Reid: Defunding Obamacare ‘dead on arrival’ in Senate

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared the House version of the bill that funds the government and defunds Obamacare “dead on arrival” in the Senate, accusing Republicans of trying to hold the country “ransom.”

On Friday, the House passed a bill that funds the government through December 15, while defunding Obamacare. Reid moved to begin consideration of the bill when the Senate returned to session Monday afternoon, but made clear that it would be sent back to the House without that provision.

“Any bill that defunds Obama’s health-care plan is dead on arrival in the Senate,” Reid said on the Senate floor.

“We’re not going to bow to tea party anarchists who deny that Obamacare is the law,” he added.

The government is set to shutdown in seven days if Democrats and Republicans cannot come to an agreement and pass a bill to fund it. Reid, acknowledging that the clock is winding down, said his chamber would “act as quickly as tea party Republicans will allow,” a reference to Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who has said he will filibuster the bill that does not defund Obamacare.

Reid described that plan — to insist on defunding Obamacare — as a “Thelma and Louise style” plan meant to “drive this economy off the cliff.”

“Obamacare is the law of the land,” Reid said, “and will remain the law of the land as long as Barack Obama is president of the United States and I am Senate Majority Leader.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid...

For now. That majority thing is looking more and more short-term.

...declared the House version of the bill that funds the government and defunds Obamacare “dead on arrival” in the Senate...

That's fine. We want you and your fellow 'rats to stand up in front of American and say "No, we want this, we're keeping it. ... Well, we're keeping it for you peons, we've exempted ourselves." Yeah Harry, that'll do just fine.

...accusing Republicans of trying to hold the country “ransom.”

Bull, you and your cohorts in crime are the ones that do that anytime you don't get your way. You go out of your way to make sure any cuts, sequestration BS, etc. is intentionally as painful as possible. How many times have we heard "it'll cut law enforcement, fire protection, etc. etc." but never one damn word about cutting entitlement programs.

...“We’re not going to bow to tea party anarchists who deny that Obamacare is the law,” he added.

Harry, for a law type you really aren't that good with language. No-one is denying obamacare is currently "the law" - in fact that's why we're fighting so hard to de-fund and repeal it. If it weren't the law, we'd all have a good laugh at the stupidity of it and go on with our lives. Instead we are forced to expend tremendous resources protecting our freedoms from the likes of you.

The government is set to shutdown in seven days if Democrats and Republicans cannot come to an agreement and pass a bill to fund it.

Absolutely not. No compromise, no funding for obamacare, period. Go ahead, shut government down. Start with the entitlement programs, they're the easiest to live without - they can go find work in this wonderful obama economy.

Reid, acknowledging that the clock is winding down, said his chamber would “act as quickly as tea party Republicans will allow,”...

Well, at least he's acknowledging the growing power of the TEA Party. Ahem, wake up GOP.

Reid described that plan — to insist on defunding Obamacare — as a “Thelma and Louise style” plan meant to “drive this economy off the cliff.”

Is Reid trying to say obamacare would be good for the economy? Based on what fantasy? It increases healthcare costs, will result in additional expenses for employers, will (heck, has) resulted in loss of hours and outright job loss. It adds billions to the federal deficit. There is nothing good for the economy at all in obamacare. The only way obamacare could help the economy would be if everyone in DC stood up and said "Nope, we're not going to do it, obamacare is dead and gone." Then you'd see the economy take off within a few weeks. That is the only way obamacare can help the economy - by falling on its sword.

“Obamacare is the law of the land,” Reid said, “and will remain the law of the land as long as Barack Obama is president of the United States and I am Senate Majority Leader.”

Glad to hear it Harry. You're not too bright but I'm glad you've so irrevocably tied yours and obama's political fates to obamacare. See you at the polls when you get fired.

Obama/crats are attempting to tax, gather data, and otherwise collapse what remains of the private healthcare delivery system. Obamacare is not about healthcare or even insurance coverage, it is about centrally controlling from DC every aspect of your life.

Your doctor will be their informant on how you live, work and eat while their IRS agents will monitor every financial aspect of your life in the guise of keeping you healthy. There will not be one part of your life they will not only know but control through the Unaffordable Healthcare Act. This is a dream come true for the central planners who run the Communist....er, I mean....…Democrat Party and the worst nightmare for your average American.

How to middle finger the O/Crats: We know the O/Care ship is listing---ready to heave--- maybe do a Costa Concordia into the Potomac.

THE BAD NEWS KEEPS COMING Reuters reports the US government on Wednesday scaled back its projections for Obamacare's impact in 2014, saying the law would generate slower healthcare spending growth and provide coverage to only half as many of America's uninsured as anticipated last year.

