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Michele Bachmann: Resist, don't rush, a health-insurance exchange
St. Paul Pioneer Press ^ | 4/29/11 | Michele Bachmann

Posted on 04/30/2011 7:26:46 AM PDT by rhema

There's always reason to be concerned when bureaucrats call for the government to act quickly and create a massive new program.

In Wednesday's Pioneer Press, Gov. Mark Dayton's commerce commissioner claimed "it is urgent" for lawmakers "to act now" to build a state health insurance exchange. In reality, it is not urgent for Minnesota to capitulate to ObamaCare. The fact is our state lawmakers should be doing everything possible to resist this federal takeover of health care.

Commissioner Mike Rothman wants you to believe that Minnesota can set up an exchange "however we see fit." Even some well-intentioned opponents of ObamaCare have joined the chorus of those who want the Legislature to hurry and build an exchange before adjournment. They argue that this will give us a better chance to fix what's wrong with ObamaCare. Nothing could be further from the truth. ObamaCare uses mandates, price controls, taxes and regulations to dramatically expand the federal government's control over health care. The only flexibility states have is to create a more obtrusive program that pushes us toward a single-payer, government-run system. As the Cato Institute's Michael Cannon pointed out, "Running their own exchanges won't empower states to prevent both the most economical and the most comprehensive health plans from disappearing from their markets."

The majority of Americans have wanted ObamaCare repealed ever since it became law. They know that it will destroy jobs, raise taxes and drive up the cost of health care. In a recent Wall Street Journal editorial, Stanford Law Professor Daniel Kessler wrote that ObamaCare's subsidies will "impose a substantial punishment on work effort." A family that earns one level of annual income will receive a federal health insurance subsidy of $14,799, while a family that earns $1 more gets nothing. That is a government-established disincentive for success.

Most voters, in a new poll, said they want states - not feds - setting health care standards. Unfortunately, the feds have already written more than 6,000 pages of onerous new rules, and it won't be long before this massive new entitlement destroys the choice that consumers currently have in their health insurance.

Let's stop the calls for hasty action that leads to reckless solutions. That's what brought us into the health care mess headed for the U.S. Supreme Court. Building exchanges is like setting the trap that will ensnare us with more taxes, fewer health care choices and a path to socialism. Instead, Minnesota should protect itself from a federal government takeover of health care by refusing federal dollars for the implementation of an exchange, and by actively supporting federal legislation in Congress to repeal ObamaCare.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Government; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: bachmann; obamacare

1 posted on 04/30/2011 7:26:52 AM PDT by rhema
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To: rhema

you go girl

Once freedom is gone, without a shot, it will be hard
to remember we once were free.

Bachmann for VP 2012


2 posted on 04/30/2011 7:30:58 AM PDT by preamble
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To: preamble

Who for pres.?


3 posted on 04/30/2011 7:34:47 AM PDT by IbJensen (Grab your pitchforks!)
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To: rhema

One of the few in either Party on our side.

Pray for America


4 posted on 04/30/2011 7:38:19 AM PDT by bray (The Country Club can hold THEIR noses this election)
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To: preamble; rhema
Ditto. We only have the best medical care in the world and the best country in the world.

Who and what are these dark forces that are trying to tear down the goodness and greatness of America?

At the same time, how can God help America survive as He always has, when we're on track to slaughtering more than 50 million unborn?

America, turn back to your God!

5 posted on 04/30/2011 7:44:07 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: preamble
Bachmann for VP 2012

That's your choice?

Okay, preamble/Bachmann 2012!

6 posted on 04/30/2011 7:46:02 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

Thanks rhema.
There's always reason to be concerned when bureaucrats call for the government to act quickly and create a massive new program... Gov. Mark Dayton's commerce commissioner claimed "it is urgent" for lawmakers "to act now" to build a state health insurance exchange... The fact is our state lawmakers should be doing everything possible to resist this federal takeover of health care... Rothman wants you to believe that Minnesota can set up an exchange "however we see fit." Even some well-intentioned opponents of ObamaCare have joined the chorus of those who want the Legislature to hurry and build an exchange before adjournment. They argue that this will give us a better chance to fix what's wrong with ObamaCare. Nothing could be further from the truth. ObamaCare uses mandates, price controls, taxes and regulations to dramatically expand the federal government's control over health care.
It's not about control over health care, it's about control, period.


7 posted on 04/30/2011 7:49:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: rhema

a voice of reason and sanity


8 posted on 04/30/2011 7:55:13 AM PDT by TurkeyLurkey
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To: rhema
Vastly more cogent than Palin.
9 posted on 04/30/2011 8:13:28 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The power to manage "The Environment" is the power to control the entire economy.)
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To: rhema

Love Michele and her policies!

However, she won’t punch the media in the mouth!

Who are the names capable and willing to punch the media in the mouth?

Newt Gingrich - President
Michele Bachmann - VP
Liz Cheney - Sec. State
Ann Coulter - Press Secretary


10 posted on 04/30/2011 9:50:58 AM PDT by G Larry
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To: rhema
Run Michele Run!
11 posted on 04/30/2011 4:42:35 PM PDT by ejdrapes ("Trump is NO conservative." - Jim Robinson)
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