2009 will go down as a great year if you are an insurance company or in the pharmaceutical business. The healthcare bill is about to become the nightmare of average middle income America. The bill provides plenty of cash for the “big” industries that Congress used as justification for seizing control of our entire health system.
All Americans will be required to pay for a health insurance policy under the new law. It may have occurred to you that the big insurers were strangely quiet as self righteous officials bellowed on about price gouging by the industry. Seems they may have known what we did not know early on, no public option, millions of new forced customers.
Chairman’s Mark
Personal Responsibility Requirement. Beginning in 2013, all U.S. citizens and legal residents would be required to purchase coverage…The consequence for not maintaining insurance would be an excise tax of $750 per adult in the household.
All the talk about cuts to Medicare and Medicade would make one think the pharmaceutical companies would be a little nervous about losing profits. Not to worry big pharma, you will now be able to charge these programs 100% of manufactures suggested pricing rather than the 70% you can now.
Also, the Chairman‘s Mark would limit total rebate liability on an individual single source or innovator multiple source drug to 100 percent of AMP for that drug product.
If you are among the 35% of Americans who still think this healthcare takeover is a good thing, you have been duped. This tax bill creates at least $400 billion in new taxes on the middle class and will force you to pay for health insurance whether you can afford it or not. Remember the promise of “NO NEW TAXES ON THE MIDDLE CLASS”? That was then, this is now.
It is time to start talking to everyone you know about the truth behind the runaway Congress. It is your tax dollars they are spending and they once swore an oath to represent you. We have the choice to vote out those who think that Americans are not capable of taking care of themselves. Time is running short.
Roger Congressional Spending, Health Care, responsible taxation Health Care Reform, Senate
The harsh reality is that Harry Reid will be tough to beat. With over 9 million dollars in his war chest this early in the election cycle he has a good head start on our opposition. This being said, he still sits with about 35% popularity rating in Nevada. This is something we need to capitalize by getting behind a strong candidate early and giving them our full support.
The Republican Party has, to a degree, been fractured by groups focused heavily on single issues, leaving us a primary process that has been unable to get behind a single strong candidate who can appeal to the voters identifying themselves as moderate or independent. I understand that statements like this will anger many of you who understandably feel passionate about these issues. We need to understand that as long as we continue down this path, we lose more and more political capital in each election cycle with the reality being that we lose everything if we do not win elections.
The Senate is now one vote short of giving the Democrats free reign in pushing their liberal agenda which will continue to erode the traditional values and civil liberties we once held as our birthright. The Constitution will become less relevant as liberal judges are appointed who have been hand picked for their belief that the document that has made this country great is subject to “change” to meet the modern progressive agenda of eliminating the rights our Founding Fathers believed were critical in keeping America free.
Unless we develop a cohesive platform that will return a balance of power to government, all the issues we as conservatives believe in will be rendered meaningless. The more we allow ourselves to be divided, the stronger the far left will become and we will soon wake up to a world that we don’t want and it will be our fault! It is our choice.
Our best hope lies in getting behind a platform of fiscal responsibility which appeals to conservatives, independents and even moderate Democrats. We may feel that we are being forced to make comprises but if we fail to regain a meaningful position in Washington, these values may be lost forever.
I am only asking you to think about this. We are at a crossroad as a nation and only by looking at the big picture, will we be successful. Will we continue to hand our power over to the far left at both the National and State level or will we join together as one large voice and rebuild the foundation of our great country? I pray we will.
Roger Uncategorized Constitution, Political Factions, Republican Party, Senate, Splintered Party
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