Alliance for America`s Health

Together we are strong.

• The unemployment percentage continues to remain high. We can not afford the cost of american workers continuing to far outpace inflation.
• The american worker is not the one getting the huge raise every year. Why are we the first ones to lose our jobs? No longer will the rise in health costs take our raises and jobs.
• The dow has been steadily on the rise. Unemployment continues to drop, why have we not fixed the middle-class problems?
• Why are we letting american jobs go overseas? Twice the cost of any other country to keep employees healthy.
• The cost of health care for the american worker is forcing companies to fire people. Which encourages more hiring of illegal immigrants, who do not burden the company with health insurance costs. Which encourages more illegal immigration, resulting in more jobs loses.
• Small business create the majority of new jobs. Why do we not have health care options designed for small business owners and their employees?

• Encourage more patients to shop around for the best deal. With price listings and health saving accounts.
• Allow health insurance to be bought across state lines.
• tort reform
• Make health insurance portable.
• Strongly protect the hide abortion amendment.
• Cut the government`s bureaucratic red tape that is stifling free market innovations.
• transparency

Our worst option is continuing the status que!

Doctors are great, we need more of them!

Main stream media helping or hurting america?

Health Bill Updates

Update 03/01/11 - Yesterday in a meeting with the national governors association, barack obama spoke in support of legislation that would allow states an opt-out waiver from the mandate when it takes affect in 2014. Currently they do not have that option until 2017. It is a bipartisan bill by senators ron wyden and scott brown.

Update 02/11/11 - Four senate democrats came out opposed to the insurance mandate this week They appear to be willing to repeal the mandate with any legislation and with any coalition of senators. The members of the senate currently helping lead the fight for the American people are Joe Manchin, Jon Tester, Ben Nelson, and Claire McCaskill. Although Claire McCaskill did have moments of political speech, but all votes count the same. Republicans have been silent on the issue. Establishment republican leadership appear to have once again forced all their members into supporting the mandate. Four senators may not sound like much but it is a start. Anyone of them has done far more to repeal the mandate then any senate republican.

Update 02/04/11 - On monday the insurance mandate was ruled unconstitutional in a florida court. Where are the efforts to repeal in the senate? There was a vote for full repeal that failed on wednesday but very little effort was put forth, they seemed to be just going through the motions. Also no big interviews on the sunday morning news or otherwise before the vote to put the pressure on. Nothing about which senators were somewhere in the middle and needed to be vocally pressured by constituents. After it failed we barely heard anything about it or the next steps. Republicans repealed the bill in the house but have yet to produce any further results or really much of an effort. This was a big campaign promise for republicans in the 2010 election. After their win, leadership and others were quick to point out that they need to gain trust. Some calling it a probationary period, after republicans strayed away from what they preached last time they were in charge with majorities. How are they going to gain trust from the American people if the only thing they do is put on a show for one of the biggest campaign issues? The republican party just made large gains for themselves in the last election, we know they are capable. How about proving this was also a gain for we the people, with some results.

We need to attack the bill. Republicans repealed the entire bill in the house. The numbers for some time have been reported as not their in the senate for full repeal. If they did pass the repeal bill in the senate there would be things republicans would make exemptions for reasons good and bad. For instance if full repeal passes, included would be small business tax cuts. Who in there right mind would want to increase taxes on these American job creators, especially in our current economic environment? Seniors on medicare would no longer receive rebate checks when they are in what has been called the doughnut hole. Now we should focus on lowering costs, instead of taxing and borrowing to cover the increases in costs. But remember this part of the health care bill was an extension to the George W. Bush medicare drug expansion. Republicans say they want to repeal the whole bill. But for starters they are too afraid to address medicare (for fear of short term problems) and/or their largest corporate donors do not want to lose the subsidies. Give us an honest assessment and an honest effort that we can rally behind. The American people will show up. Do not try to win the 2012 election, by using the same 2010 promise to repeal health care unless you first give an honest effort.

