Senate Passes Government Controlled Health Care

Written by Sue Jeffers

Tuesday, 01 April 2008 08:39

Republicans and democrats alike express concern over the proposed health care bill. Sadly, not enough care to protect the taxpayer’s right to manage our own health care decisions. Instead government wants to store, manage, regulate and control our private medical data.

Yesterday, the Senate health care reform bill was passed by the Minnesota Senate...without the Health Insurance Exchange. However...it was replaced with a new provision, called Health Insurance Access Brokers. Unfortunately, this "Super Broker" proposal is essentially a scaled-down version of the Exchange. It creates multiple Exchanges.

SHAME ON THESE REPUBLICANS who voted to support this bill:
Day, Dille, Frederickson, Koering, Michel, and Rosen

THANKS TO THESE REPUBLICANS who opposed this bill :

Fishbach, Gerlach, Gimse, Hann, Ingebrightsen, Jungbauer, Koch, G. Olson, Ortman, Pariseau

Thanks to these Democrats:
Doll, Erickson Ropes, Kubly, Marty
Murphy, Mary Olson, Skogen, &
Vickerman

THESE SENATORS DID NOT VOTE

Rummel, Rest, Chaudhary, Debbie Johnson, and Limmer.

If it Walks Like a Duck...It's the Health Insurance Exchange (government goes into the health insurance business and will soon control and manage private data to be used to regulate, legislate and manage health care decisions)

Health Insurance Exchange is out: Super Broker is in!

The "Super Broker" is only one of many costly, intrusive provisions to advance government control in health care - see attached. Others include:

new taxes and lots of unfunded mandates
forcing doctors to bid for patients
threat to rural hospitals and clinics
tying doctors hands; rationing health care
government/outside access to private medical records
a "funny money" provision that taxes fake savings
a bunch of new expensive government bureaucracies in control of health care policy

Initially voluntary, don't expect the "Super Broker" (mini-Exchange) provision to stay that way.

For more information: http://www.cchconline.org/

What to do RIGHT NOW

1) Contact your Representative. If you know the Representative who represents your business or employer, contact that one as well.