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Quico Canseco on Health Care |
[Sen. DeMint, R-SC]: The Democrats have Medicare on a course of bankruptcy. Republicans are trying to save Medicare & make sure there are options for seniors in the future. Medicare will not be there 5 or 10 years from now. Doctors will not see Medicare patients at the rate [Congress will] pay.
[Sen. Ayotte, R-NH]: We have 3 choices when it comes to addressing rising health care costs in Medicare. We can do nothing & watch the program go bankrupt in 2024. We can go forward with the President's proposal to ration care through an unelected board of 15 bureaucrats. Or we can show real leadership & strengthen the program to make it solvent for current beneficiaries, and allow future beneficiaries to make choices.
Opponent's Arguments for voting No:
[Sen. Conrad, D-ND]: In the House Republican budget plan, the first thing they do is cut $4 trillion in revenue over the next 10 years. For the wealthiest among us, they give them an additional $1 trillion in tax reductions. To offset these massive new tax cuts, they have decided to shred the social safety net. They have decided to shred Medicare. They have decided to shred program after program so they can give more tax cuts to those who are the wealthiest among us.
[Sen. Merkley, D-OR]: The Republicans chose to end Medicare as we know it. The Republican plan reopens the doughnut hole. That is the hole into which seniors fall when, after they have some assistance with the first drugs they need, they get no assistance until they reach a catastrophic level. It is in that hole that seniors have had their finances devastated. We fixed it. Republicans want to unfix it and throw seniors back into the abyss. Then, instead of guaranteeing Medicare coverage for a fixed set of benefits for every senior--as Medicare does now--the Republican plan gives seniors a coupon and says: Good luck. Go buy your insurance. If the insurance goes up, too bad.
Proponent's Argument for voting Yes:
[Rep. Pitts, R-PA]: Section 4002 of PPACA establishes a Prevention and Public Health Fund, which my bill, H.R. 1217, would repeal. The PPACA section authorizes the appropriation of and appropriates to the fund from the Treasury the following amounts:
Opponent's Argument for voting No:
[Rep. Waxman, D-CA]: This bill represents the Republicans' newest line of attack to disrupt, dismantle, and to ultimately destroy the Affordable Care Act. For many years, Republicans have joined with Democrats in supporting programs to prevent disease, to promote health and, in turn, to cut health care costs. But today, the House will vote to end funding for the first and only Federal program with dedicated, ongoing resources designed to make us a healthier Nation.
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The Contract from America, clause 7. Defund, Repeal, & Replace Government-run Health Care:
Defund, repeal and replace the recently passed government-run health care with a system that actually makes health care and insurance more affordable by enabling
The Club for Growth's "Repeal-It!" Pledge for candidates states, "I hereby pledge to the people of my district/state upon my election to the U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Senate, to sponsor and support legislation to repeal any federal health care takeover passed in 2010, and replace it with real reforms that lower health care costs without growing government."
Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act.
Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions.
Congressional Summary: Declares that no funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA), and any amendments made by either such Act.
OnTheIssues Explanation:This bill proposes to defund ObamaCare, instead of repealing it. This bill uses Congress' "power of the purse" to undo the previously-passed law, while still leaving that law on the books. In contrast, H.R. 2 repeals ObamaCare rather than defunding it; and H.R. 4 attempts to undo ObamaCare one piece at a time.
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TX Gubernatorial: Andrew White Annise Parker David Dewhurst George P. Bush Greg Abbott Julian Castro Kathie Glass Lupe Valdez Mike Rawlings Rick Perry TX Senatorial: Beto O`Rourke David Alameel Emily Sanchez Jon Roland Steve Stockman Ted Cruz Special elections in 2017-18: AZ-8:Lesko(R, elected April 24, 2018) CA-34:Gomez(D; elected June 6, 2017) GA-6:Handel(R; elected June 20) KS-4:Estes(R; elected April 11) MT-0:Gianforte(R; elected May 25) OH-12:Balderson(R, elected Aug. 24, 2018) PA-18:Lamb(D; elected April 2018) SC-5:Norman(R; elected June 20) TX-27:Cloud(R, elected June 30, 2018) UT-3:Curtis(R, elected Nov. 7, 2017) |
Retirements as of January 2019 (Republicans):
AZ-2:Martha McSally CA-49:Darrell Issa FL-6:Ron DeSantis FL-15:Dennis Ross FL-17:Tom Rooney FL-27:Ileana Ros-Lehtinen ID-1:Raul Labrador IN-4:Todd Rokita IN-6:Luke Messer KS-2:Lynn Jenkins MI-11:Dave Trott MS-3:Gregg Harper NH-1:Carol Shea-Porter NJ-2:Frank LoBiondo NJ-11:Rodney Frelinghuysen NM-2:Steve Pearce NY-27:Chris Collins NC-9:Robert Pittenger ND-0:Kevin Cramer OH-16:Jim Renacci OK-1:Jim Bridenstine PA-6:Ryan Costello PA-7:Pat Meehan PA-9:Bill Shuster PA-11:Lou Barletta PA-15:Charlie Dent PA-18:Tim Murphy SC-1:Mark Sanford SC-4:Trey Gowdy SC-5:Mick Mulvaney SD-0:Kristi Noem TN-2:Jimmy Duncan TN-6:Diane Black TN-7:Marsha Blackburn TX-2:Ted PoeTX02'>2 TX-3:Sam Johnson TX-5:Jeb Hensarling TX-6:Joe Barton TX-21:Lamar Smith TX-27:Blake Farenthold UT-3:Jason Chaffetz VA-5:Tom Garrett VA-6:Bob Goodlatte WA-8:Dave Reichert WV-3:Evan Jenkins WI-1:Paul Ryan |
Retirements as of January 2019 (Democrats):
AZ-9:Kyrsten Sinema CO-2:Jared Polis CT-5:Elizabeth Esty HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa IL-4:Luis Gutierrez MD-6:John Delaney MA-3:Niki Tsongas MI-9:Sander Levin MN-1:Tim Walz MN-5:Keith Ellison MN-8:Rick Nolan NV-3:Jacky Rosen NV-4:Ruben Kihuen NM-1:Michelle Lujan-Grisham PA-1:Bob Brady TX-16:Beto O'Rourke TX-29:Gene Green Challengers for November 2018 (Democrats): DE-0:Rochester(D) KY-6:McGrath(D) MA-7:Pressley(D) MI-13:Brenda Jones MI-13:Rashida Tlaib Challengers for November 2018 (Republicans): CA-49:Rocky Chavez HI-1:Cam Cavasso ID-1:Russ Fulcher NV-3:Danny Tarkanian OH-12:Troy Balderson PA-14:Rick Saccone PA-16:Lloyd Smucker PA-18:Rick Saccone SC-4:Lee Bright SC-5:Pope(R) TX-27:Michael Cloud UT-3:John Curtis WA-8:Dino Rossi |
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Budget/Economy Civil Rights Corporations Crime Drugs Education Energy/Oil Environment Families Foreign Policy Free Trade Govt. Reform Gun Control Health Care Homeland Security Immigration Jobs Principles Social Security Tax Reform Technology War/Peace Welfare/Poverty Vacancies for November 2018 election: MI-13:Conyers(D, resigned in sex scandal) NY-25:Slaughter(D, deceased March 2018) OK-1:Bridenstine(R; resigned to head NASA) PA-7:Meehan(R, resigned in sex scandal) PA-15:Dent(R; resigned May 2018) Candidate Information: Main Page Profile TX politicians Contact info: House Contact Mailing Address: Office 1339 LHOB, Wash., DC 20515 Phone number: 202-225-4511 |