The death panels which the Obama administration said were never a part of Obamacare, now, according to a New York Times article, have been taken out. Let’s see, they were never in there, but now they have been taken out? No wonder the American people were outraged and distrustful of this administration and the last Congress? Passed against the will of over 70 percent of voters, Obamacare is a major factor in why the American people fired a good number of legislators and sent a new group to Washington.
The 8th District’s own Chip Cravaack began his own effort to represent the people of the district when his predecessor refused to have a town hall meeting and listen to the people. Now the new session of Congress has begun and one of their first votes was to repeal Obamacare. It is a good first step. The goal is to dismantle Obamacare. The majority of Americans don’t want symbolic gestures and political wins. They want results. Repeal it, defund it or dismantle it piece by piece, whatever it takes.
The voters who sent Cravaack to Congress need to stay engaged and continue to demand that the federal government control itself, stop spending the future earnings of Americans and reduce the size of government. It is not Congress who is turning the ship around, it is the American people. They are the force behind the course correction and they must continue to demand it.
Scott Martin
Hinckley
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Add commentI will never forget how
I will never forget how completely dirty the passing of healthcare legislation ways (both sides though), and that the Democratic party is solely responsible for trying to unconstitutionally force every American to purchase health insurance. I hope there is a better solution to ending pre-existing conditions though, because I can't imagine ever paying $$$$s in premiums per month through COBRA, while our insurance company is trying to get out of covering bills for our daughters one year old heart. This system of insurance is terrible, and squeezing so much money from both families and employers, while making profits. I hope it is fixed, not outright repealed and back to the old way (forever?). I am open to conservatives having a turn on reforming obamacare, not outright repealing tons of money and power back to insurance companies, from the people. That way didn't work so well either, so lets try to fix healthcare before costs cripple the middle class and businesses more.
Not all of us fully understand
What the intention was of "Obamacare"
Many modern nations heve decided that all citizens should have access to health care. We do here, too. But health care has become so expensive, that many cant afford it. Not many of us would actually support a welfare-type system that some nations have, systems that allow waste and fraud, systems that seem to encourage inefficient delivery. But one way to encourage debate and foster a serious overhaul might be to impose a flawed system on us, forcing us to thouroughly examine and re-engineer what we now have.
There are some that believe that Obama and the Dems have outgamed the Repubbies: they either have to accept Obama care as it is, or in some way actually work at improving it. That could be tough, depending on which slice of their constituency they are willing to alienate...If a significant slice of your retirement nest egg is connected with the insurance industry, you certainly don't like this idea, for example
Think about the poor fellow that was badly beaten this week; perhaps he has been slipping by without insurance. If so, we ALL pay for this. Would a comprehensive nationwide plan be of some service?
There were never "death
There were never "death panels". Even some of the lying Republicans who terrorized seniors with that lie have admitted that they never existed.
Now that they removed the clause that allowed payment for end of life counciling where the patient was told all of their options and allowed to decide their own destiny we will see people on machines keeping their body alive when they would rather be allowed to die.
Typical "Party of Life" behavior. Anything for the win.
Not only will people be kept on machines against their will because they didn't make an informed choice but taxpayers will foot the bill for those machines.
the Dem's stole the GOP plan
the mandate that everyone have insurance was in an early GOP proposal. If only the sick and elderly have health care, it will not work - everyone needs to buy in. Those of us who have insurance should not be paying for everyone who does not.