Posted on 03/19/2010 10:55:51 AM PDT by SmartInsight
Democrats are planning to introduce legislation later this spring that would permanently repeal annual Medicare cuts to doctors, but are warning lawmakers not to talk about it for fear that it will complicate their push to pass comprehensive health reform. The plans undercut the party's message that reform lowers the deficit, according to a memo obtained by POLITICO.
Democrats removed the so-called doc fix from the reform legislation last year because its $371-billion price tag would have made it impossible for Democrats to claim that their bill reduces the deficit. Republicans have argued for months that by stripping the doc fix from the bill, Democrats were playing a shell game.
“Most health staff are already aware that our health proposal does not contain a 'doc fix.' … The inclusion of a full SGR repeal would undermine reform’s budget neutrality. So again, do not allow yourself (or your boss) to get into a discussion of the details of CBO scores and textual narrative. Instead, focus only on the deficit reduction and number of Americans covered,†the memo, sent Thursday to Democratic staff, said
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
“If the deemoncrats are allowed string this mess out until after the elections”
I think the idea is to make sure the Dems will NOT be there after the elections.
You know, I gotta tell you, the fact alone that Senators Snowe and Collins aren’t going along with what the Dems are pulling should tell you something.
It’s just so wrong.
HCR isn’t wrong, tyrannical is the right word.
And these ladies haven’t forgotten that it was tyranny that the founders fought.
LOL!
When the paper is more expensive than the bill.
Since when can a POTUS mandate the attendance of a member of the Legislative Branch? If they can mandate their attendance, they can mandate how they vote.
The memo has now been “pulled” from the Politico site until they can verify it’s accuracy now.
The Dems are saying that it’s not their memo.
the list
Obongo and his thugs see enormous amount of money going into insurance companies and the government wants a piece of the pie. So if they can sell insurance just look at all the money they can embezzle.
Not until adults with sense are in charge of the purse strings.
Louisian Rep. John Felming reading this on Cspan right now!!!
Getting warmer by the minute...
Interesting. I bet it’s a result of some more arm twisting by Obama, looking up the FBI files of the owners of Politico.
And the only thing we'll need fret is when the Morlocks come from below to cull the herd.
*****UPDATE*****
According to the latest update at Politico.com;
UPDATE: Democrats challenge authenticity of ‘doc fix’ memo
An earlier post in this spot detailed what was purported by Republicans to be an internal Democratic memo regarding the upcoming health reform vote Sunday. Democratic leadership has challenged the authenticity of the memo. POLITICO has removed the memo and the details about it until we can absolutely verify the document’s origin.
Or possibly one of Hillary’s disciples, it they can bring down this bill it will significantly damage his presidency leaving her to step in as a strong primary challenger. Hillary’s people think she was cheated and want a do over.
Go to house.gov, click on committees, find Nancy P's committee and shoot an email through this contact.
You don't have to be a member of her district to write through the committee email contact.
Good luck
Just heard the word “hoax” thrown out by a reporter when questioning the GOP about this article.
Very good!
Somehow Lennon left them out of Imagine.
Of course the Dems are claiming this is a hoax..they got caught red handed and they don’t know what to say.
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