Can you hear me now? That is the question the voters in Massachusetts are asking Congress today.
The Hill is reporting today that the Democrats in Washington are rejecting calls to amend the healthcare bill or to pause in their efforts to rush the bill through Congress so that the President can sign it. Jim Webb was quoted at Politico this morning as saying that work on the healthcare bill should be suspended until Scott Brown is seated in Congress. No one seems to be listening to him.
The right course of action at this point would be to scrap the current bill and start over. A bipartisan healthcare bill would include tort reform, portability of health insurance, an insurance pool set up to cover people with pre-existing conditions, and tax credits to help low income people afford heath insurance. The last item has a double purpose--you can't get the tax credit unless you pay taxes.
I am not opposed to the idea of providing health insurance for every legal citizen in America. Health care is already available (according to law) to every person in the country legally or illegally. I do object to insuring the poor at the expense of the elderly. I also object to the bribes given out in the Senate to buy votes.
Health Insurance reform is not a bad idea--the challenge is to do it effectively. A bipartisan group of legislators might be able to figure that out.
The Hill is reporting today that the Democrats in Washington are rejecting calls to amend the healthcare bill or to pause in their efforts to rush the bill through Congress so that the President can sign it. Jim Webb was quoted at Politico this morning as saying that work on the healthcare bill should be suspended until Scott Brown is seated in Congress. No one seems to be listening to him.
The right course of action at this point would be to scrap the current bill and start over. A bipartisan healthcare bill would include tort reform, portability of health insurance, an insurance pool set up to cover people with pre-existing conditions, and tax credits to help low income people afford heath insurance. The last item has a double purpose--you can't get the tax credit unless you pay taxes.
I am not opposed to the idea of providing health insurance for every legal citizen in America. Health care is already available (according to law) to every person in the country legally or illegally. I do object to insuring the poor at the expense of the elderly. I also object to the bribes given out in the Senate to buy votes.
Health Insurance reform is not a bad idea--the challenge is to do it effectively. A bipartisan group of legislators might be able to figure that out.
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