The morons in Washington may have cancelled their own health insurance

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

You’ll love this article  from the New York Times.  It’s further proof that the members of the House and Senate either: are incompetent, didn’t read the bill, or made it so complicated that even they can’t understand it.  Here’s a quote from the article that summarizes the main point
…the law may “remove members of Congress and Congressional [...]

The Government Takeover Continues

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Today’s signing, by President Obama, of the healthcare bill continues the systematic takeover of private business by the progressive movement.  With the help of Patrick Murphy’s votes, our government has taken over the following:

The banks (TARP)
The automotive industry (GM)
The housing industry (Freddie and Fannie)
Health-care (with the added benefit of giving enforcement to the IRS)
Education financing [...]

Call Congress Now to stop this healthcare bill

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

Image by thisisbossi via Flickr

Mike Huckabee setup this site with contact information for Congress and which members to concentrate on.  Some won’t accept web messages from outside their district.   You can call or get creative to get your message through.

Reconciliation, Scheme and Deem, or just un-Constitutional

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Our representatives are discussing several options to pass this flawed and economically destructive Health Care Bill.  These options include reconciliation (also known as the “nuclear option”)  and Scheme and Deem (also known as the “Slaughter Solution”).
Although reconciliation may be Constitutional, it’s just plain wrong to stretch “rules” made by the House and Sentate so far.  Clearly, [...]

Get ready for tax increases

Friday, February 12th, 2010

President Obama just changed his position from “not a dime” of tax increases for those making less than $250,000 per year to “agnostic” on tax increases to the middle class.  The next change will be tax increases for the entire middle class.  I’m sure it will be President Bush’s fault.  However, let’s not forget that the [...]

RepealIt Pledge

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

I was made aware of the Club For Growth health care RepealIt pledge and have enthusiastically made the pledge.  You can find out more about the pledge at http://www.repealit.org/.  You can see pledges made by PA house candidates, like myself, at http://www.repealit.org/pledge/candidate?field_state_value_many_to_one=PA.
Here is the text of the pledge:
CANDIDATE PLEDGE
“I hereby pledge to the people of [...]

Health Care Deals Unconstitutional?

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

I realize that our government representatives have always obtained  unfair and unconstitutional favors in exchange for their vote.  However, it is really sad that we have reached the point where they publically admit to ignoring the will of the people they represent (because  they know better) and the Constitution they swore to protect and defend.
I don’t [...]

Health Care Bill Impact on Economy

Monday, November 9th, 2009

The house health care bill passed by a slim margin. I am all for health care reform, but am against the increased government spending, control, and intrusion. I’m amazed how supporters can claim that it’s “budget neutral” and it the next sentence say it costs $1.3 Trillion dollars.  If it were truly “neutral”, there would [...]

Common Sense – Increase healthcare competition

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

This morning on Fox & Friends, they had a segment with Governor Ed Rendell (PA) and Governor Charlie Crist (FL). Florida has negotiated with six insurance companies and are offering different private health care insurance plans for an average of $150 per month. Governor Rendell said that he had tried to bring United Health into [...]

Medicare #1 in denied claims

Friday, October 9th, 2009

According to the AMA’s 2008 National Health Insurer Report Card (see Metric 12), Medicare is number one in denied claims (at 6.85%).
Did you know that the original Medicare bill had language stating that a doctors decision could not be overruled and that reimbursement could not be limited?  Obviously, that has changed.  Keep this in mind when [...]