Posted on 07/20/2017 8:35:10 AM PDT by xzins
Senator Rob Portman believes that Obamacare must be repealed and replaced with reforms that will actually lower costs and improve the quality of our health care. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the health care law the Democrats shoved through Congress in 2009 will slow economic growth over the next decade, cost 2.5 million jobs, and contribute a trillion dollars to the deficit.
The Obamacare rollout has been disastrous, filled with technical glitches and poor management. But the problems with the Obamacare law are much worse than a just few glitches.
President Obama promised that if you liked your insurance you could keep it, but Obamacare has caused people to lose their coverage. He promised people they could keep their doctor, yet insurers are already shrinking networks to cut costs. He promised premiums would go down by $2,500, but data shows rates in Ohio going up an average of 41 percent. And despite over a trillion dollars in new spending, nineteen taxes, multiple mandates, Obamacare will still leave over 30 million people without insurance coverage after it has been in place 10 years.
There are alternatives to Obamacare that would actually reduce the costs in health care. Senator Rob Portman believes that we should allow companies to sell insurance across state lines, pass tort reform to reduce the extra costs due to frivolous lawsuits, and allow smaller businesses to band together and get the same tax benefits that larger businesses have when providing health care to their employees.
Other proposals include establishing well-funded high risk pools for people with pre-existing conditions and providing tax credits for people to purchase insurance on the individual market.
Together, we can repeal Obamacare and replace it with common-sense reforms to lower costs and improve our health care system.
Senator Rob Portman believes that Obamacare must be repealed and replaced with reforms that will actually lower costs and improve the quality of our health care.
That was then, this is now.
That was a very short 6 months ago
Portman is a liberal republican, rino, skinnier version of Kasich...he ran a restaurant business, and his dad wasn’t a mail carrier...otherwise, a clone, anti-Trump. His lips move, thus, he lies.
A tried and true, dyed in the wool all the way down to his DNA Bushie. Served them in many capacities.
He donated $100,000 to the effort to keep Cochran in the Senate through their Mississippi hogwash.
BANK on Portman stabbing conservatives in the back.
Cue Claude Rains
He was my OH-2 congressman for years, and was (then) a “staunchly conservative” representative.
Sad to learn that was all poll-based, as is his current stance in Ohio about irresponsible Medicaid expansion.
He voted for total repeal. Blame the skirts.
Blame Palin. She could have taken out Murkowski for the 2nd time.
Yep, the McDaniel campaign was a terrible reminder of the hatred that the GOP-E has for its voters.
“That was then, this is now.”
More completely, that was when he was just running for office. Not when he’d be held accountable for doing it.
Somehow, some way, politicians MUST be held accountable for what they say. Isn’t that what the Hawaii court and the Ninth Circuit said about President Trump?
What Portman said amounts to fraud. C’mon, Ohio voters, sue him.
Six months ago, as he has said, he had no idea he would ever be forced to back up his campaign promise with actual legislation. Surprise is on him.
Portman is a lying RINO. Where do I send a check to support his primary opponent?
Save your money. 2020 is too far away. You’ll forget. Give it to the opponent of Flake instead. More doable.
There are no “reforms” to obamacare that don’t leave in place the fatal flaw which is government control of the marketplace. The only beneficial action is to legislate the Federal government totally out of Medicine and Insurance(including tax exemptions for employer provided insurance). The market will quickly render Medicine accessible to all but the hopelessly mentally handicapped at prices within reach of the family budget Insurance will become insurance again, largely what once was low priced catastrophic coverage. Add to that stiff trade sanctions against countries that make generic copies of newly patented medicines and procedures and the necessarily stratospheric prices of new medicines will also come down sharply.
Portman, like most other Congressmen and Senators is accountable to George Soros and the Chamber of Commerce. It is they who provide the major portion of their wealth and who will compensate them handsomely with lucrative post electoral careers should they lose their seats. Newly elected firebrands become Portmans within hours of taking their Seats and being instructed in the way the world works in DC.
Portman is smart, he knows the issues, and he's slippery. Look what he's doing now. He wants billions of dollars to "cure the opioid epidemic". Only problem is, nobody has come up with anything that works on the long term. The addict has to look in the mirror and decide to break the addiction. What would Portman's billions do? Create a whole new source of income for deep pocket donors. Medical, psychological, assisted living, pharmaceutical....all collecting obscene profits and giving Portman his cut.
I'd watch Portman and see if he makes any Ryanesque moves to gain power. I'd assume he has a plan and isn't going to make many mistakes getting there.
JMHO
He came out yesterday and said he was likely against repeal unless there were some compelling reason to change his mind.
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