Congressman Mike Rogers’ opening statement on Health Care reform in Washington DC
Congressman Rogers’ makes his opening statement on Health Care reform legislation that is under debate in Congress.
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looks like we have at least one person with some sense up there
Hey; I’m not an American, a Brit’ but have lived and worked here for years and paid my taxes. My company brings millions of dollars and creates lots of jobs in the local community, so I feel I have some reason to be able to comment. I wonder if Congressman Rogers has ever heard of George Orwell? He makes a specious argument sound like logic. How can he propose that (by his own words) 46 million uninsured Americans are better off here, than those in other countries with universal health care?
Stunning Health Care Law Update: Medicare’s Chief Actuary says the law won’t lower costs and some people will lose their current insurance!
Medicare Official Doubts Health Care Law Savings, 1/26/11, Associated Press.
“The landmark legislation probably won’t hold costs down, and it won’t let everybody keep their current health insurance if they like it, Chief Actuary Richard Foster told the House Budget Committee.”
The h.c. insur. co. extends coverage to millions more, prevents insur. co.s from cancelling your policy if you get sick, ends the doughnut hole for seniors, ends discrimination for pre-existing conditions, sets up an “exchange” to allow small co.s & individuals to pool purchasing power to compete with large organizations for the lower premiums, and forces insur. co’s to spend at least 80% of your premiums on actual health care (as opposed to lobbying, advertising, etc.), and more…
The Republicans control congress. If they think they can come up with a better h.c. reform bill then they should draft it, and have its costs & benefits analyzed by the CBO, and debated & compared by the American people.
But no, they just want to kill the present bill, and send the nation back to the situation that no government was successful in changing in the last almost half century.
Mr. Rogers, I appreciate your efforts but your statistics are not even realistic. If 85% of us had health care, let alone affordable health care, there would be no problem in our country. 60% of those working may have some sort of coverage, the rest are in limbo and or cannot afford it, period. I would like to see someone attack the outrageous costs of health care and drug markups. A reasonable
profit is not pursued, but greed to its finest elevation. People are dying because they can’t pay.
Obamacare was signed on March 2010 with 59% of the people disapproving according to a CNN poll. The CBO scored Obamacare on six years of coverage for 10 years of taxes, which is how the CBO showed the bill to be deficit neutral . It’s unconstitutional mandating all citizens to purchase health care. Even Pelosi said, “We have to pass the bill, so you can find out what is in it.” watch?v=KoE1R-xH5To It’s also meant to take over industry watch?v=p-bY92mcOdk
Allen West 2012
I would love someone to explain to me why every developed nation, except America, offers its citizens at least basic universal health care together with education and the rule of law. Why should it be different here? How do the people calmly accept that over 60% of bankruptcies have a medical expense element? Why are there not demonstrations? Finally; why is a president who apparently is attempting to address this issue called bad names by the very people he is trying to help?
@awakeamericanow Simple: We’re in a representative democracy where majority rules and the majority of us don’t want the government involved. Right now we have a 14T national debt and government entitlements are out of control. “Universal” healthcare doesn’t eliminate healthcare costs, it just has the government finance them with taxes, so the people are still paying for it. 47% of Americans pay NO TAXES at a federal level. So 53% would be paying in for themselves AND the others who pay nothing.
@awakeamericanow
In case you haven’t noticed, the United States became the most powerful nation in the world on its own, not by copying “other” developed nations. As a proud American, I believe that this country sets the optimal standard, and doesn’t need to look outside our borders for a blueprint to “follow.” Do you not find it interesting that people in those countries often come here for medical treatment? Hmmm.
Taking care of people is righteous. Concern for the well being of people is the better thing to do. People need to be taken care of. National health care is helping people. We need to take care of each other.
@afton53 If we were told over and over again that anywhere from 30 million to 46 million people are uninsured throughout the debate oh health-care then how can his statistic be wrong/?
@awakeamericanow He wasn’t saying that, he said 254 million people are happy with their health care and don’t want to change our health care. Maybe the 46 million would be better off in another country where all of the population has the same bad health care. Why are you living in the United States?
@clitoriscletus….. “Medical bills prompt more than 60 percent of U.S. bankruptcies” …CNN, google it,… hello…that means something is wrong with present system of health care
@afton53 The health care bill doesn’t make the insurance affordable it just means the companies have to sell it to you with pre-existing conditions. There are no caps on insurance premiums, prices are sky rocketing because of this bill.
DHHS had granted some 222 temporary waivers that offer affordable health insurance or prescription drug coverage with limited benefits. The agency updated its online list, which now reveals a whopping total of 729 Obamacare escapees. I didn’t get my waiver!!
@Troublesome2008 Those of us who are awake are mad at everything they spend money on which is unconstitutional! The empire and nanny state has to end through cuts or it will end badly otherwise!
when has the private sector fixed anything. u are going to pay for it anyway
what if the military was run by the private sector. yeah lets start turning away people that need care at hospitals. thats the only way price will go down, so yeah gotta change somthin………….dumbfucks,………….. its one excuse or the other for them to keep raising prices. the country needs to get off the dumbfuck band wagon
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Almost makes me proud I’m from Michigan at one time before the unions and their democrats took over and ruined the state. I’m glad that Rogers is representing a part of our state!
Powerful video. Let’s get it back out there again.
@1776Rosco Yes and over 40% of those waivers went to Obama’s beloved unions. I want my health care waiver.
Let me get this straight . . . ..We’re going to be “gifted” with a health care
plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don’t, Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people but does not add a single new doctor, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn’t understand it, passed by a Congress that didn’t read it, and financed by a country that’s broke!!!!! o-yea and over seen by a surgeon general who is obese.
What the hell could possibly go wrong?
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If U.S. District Judge Roger doesn’t want to sound like an oxymoron he needs to rule car insurance unconstitutional also.