Health Care Alert from NRSC
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WASHINGTON – In a vote that should send chills up the spine of those satisfied with their current health insurance, Democrats in the Senate Finance Committee today rejected a Republican amendment that would allow Americans to keep their current health care coverage.
Sponsored by U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the amendment stated that the implementation of the final health care bill would not take place unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) was able to certify before Congress that the legislation would not cause more than 1,000,000 Americans to lose their current coverage.
The amendment was rejected 10-13, with all Republican Senators voting in favor and all Democrats voting against.
Notably, the defeat of the Hatch Amendment comes on the same week that the head of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Douglas Elmendorf, testified before Congress that seniors would see reduced Medicare benefits under the bill currently in the Finance Committee.
It also came on the same day that various media accounts highlighted the Democrats’ defense of the proposed cuts in the popular Medicare Advantage program that so many senior citizens rely upon for their health care.
“It’s inexplicable that the same Democrats who continue to insist that Americans’ current health care coverage will not be affected by the Democrats’ government-run proposal would then turn around and vote against an amendment that would ensure just that,” National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Amber Wilkerson Marchand said today. “Blanche Lincoln needs to level with her constituents, especially the senior citizens in her state who the head of the CBO said will see deep Medicare cuts in the Democrat proposal: will they get to keep their current health care coverage, and if so, why did she vote against legislation that would ensure such a provision will be included in the final bill?”
Another good read on this subject:
Heritage Foundation: Obamacare puts Transparency and Accountability on Death Bed
Bottom Line:
- There is no “guarantee” we can keep our present coverage, the Democrats just voted against it.
- CBO proves Medicare Advantage will get cut drastically.
- CBO proves Obamacare WILL COST MORE, thus taxes will have to be increased.
I cannot believe even some of my Democrat friends would go along with this … I seriously doubt THIS is the Hope and Change they voted for in the last election. It is time for the Democrats to wake up … this deadly legislation is aimed right at the heart of their health care too. The people running this congress are not Democrats, they are “DINOs” (Democrats in Name Only) … they are not liberals, they are radical socialists.
Either the Obamacare Bill goes in the hole ...... .....or Seniors do!