The biggest factor in the change stems from the U.S. Supreme Court verdict last year allowing each state to decide whether to expand the public Medicaid program for the poor under Obama's healthcare reform law. Republican leaders in nearly half of the nation's 50 states have rejected the expansion.

HHS now expects 11 million uninsured Americans to obtain coverage next year, down from about 22 million projected a year ago, according to the report, which appeared in the journal Health Affairs. (Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...

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There's also lawsuits and state problems.

HERE'S HOW THEY'RE STOPPING OBAMACARE A West Virginia nonprofit has turned down a federal grant it received to help residents navigate new health insurance options under the Affordable Care Act after it received an inquiry from Attorney General Patrick Morrisey about how it would protect consumer information. Clarksburg-based West Virginia Parent Training Inc. did not respond to a letter it received from Morrisey directing it to answer 26 questions about the group's personnel and hiring practices, including employee background checks and employee monitoring programs, the Sunday Gazette-Mail (http://bit.ly/17M1QVe) reported. (Excerpt) Read more at sanluisobispo.com ...

YOUR TURN--Contact your state AG---ask him/her to issue a letter of inquiry to groups receiving federal "Navigator" grants. The inquiry should center on questions WRT how the group intends to protect consumer data.

In particular, the questionnaire should ask if the tax-funded "Navigator" program intends to transfer personal/ financial/medical data of the insured to the local/county/national Democrat Party, relevant Unions, banks, investment companies, drug companies, insurance companies. Trial Lawyers' associations and whether "Navigators" have sub rosa contracts with these, and other groups, plan to profit, to provide significant info to enrich databases for pecuniary purposes.

The AG also needs to confirm (1) whether the "navigator" was ever convicted of a felony....... and....(2) whether the "navigator" can be bonded. Most importantly demand that your AG enforce the requirement that "Navigators" must have a state insurance license (consists of a comprehensive test on all aspects of insurance and compels a background check).

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD WILL HAVE ACCESS TO SS#, TAX, MEDICAL INFORMATION
Breitbart Big Government ^ | 8/23/2013 | William Bigelow / FR Posted by markomalley

EXCERPT Planned Parenthood is about to obtain access to your Social Security number, tax form, bank account, and medical records.

With the advent of ObamaCare, consumers buying health insurance through health care exchanges will be required to speak to “navigators.” “Navigators” are supposed to help consumers find the best coverage and ascertain whether they are eligible for a federal subsidy.

Any “navigator” will have access to the federal data hub, which holds information from the Department of Health and Human Services, the IRS, the Social Security Administration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Defense Department, the Office of Personnel Management, the Veterans Health Administration, and the Peace Corps.

Planned Parenthood received $655,000 from the Obama administration to hire navigators. In Iowa, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland received $214,427; in Montana, Intermountain Planned Parenthood, Inc. got $295,604; and in New Hampshire, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England raked in $145,161.

And there is not much scrutiny over who these “navigators” will be; HHS will not require background checks or fingerprinting, and a previous criminal conviction, even if it was for identity theft , will not trigger a rejection. To make matters worse, the administration has cut the new employees’ training from 30 hours to 20 and reduced screening.

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OKLAHOMA WINS FIRST OCARE BATTLE: Quoting AG Pruitt--- "Obamacare was meant to be so open-ended that it could mean anything. We are seeing thousands of pages of new rules being written, both by HHS and the IRS. The open-ended interpretation of Obamacare enables this.....if the law doesn't contain a particular provision, no problem. They just make it up as they go along."

"Such is the case that involves the OK lawsuit."

“The court rejected the federal government’s argument that Oklahoma lacked standing to challenge the law, allowing us to proceed with this pivotal case,” “We’re optimistic the court will recognize what states have known for months that the IRS disregarded the law by making the large employer mandate effective in Oklahoma or in any of the 33 other states without a state health care exchange.”

REFERENCE Oklahoma challenged implementation of the Affordable Care Act after the IRS finalized a rule that would allow the federal government to punish “large employers,” including local government, with millions of dollars in tax penalties in states without state health care exchanges, which is not allowed under the health care law.

“Congress provided a choice for Oklahoma and other states in implementation of the health care law, and the IRS is attempting to take that away by rule,” General Pruitt said. “The administration miscalculated how many states would support this law, so now they’re using the IRS to push through provisions that Congress did not pass.”

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PROTECT YOURSELF---Obamacare is easy pickins for identity thieves. Steps to take to minimize risk of identity theft:

1. Contact the IRS Identity Protection Specialized Unit at 1-800-908-4490

2. Order a tax account transcript from the IRS that verifies basic personal data along with details of your tax return filed, which may come in handy if you are checking to see whether someone else filed a fraudulent return on your behalf

The Federal Trade Commission (link at website) also lists several steps you must take if you have been a victim of identity theft.

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