congressman, whose district includes Hidalgo County.
Your Texas/Mexico border reps!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
