If you ever wondered how genuine our Congressional leaders’ intentions are in reforming healthcare, look no further than Senator Harry Reid of Nevada. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT3_1rPkjRI This proves the Baucus Healthcare Reform Bill is more about politics than our country’s well being. On Thursday, October 15, 2009, on the Senate floor, Reid denounced Tort Reform because it would only save $54 Billion out of roughly $2 Trillion.This is like when you are driving and the RED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT starts flashing. You know to pull over, otherwise more damage is about to happen if you do not address the problem. Well, if we don’t stop Congress and President Obama from politicizing healthcare…the American People will all be the Losers.
First, we really can’t afford to do a healthcare reform bill. Obama has already TRIPLED our National Debt to $1.42 TRILLION (over last year) with an unsuccessful Stimulus Plan and the bailouts of undeserving bank and car companies, so why trust them with even more tax payer dollars when overwhelmingly the American public is against a healthcare reform Bill by a recent Rasmussen poll of 56%-44%? However, if we do a Healthcare Bill, wouldn’t we want it to be as cost-effective as possible?
Second, I thought the Health Reform Baucus Bill was only going to cost $829 Billion. When one flippantly goes from $829 Billion to $2 Trillion…it makes you think that the public is not being told the whole story and that Senator Reid is out of touch with reality.
Lastly, this should bother all of us. Reid (and we can only assume the same from the other Senators that voted for the Baucus Bill) clearly doesn’t Represent mainstream America when he doesn’t feel $54 Billion is a lot of money. Really? Isn’t that roughly what Bill Gates’ net worth is? That is enough money to feed and vaccinate many 3rd world countries for a decade. It is more money than the yearly GDP of both Vermont and North Dakota combined. And to be exact…if the Bill ends up costing $2 Trillion (when it was supposed to cost $829 billion) and we could save $54 billion; that would be approximately a 3.7% savings. And every little bit counts when combating a growing National Debt.
The Electorate should DEMAND Congress and the President start over and make this process transparent. We are obviously being misled. They clearly don’t have our best interest at heart because they are not willing to explore every avenue to save the tax payer money! Should any Bill be signed without TORT REFORM and the $54 Billion savings mentioned by Senator Reid, himself, would mean those that vote for it, should be voted out of office when their term expires.
YES WE CAN…VOTE BETTER in 2010 and 2012!
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