Posted on 12/28/2009 6:31:26 PM PST by Moseley
Will Rewrite Health Care 'Bait & Switch' Bill in 2011, Vows Congressional Candidate Paul Schiffer Contact: Paul Schiffer, 216-276-8257; www.PaulSchiffer2010.com
CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 28 /Christian Newswire/ -- Paul Schiffer, Republican candidate for Congress in Ohio's 16th Congressional District, accused Congressional Democrats of enacting a "BAIT & SWITCH" health care bill and promised to rewrite the bill in 2011 to match Americans' priorities.
Schiffer claims: "The Democrats' health care bill is largely unrelated to what the public was told would be its goals. Democrats sold the bill as fixing specific problems which Americans – and I – all want to see fixed. When elected to Congress, I will fight to make the Democrats' bill actually match their rhetoric! Health care reform should not be a Trojan Horse for socialism."
Schiffer added: "Cost estimates for this bill are ENRON-style accounting, and a scam. Arthur Anderson was dismantled for accounting gimmicks less fraudulent than what's in the Democrats' health care bill. Projected cuts will never happen, costs will multiply like weeds, and the Democrats will bankrupt America."
Out of dozens of defects, Paul Schiffer highlighted the "individual mandate" forcing Americans to buy insurance. "It is deeply offensive that Americans will be fined by the government, and possibly jailed for unpaid fines, if they do not buy the type of insurance commanded by a nameless bureaucrat. Nothing could be more alien to the America that I know and love. In Congress, I will fight to repeal this outrage." Schiffer proposed methods to repeal the "individual mandate" without compromising coverage for pre-existing conditions.
Schiffer will fight to ensure no Federal funds are used for abortions and no medical professional is forced to perform abortions against his conscience.
Schiffer will fight to allow the nation's 1300 health insurance companies to compete nationwide, offering Americans vastly expanded choices in each State.
Schiffer will fight to involve patients more in approval of medical invoices to deter over-billing and excessive costs.
Schiffer will keep America's promise to Medicare patients.
Schiffer vowed to reduce the cost to the medical system of abusive lawsuits, while protecting the opportunity of patients to receive 100% of all losses and damages from genuine medical injuries.
"While the Senate's Bill and the House Bill must still be reconciled, it is clear that Democrats are hell-bent on transforming America into a socialist if not communist nation. Like candy offered to children by a pedophile, socialism offers the appearance of wonderful things, but in the end steals both freedom and prosperity," Schiffer explained.
Paul Schiffer's Congressional campaign website is: www.PaulSchiffer2010.com
Of course they will. After the House dems get their payoffs.
DUMP IT! Then open up competition across states. People will shop for the best deals and there will be healthy competition.
I don’t see anyone saying they will get rid of it. That’s what the public wants. Not rewrite the damn thing.
What a stupid thing to say. I said I didn’t see anyone actually doing it.
Yes, you’re right.
“It” is so bad and so tainted that I understand why people want to throw the whole thing out.
But if the Dems had truly cooperated with the GOP from the start, there are simple reforms — WITHOUT any new government programs or agencies — that everyone could have agreed on.
I was wondering if you were opposed to doing anything at all, or simply against hte monstrosity that the Dems ended up with.
My thinking is that Obama SOLD the bill (or tried to) on the grounds of simple problems that could have been fixed with simple regulatory changes WITHOUT adding a single bureaucrat or spending one dime of Federal money, such as pre-existing conditions, shenanigans of insurance dropping people who get sick, etc.
ALL OF THIS WILL DRIVE UP INSURANCE PREMIUMS, no way to avoid that. People need to know what they are supporting. But I think there was strong support for those small fixes WITHOUT any government program.
“Schiffer proposed methods to repeal the ‘individual mandate’ without compromising coverage for pre-existing conditions.”
This is what is known as squaring the circle.
It is an impossible promise to make without ultimately leading to the bankrupting of the system.
It permits folks to go without insurance while they’re healthy and to sign up when things take a turn for the worse.
Insurance can’t work that way.
At this point in time; I am against any plan by Repubs or Dems simply because I do not trust either. Neither of them are doing America a favor because they can change any plan in the blink of an eye after passed without our permission or knowledge.
I can respect that.
It’s a close call, but I think I should try to work within the GOP.... but it’s a close call.
Unless the GOP reforms, it will and should die.
The Big-Spending GOP under Bush (since Newt resigned especially) cannot continue.
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