GOP Rep: Health Care Bill Scarier Than Terrorists
November 4, 2009
Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina:
…we have more to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-11-02-Healthcare-terror_N.htm
Obviously, Foxx has already departed reality and comfortably settled into her new home in GlennBeckistan. This is either (A) lunacy, (B) pandering to lunatics, (C) stupid, or (D) all of the above. Seriously, this is fearmongering at its worst.
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November 6th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Really? But, of course, we haven’t heard any fear mongering from Democrats who are attempting to pass a 1,900+ health system bill that will skyrocket the deficit, require massive tax increase, and put the government in charge of our health care. Terrorists, which you folks on the left have been saying are no big deal, can only hurt a few of us in the short term. This monstrosity of a bill will harm all of us in the short, medium, and long term.
Perhaps you and the rest of the supporter, who will be the first ones to complain when your taxes skyrocket and you are dealing with that dreaded “rationing” word, can explain why the Dems are trying to ram this through, breaking their promises, when the majority of the country is dead set against their plan?
BTW, would it be possible for you to explain exactly how a $1.8 trillion over ten years bill will reduce costs? And that doesn’t even include the cost for all the new federal agencies and the workers.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Teach, I thought the bill was under $1 trillion over ten years? Also, do you know what the cost of health care will be to the government if nothing is done? It’s my understanding that if we do nothing to curb the current rate of increase, Medicare costs will eventually exceed all other government expenses.
Please let me know what you consider a reliable source on the facts and figures.
November 7th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
lol, Teach. No wonder you’re so adamantly against it. Pretty much every statement you’ve made about the bill is incorrect. Your head is filled with misinformation.
Ah, so for seven years, we have to listen to fearmongering from you Bush fans about terrorists, nukes, and mushroom clouds, but now that it’s politically convenient for you, they can “only hurt a few of us”. Got it.
Why would I, or most Americans for that matter, deal with “rationing”, when our insurance is through our employers?
What is your definition of “ram”? This bill has been in the works, basically since Obama was elected. For the House alone, this bill has been discussed and voted on in multiple committees, put together into one bill, and will still have to be debated on the floor, and then combined with whatever the Senate comes up with. Where is the “ramming”?
I don’t think so. This latest poll shows that most Americans are not in favor of “Barack Obama’s plan”, although they don’t say why, but 55% favor a public option. This doesn’t seem to me that the majority are “dead set against” anything.
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/11/05/rel16d.pdf
First of all, I’ve explained this for you at least twice before on this blog, and you’ve always failed to respond, or apparently even read them. Then, you always come back with the same junk. Feel free to read over my past responses:
http://hooahwife.com/?p=3377
http://hooahwife.com/?p=3400
Secondly, you’re way off on costs. The CBO analysis of the latest House bill actually estimates that it will LOWER the deficit over ten years. In addition, several measures are predicted to lower individual health insurance premiums.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/106xx/doc10688/hr3962Rangel.pdf
November 8th, 2009 at 8:49 am
One more point about “rationing”:
I only addressed the majority, who would be covered through their employers. We would still have the insurance exchange, but the vast majority of the plans available in the exchange will also be offered by private companies. No “rationing”, because the government has nothing to do with them.
However, even the small percentage who would have chosen the public option wouldn’t experience “rationing”. These people would simply have insurance through the government.
You and others would have people believe that this bill means everyone ends up in a Canadian-style health care system, but that’s a lie, plain and simple. Instead, this bill is intended to do exactly what most real conservatives should support: fix the health care system through market-based solutions, like increased competition.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Ugh… Does ANYONE who is against the health care bill actually have a good argument against it, backed with facts?