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Allen West, obamacare, on Greta
Posted in Health Control with tags Greta, Lt. Col. Allen West on July 3, 2012 by spikestlThe Whole Truth from www.AmericanDoctors4Truth.org.
Posted in control, Health Control on March 21, 2012 by spikestl
A response to the Democrat ad showing Paul Ryan throwing grandma off a cliff. Get the whole truth on how Obamacare will impact the health and welfare of your loved ones at http://www.AmericanDoctors4Truth.org.
MOB MENTALITY!!
Posted in control, Cool Beans, Global Warming, Health Control, Racism on September 2, 2011 by spikestl
Akin Alert 10/08/2010
Posted in Health Control, Liberty, My E-mail, politics with tags congressman, todd akin on October 11, 2010 by spikestlAs I write today, I have several items to alert you to.
Obamacare
On October 1st, the first phase of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act went into effect. The law passed early this year is scheduled to be implemented over the next four years. Already, the first steps of implementation are not going so well.
For many employers, the cost of paying for the expanded plans mandated by the law is so great that they are considering eliminating health care coverage altogether – before the rest of the law goes into effect.
As a result, the New York Times reports that the Obama administration is granting dozens of waivers to big businesses and their insurers. The waivers allow these employers and insurers to continue providing limited-benefit plans that provide far less coverage than is mandated by the new law. A number of states have also asked for power to exempt some insurers, concerned that the law will be disruptive if insurers leave their state or stop offering certain types of coverage.
Yet, these waivers are selective. Not everyone has applied for them and not everyone gets them. The majority passed an economically devastating law and then temporarily waives it for some companies but not others. In effect, the healthcare law that was supposed to improve people’s lives is doing the opposite and the Administration’s way of dealing with these consequences is to selectively and temporarily waive the law.
I do not believe that this is what most people were thinking of when they called for healthcare reform. That is why I have called for repealing the current law and replacing it with meaningful reforms that drive coverage costs down, keep decisions with patients and expand access to health insurance.
Department of State Blocks Import of WWI Rifles
During the Korean War, American-made M1 rifles were sent to Korea to help our allies. Now that they are not of any military use, the South Korean government is ready to send nearly one million of these classic rifles back to the U.S., where they would be sold to law-abiding Americans. Earlier this year, the sale was approved by the U.S. government, but now the Department of State is saying these weapons may not be brought into the country because they “could potentially be exploited… for illicit purposes.”
I joined several of my colleagues in writing to the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton–asking her to reverse her decision to block these antique firearms. These classic rifles should be able to be purchased from South Korea, imported to the U.S. and sold to anyone who can legally buy them.
Recovery Road Signs
House Republicans are trying to cut wasteful spending on road signs that announce stimulus projects. The savings on these signs could reach $192 million. If you think these signs waste taxpayer dollars, snap a picture of one and send the picture and location of the sign to Republicans on the House Government and Oversight Committee at stimulussigns@mail.house.gov.
As always, I hope you will take the time to contact me about these or any other issues of concern.
Sincerely,
W. Todd Akin
Health Care Law Prevents Small Biz Expansion
Posted in Health Control, politics with tags Health Control on September 29, 2010 by spikestlMultnomah County Apologizes for Closing 7-Year-Old Julie Murphy’s Lemonade Stand
Posted in Health Control on August 7, 2010 by spikestlCOMING AUGUST 3rd: “YES” on Prop C for FREEDOM
Posted in Health Control with tags Freedom, Health Control on July 30, 2010 by spikestlChuck Purgason Supports Health Care Freedom, Prop C
Posted in Health Control, Liberty, Tea Party with tags Chuck Purgason, Health Care Freedom, Prop C on July 28, 2010 by spikestlKathleen Sebelius says FL can’t opt out
Posted in Brown Shirts, Health Control with tags Big Government, Health Control, Sovereignty on April 24, 2010 by spikestlBy Carol Gentry and Jim Saunders
4/23/2010 © Health News Florida
Only hours after the Florida House and Senate voted to “opt out” of the new federal health law, the top U.S. health official said Thursday night that will not be permitted.
Without mentioning any particular state or going into detail, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that state and local officials can vent all they want about a so-called “federal takeover” of health care. But they cannot deny their citizens access to its benefits or requirements, she told the Association of Health Care Journalists.
“They may want to opt out, but they don’t get to opt out all of their citizens who want and need health care,” Sebelius said.
Florida has an estimated 4 million uninsured, most of whom will be covered when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) takes full effect in 2014.
At least 30 states have passed state constitutional amendment legislation similar to that approved by the Florida Legislature, according to theNational Conference of State Legislatures.
Sebelius said the backlash against the ACA has been ginned up by “misinformation,” much of it deliberate. Thus HHS will be setting up an Internet site to answer frequent questions and a toll-free helpline, similar to that operated for Medicare beneficiaries. HHS staff members present at the conference said they hope to have the Internet site up by July 1 and the help desk soon after.
The opt-out measure passed in the House and Senate on Thursday, a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution, will go before voters in the November election. The proposal says, in part, that Floridians may not be forced by law to “participate in any health-care system.”
Dividing along almost strict party lines, the House passed the proposal 74-42, and the Senate followed in a 26-11 vote. Republican supporters say the issue is a matter of freedom and preventing encroachment by the federal government.
“The fact that we have to have this debate in the United States of America is troubling and bizarre,” said Rep. Mike Horner, R-Kissimmee.
Democrats said the proposal’s supporters have spent more time trying to prevent expansion of coverage than they have on solving the state’s health-care problems.
“That is the folly of this moment, and this constitutional amendment is misguided in the extreme,” said Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach.
The measure is primarily aimed at part of the health-reform law that will eventually require people to buy health insurance or face financial penalties — a concept known as the “individual mandate.” Republicans in Tallahassee and other state capitals have launched numerous efforts to allow people to opt out of the requirement since the Democrat-controlled Congress passed it last month.
At the same time, Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum has launched a separate legal battle challenging the federal law. That lawsuit is pending.
Democrats have repeatedly argued that the legislative attempts to allow Floridians to opt out of the federal law would violate the so-called “supremacy clause” of the U.S. Constitution. That clause generally gives precedence to federal law over state law when conflicts occur.
“We should not step on the United States Constitution, and that’s what you are doing now,” Davie Democrat Martin Kiar said during the House debate today.
But supporters dispute that the supremacy clause bars the state from allowing people to avoid the individual mandate. “The supremacy clause does not say the feds control the states,” Melbourne Republican Ritch Workman said.
Supporters also say that even if the proposal ultimately is found to violate the supremacy clause, it would remain in place to protect Floridians from future state health-care requirements. As an example, it would prevent Florida from approving coverage requirements similar to those in Massachusetts.
More broadly, however, Palm Harbor Republican Peter Nehr said it is the Legislature’s duty to “step up and reassert the rights of Floridians.”
Organizing for America Wishes Suburban Mom Dead
Posted in Brown Shirts, Hate, Health Control, Tea Party with tags Chicago Tea Party, organizing for America on April 9, 2010 by spikestlFirst this guy try’s to push Tea Party Patriot’s Daughter in to the street in front of on coming Traffic.
Then he tells her “I want you to die!”
Well I guess thats the Chicago way…