Since I’m sitting here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, perhaps this means that Vince Haley at American Solutions attended the Tim Kaine School of Geography, but I suppose we could imagine him talking about Senators Mikulski and Cardin. Wait, no we can’t.
The fate of government run healthcare may be decided by your Senator, Jim Webb.
So far, many of the worst parts of the Senate’s health bill have been defeated, as the public option and Medicare expansion now look to be dead.
However, the Senate bill is still a government takeover of the health system, and Senator Webb must continue to hear from you and every other Virginian, that a government takeover of healthcare is unacceptable.
So you can stay informed and share information with your family, friends and neighbors, here are 5 facts that you should know about the current Senate healthcare bill (H.R. 3590):
- Medicare Cuts. The bill would cut Medicare by $500 billion, and millions of seniors would lose access to Medicare Advantage plans.
- Higher Health Insurance Premiums. As confirmed by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the bill would result in non-group premium increases of $300 per year for individuals and $2,500 per year for families.
- Higher Healthcare Costs. The current Senate bill, like the one passed by Speaker Pelosi in the U.S. House, would increase healthcare costs, not lower them.
- Lost Coverage. As confirmed by the CBO, up to 10 million people would lose their employer-provided healthcare coverage.
- More and More Spending. Actually, $2.5 trillion worth, in its first 10 years of implementation, increasing our national debt even more.
If you think that these 5 facts added together would create a worse future for you and all Virginians, make sure you let Senator Webb know that he should vote against the health bill, including, and especially including, voting against the procedural motion known as cloture which will end debate on the bill.
The cloture motion to end debate is a critical procedural vote that requires 60 votes. If Senator Webb votes in favor of such a cloture motion vote, that would mean he is effectively voting in favor of the bill no matter if he votes against the bill on the vote for final passage (which requires only 51 votes for passage). With his support on cloture, he would allow this terrible bill to advance.
Don’t be fooled and please be sure that Senator Webb and his staff hear clearly from you on this point. If you don’t want Senator Webb to support this bill, be clear in your phone call to tell his staff that you want him to vote against the vote on the cloture motion to end debate.
Yeah, I guess we in Maryland could substitute Cardin and Mikulski for Webb, although I doubt it would do nearly as much good.
What’s wrong with Medicare Advantage? Oh, that’s right, that actually invokes choice into Medicare. And those CBO numbers the left likes to tout, well, what do they have to say about the numbers American Solutions cites? Is it a case of one set being right and the other being wrong? Must be that 10 years’ worth of taxation to pay for six years’ worth of service.
There’s no question both the House and Senate bills should be killed, and at this point I really don’t care if their death is quick and painless or gory and gruesome. Just do it.
