REID'S TRICKERY TO HIDE $245 BILLION MORE IN HEALTH CARE COSTS
STOP THIS STAND-ALONE BILL
TELL MIKULSKI AND CARDIN TO OPPOSE CLOTURE FOR ANY BILL THAT SEEKS TO HIDE THE REAL COST OF HEALTH CARE REFORM
(what is cloture? to end debate and have immediate vote on the issue; a parlimentary procedure to end filibuster requiring 60 votes)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is planning 3 'procedural' votes to conceal the TRUE COST of his health care plan.
The first is called the 'DOC FIX".
The "DOC FIX" would increase Medicare payments to doctors which is needed, BUT NOT THIS WAY. Incorporate the increased Medicare payments to doctors in the health care plan, not as a stand-alone. Don't deceive the people.
The Congressional Budget Office projects this will cost an additional $245 BILLION over the next ten years.
If this $245 BILLION were added to $904 billion Finance Committee proposal, the cost would be raised well over $1.1 TRILLION and break the White House pledge to keep the health care plan deficit neutral. So how does Reid get around this?
Senate Leader Reid has resorted to tricky tactics to remove this $245 BILLION spending provision from the health care plan and pass it as a stand-alone bill!
That is why Reid abruptly scheduled a cloture vote for Monday on this $245 Billion provision. This is just smoke and mirrors to conceal the TRUE cost of the health care plan.
Call your senators and ASK that they OPPOSE CLOTURE for any bill that seeks to hide the real cost of health care reform.
Senator Mikulski in D.C. (202) 224-4654 Salisbury (410) 546-7711
Senator Cardin in D.C. (202) 224-4524 Salisbury (410) 546-4250
Another 'procedural' vote is to waive the Senate budget rules for this budget-busting spending increase. Certainly our senators could never be that hypocritical to vote for such a proposal. DEMAND OPPOSITION TO CLOTURE.
We, the American people, deserve debate and openess in this governmment takeover of health care. Demand opposition to CLOTURE for any bill that seeks to hide the real cost of health care reform so there can be true debate.
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cost more than that to bail out gm did it not?
ReplyDeleteBoth of our Maryland U.S. Senators will completely ignore you. Just like the bailout bill last Fall, they will send a form email back to you and vote with "the power" in Washington.
ReplyDeleteWe need a 3rd party in America.
This is not enough notice to do U.S. any good. Our Rep's need to hear that we need 72 hours! Call AND write!
ReplyDeleteI have written again.... for all the good it does. This time when Milulski answered it was copied off her web page ....word for word. We need term limits for the representatives that have been there so long they think they are above the law and the rest of us. They don't listen.I hope it doesn't come back to haunt them come election time.
ReplyDeletethe only good news...harry's not gonna win re-election, probably. doesn't help us much. too bad.
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