Fri Aug 14, 2009 at 01:30:00 PM EDT
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I am so tired of seeing these lazy talking points from our elected officials as to why they cannot support the healthcare bill. Here's a line from Frank LoBiondo:"A government bureaucrat cannot get in the way between a patient and a doctor," he said. "The provisions are not cost effective and not best for the patient." So the Congressman would like to get rid of Medicare too, because clearly the government runs that program. From Wikipedia:The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a component of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), administers Medicare, Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). Along with the Departments of Labor and Treasury, CMS also implements the insurance reform provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The Social Security Administration is responsible for determining Medicare eligibility and processing premium payments for the Medicare program. I'm sure the seniors in his district will like that idea. The families that support him would love to lose their SCHIP insurance as well. And those low income supporters will jump at the opportunity to lose their medicaid. I'm sure that will really help our health care situation.
And why is a government bureaucrat so much worse than an insurance bureaucrat? If LoBiondo is so serious about what he's saying, let him introduce legislation to get rid of these programs. Otherwise, he should find another talking point to justify his opposition to covering people. |
| Jason Springer :: Does LoBiondo want to get rid of Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP too? |
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