Archive for November, 2009

Now, more than at any point in American history, the basic tenets of Freedom and Liberty are being taken away from us by this Liberal Congress.  The passage last night of “Pelosi-Care” means you will no longer be able to determine your own choices for your health care needs. Rep. Corrine Brown once again disregarded the majority of the voices of the American people and voted “Yea” for this bill.

Under this plan, if you choose to not purchase health insurance, you will be fined 2.5% of your income. Refuse to pay the fine, and you will get a $250,000 fine and could get up to 5 years in the Penitentiary for making a free will choice.

If you are a small business, you will be forced to either provide health insurance for your employees, or you will be fined up to 8% of your payroll. That applies to many of you that have your own small business and are simply trying to survive. Needless to say, many small businesses are going to either close or start laying off more people to cover these costs.

If you are on Medicare, your Medicare Advantage options will be cut and you will be forced onto the regular Medicare plans. AARP supported this simply because they stand to make a windfall in new Medigap Insurance sales since they are not part of the Medicare Advantage plans.

The AMA supported this as well since separate legislation closed the “Doc Gap” in Medicare reimbursements at the cost of $200 billion in YOUR tax dollars. Without that happening, further cuts in Medicare payments could/would force many physicians to simply deny care to our Seniors under Medicare.http://yostforcongress.com/blog/wp-admin/post-new.php

An estimated 18 million will be forced into Medicaid. This will further add to the States financial burdens and needless to say, YOUR taxes will increase to cover the millions of people forced into this substandard level of coverages. This especially hits the poor, the under-employed, and unemployed. There will definitely be 2 distinct classes of people who are insured- those with plans and those with Medicaid. It also provides for Illegal Aliens to be afforded benefits under this plan.

The government also dictates the types of coverages being offered, removes the ability of insurance companies to deny coverages because of pre-existing conditions, and limits contributions to an HSA to $2500. Subsidies up to $10,500 per family will be available for coverage purchases. The overall costs is estimated at over $1.3 TRILLION in spending, further adding to the DEBT of this nation.

The increases in taxes is going to result in the largest tax increase in history. It is estimated that over the next 10 years, another $700 BILLION in new taxes for this plan are added. That translates into an additional $6500 per taxpayer. This massive redistribution of YOUR income is a blatant disregard for economic growth and for your pocketbook.

Now, more then ever, it is vital you become involved in electing people who can turn back this legislation. Mike promises that, when elected, he will fight to repeal this bill should it become law. He believes in the free market approach with reforms that will work. This includes real tort reforms, allowing purchases of insurance across state lines, and allowing employers to form cooperatives to allow the volume purchases for more employees. His plan will not force you into doing something you don’t choose to do and keeps your Constitutional freedoms and liberties intact.

Now, more than ever, Mike needs your help. Unless he can get elected, nothing will change and the Liberals will continue to take our nation in a direction that leads to less freedom, fewer choices, and an economic destruction that will make the Great Depression pale in comparison.

Volunteer, donate, and support Mike and bring honest, Conservative principles and values to America. With your help, “Let’s Take it Back”…in 2010 can become a reality.