NH CD-1 Representative Carol Shea-Porter goes ALL-IN with Speaker Pelosi

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced the BIGGEST entitlement program to come out of DC in many, many years. Note in the below video of the announcement that the 3^rd speaker after the Speaker of the House and House Majority Leader Hoyer is none other than NH ‘s Carol Shea-Porter.

Can it be any more clear that Carol Shea-Porter is ALL-IN with Pelosi and the MoveOn.org folks on National Socialized Healthcare! Carol has decided that supporting this behemoth of a bill is the right thing to do for her constituents. Unfortunately, for NH CD-1 voters Carol has clearly shown that her constituents are the minority of far left leaning liberals in NH and the National Progressive movement of the uber rich elitists. Certainly not the average regular Jane’s and Joe’s of NH CD-1. Carol are you really that positive that these are the folks that got you elected?

Forgetting about the politics, even scarier is the bills intended purpose. The complete Government takeover of Health Care from top to bottom. Yes, there are problems with Health Care but the problems of today are dwarfs compared to what is coming with this bill. A bill to use Government programs to solve a problem that was created by Government programs, in particular Medicare and Medicaid.

If Medicare and Medicaid are already underpaying health care providers thus shifting costs to those who have private insurance or pay cash, how in the world will more Government health care underpaying “solve’ this crisis.

The real revelation will be when the Unions finally figure out that by year 10 of this plan, their members will be taxed and taxed and taxed until the system can no longer support the enormous healthcare system without deep cuts. This will cause the closing of all under performing health care providers, resulting in the lose of millions of JOBS!

Way to go unions you have now officially authorized, with your support of this bill, the elimination of millions of your members!

Here is the video of the announcement with Speaker Pelosi and House Majority Leader Hoyer. Note at the end that Leader Hoyer introduces NH’s Carol Shea-Porter with some interesting descriptions of Ms Shea-Porter.

If you have a bad case of insomnia below is the link to the Bill in its entirety, all 1990+ pages of legalese and double talk!

http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf

Why Not CHIP

I oppose all the current healthcare plans before Congress and highly promoted by President Obama. It is not the care and concern that bothers me; it is the obvious deceit and subterfuge that accompanies this legislation. There is no doubt after looking at many different sections that this is the next major step towards a Federal Government takeover of the healthcare industry. It is a major usurping of the states authority to govern its citizens.

There is already available with some adjustments, a solution to the uninsured that meets constitutional muster, and preserves the Sovereignty of the States. It is very effective and efficient as well said our current NH US House members who voted to expand it just this past year. It is CHIP, the Children’s Health Insurance Program. In NH, it goes by the name NH Healthy Kids. Let’s expand it and rename it, CHIP, the Citizens Health Insurance Program. While we are reforming, let’s move Medicare Administration and Management to the States. The Federal government would return to the states the Medicare taxes and premiums collected from the states citizens.

Next major issue is that costs for healthcare seem to be this big secret. That is what must change. The State Insurance and Medical Boards need to take a proactive role in setting medical provider rates in their states. Each state as well as every provider has varying operating conditions but certainly, the healthcare provider can set competitive rates and explain any drastic discrepancies. These rates should be published and widely available for comparison. That is the price you pay regardless if you are paying cash, using private insurance or as a “NH Healthy Citizens” member.

Finally, a major problem is that you do not own your health insurance, your employer does. This puts you at the mercy of your employer, their financial situation, and loss of coverage if you leave a job, no transportability or continuity and possible privacy concerns. A solution is to have open markets for health insurance, which you purchase from your Health Savings Account to which both you and your employer make contributions. The HSA’s would be used only for medical insurance and uncovered medical expenses and the contributions and growth would be tax free and willable.

Call your Senators and Representatives and tell them to end this Federal Takeover of the Healthcare Industry immediately!

Bob DeMaura

NHInsider Owner/Operator