Friday
Jul172009
GOP Congressman: Not Enough Time To Read Health Care Reform Bill
Friday, July 17, 2009 at 1:53PM
By Joseph Russell-Talk Radio News Service
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) was admittedly blurry eyed when he addressed a group from the Better Health Bloggers on Friday. Ryan was up all night on Capitol Hill finalizing the House Ways and Means Committee version of the health care reform.
"It’s a bill that none of us read because we couldn’t read it possibly in the time allotted, and we have no idea what it costs. Nevertheless, the bill is out of the Ways and Means Committee on its way to the House floor,” said Ryan.
Ryan addressed the Better Health Bloggers as part of a nation wide campaign for physicians to support patients’ rights. Ryan asked for support of the “Patient’s Choice Act,” which reforms health care by strengthening the relationship between doctors and patients while opening competition to contain costs, rather than raising the possibility of government rationing and restrictions.
Ryan said under his bill “more uninsured Americans can be covered by spending current dollars more wisely and more efficiently, than throwing trillions more at the problem.”
Dr. Val Jones created Better Health, a network of popular health bloggers, to support and promote health care professional’s views on reform, science, research, and care, through blogs.
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) was admittedly blurry eyed when he addressed a group from the Better Health Bloggers on Friday. Ryan was up all night on Capitol Hill finalizing the House Ways and Means Committee version of the health care reform.
"It’s a bill that none of us read because we couldn’t read it possibly in the time allotted, and we have no idea what it costs. Nevertheless, the bill is out of the Ways and Means Committee on its way to the House floor,” said Ryan.
Ryan addressed the Better Health Bloggers as part of a nation wide campaign for physicians to support patients’ rights. Ryan asked for support of the “Patient’s Choice Act,” which reforms health care by strengthening the relationship between doctors and patients while opening competition to contain costs, rather than raising the possibility of government rationing and restrictions.
Ryan said under his bill “more uninsured Americans can be covered by spending current dollars more wisely and more efficiently, than throwing trillions more at the problem.”
Dr. Val Jones created Better Health, a network of popular health bloggers, to support and promote health care professional’s views on reform, science, research, and care, through blogs.
Reader Comments (5)
CHOOSING THE USUAL PROFITING INSURANCE COMPANY, OR CHOOSING GOVERNMENT PLAN SHOULD BE UP TO AMERICANS?
The deciding factor in implementing health care for everybody--LEGALLY--in America, is the Publics voice? Those who want to just follow the same old road, can do so with the profit taking commercial insurance. Those who would be satisfied with a government run health care program, can now start demanding it from the lawmakers. Those who see a Universal health care system, similar to most developed countries in Europe, should start informing every Representative and Senate politician starting today. Rationing in places like England, was caused by the major impact of uncontrolled immigration.
Most American working class can do--without-- high premiums, pre-existing condition clauses. deductibles, co-pays that is representative of the wealthy medical care insurers. Whatever pertains to your family, you should start ruffling the indifferent feathers of the people in Washington at 202-224-3121 Just like illegal immigration , we cannot afford anymore to subsidize the business that hire them or the millions of illegal families.
THERE IS NO RIGHT TO CHOOSE. Read the actual bill. It takes away your right to choose whether you want to be in the private or govt plan. If you are in the private, lose your job and go on the govt plan, you can't EVER go back to the private plan.
And, America has worse IRRESPONSIBLE, UNCONTROLLED immigration as those countries in Europe where there is rationing. Canada has rationing - it takes a month to get a CT scan in Canada on average.
Our Government has not done that well running Medicare and Medicaid. When they can actually run that effectively, maybe I would consider letting the government run a health care program for everyone. But, their track record just doesn't do it for now.
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I think that if the Congress decides to put this bill into law, they also should have to agree to go on the insurance themselves and give up their own private insurance. They are all willing to make the American people settle for this insurance but not ONE of them would put their own families on this plan. Why not eliminate the government insurance plan that the tax payers pay for the Congressman and have true health care reform where EVERYONE including the congressman are on the same plan? I don't think the government cares one bit about us being on health care. What they really want is control of health care in this country. We are becoming a country of socialism and this is one more step in that direction. Let the Congressman put their own families on our social security system and our health care plans and watch how suddenly those programs become funded and better. We need a movement across this country to make Congress accountable for the laws they make for the people that they also have to abide by the same rules....including health care and social security. Why should they have their own private health care and pensions and expect to pass laws to us for lesser plans?
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