Republicans have said if they cannot repeal the full bill, they will dismantle it. I think it is simple common sense how to repeal the bill. Attack at the special interest base. Who is going to object to a one line bill with a clear singular goal, that simply repeals the mandate? No pork, earmarks, or special projects of any kind. Nothing that could possibly be distorted by the main stream media. The courts are currently singling out the mandate. It is weak, we need to back up the effort with action in congress. Republicans point out it is unconstitutional but refuse to rally support and offer a bill to fix the injustice. How do they justify not now attempting to remove the unconstitutional portion of bill? What is the matter global insurance giants will not allow them to listen to the tea party? I agree with redstate.com journalist Erick Erickson that some in the republican leadership are making it look like the are on the side of tea party members but really are stabbing us in the back. We will have the largest consensus by being the defenders of the constitution. Republicans are the party who introduced the mandate as an alternative back when Bill Clinton tried to pass a health bill. There are politicians bought off on both sides. There is plenty of blame to go around. We need to strike now while the iron is hot. We need to take any vote we can to repeal the mandate. Partisan voice of democrats but sometimes moderate on the issues Keith Olbermann has been one of the few outspoken leaders against the mandate. I wish there were some limited government conservative leaders out in front but this is not the time for politics. Give credit were credit is due. Far left spokesman Howard Dean has not come out strongly against it, but has been quick to point out it is not necessary and points to his previous work at the state level with no mandate. It kind of makes sense, the left want to tax and then give government insurance to the poor. They want to raise taxes and have no need to mandate handout coverage to the poor. They are trying to take over the private insurance industry, not forcefully expand them. Democrats have also been giving out waivers to their friends the labor unions. It appears democrat`s left base and special interest donors do not want the mandate. The conservative base is by far the strongest against the mandate, but what about large republican cooperate donors? Small, medium and large business hate the mandate but huge global companies see it as a way to gain market share when everyone else closes their doors because they can not afford insurance.

Republicans rightfully warn of rationing. But then enable the worst offender, the mandate. It is almost like they are trying to overwhelm and collapse the system. That could not happen in America. Oh wait insurance companies betting on both sides helped cause the 2008 financial collapse. Lets see if i got their plan straight. Republicans introduce the mandate, and promise to once again defeat any bill at all costs without it. Publically they speak for repealing the entire bill but nothing about dealing with the problem on constitutional grounds. Then they take power promising to once again repeal the bill. But the system collapses soon after they obtain power, at which time republicans again address their attentions on convincing us to bailout the problems. Then they use the attention on the problem not as an opportunity not to repeal the problem but to raise the fine and/or add jail time, hoping to force more people into insurance. I imagine them saying something like the global insurance giants are too big to fail, we need to give them money to stay afloat short term and guarantee a consumer base for them. Or maybe they hold on to power as long as they can without fulfilling promises, then once again on their way out everything collapses. Then special interests send their bought off politicians from the other side to claim they will fix the problem. That is how we end up with an endless loop of broken promises. The way to gain power is not to create a problem and promise to fix it. The way to gain power is to fix problems, earning trust so people believe you will do what you say. No more bailouts!

We can uphold the constitution, create jobs, stop job loss and repeal the large government overreach in one sentence. Washington politicians good and bad need to believe they have the strength to work with global business giants, not do whatever they say. Politicians need to fear the vote of we the people, more then corrupting politicians and forces. If constant attacks of special interest advertising can not drown out the voice of we the people, their corrupt politicians will have very short careers. When we are strong individuals even the most self-serving politician will do what is best for America because they do not want to lose their job. Special interests are not going to overcome the American people and freedom fighters.

On 01/19/11 house republicans made it official. By passing the repeal of the 2010 health bill, which was widely predicted to be successful in the house. Hopefully we will soon see action in the senate.

Update 05/01/10 - Nothing about repeal this week. Where is a bill to repeal the insurance mandate? Where is a bill to offer an insurance op-out for the self-insured? I understand the majority of congress has moved on to wall street reform. But this should have been done long ago and would not take allot of time. It only takes one senator to write a bill to repeal the insurance mandate. It only takes one senator to speak up in the media and help the american people`s push to get members of congress to co-sponsor that bill. I do recognize the importance of ending the too big to fail bailout mentality. The insurance mandate is brought to us by some of these same bailed out special interests. It was insurance giants like aig that helped start this mess. It is global health insurance giants that create companies they call too big to fail with the help of anti-trust exemptions. We need to allow the free market to work, not encourage global giants to take over markets. Subsidizing insurance and wall street losses with tax payer money is not capitalism.

Update 04/24/10 - Still no action on removing the insurance industry`s individual mandate. Where is the passion republican members of congress showed before the health bill passed? How can these same people not even attempt to repeal the mandate? The insurance industry inserted their mandate before the bill was sent to the finance committee. A couple of senate republicans lead an effort to remove it, but failed by one vote. Senate democrats expressed concerns about the mandate, but ended up voting against removing it. This was a vote by the finance committee, not the full senate. No one ever brought up an amendment to remove the mandate for a vote by the full senate. If there was ever a real effort by republican senators to remove the mandate in the finance committee, those senators are now being silenced by the establishment leadership. My guess is some senators were making an honest effort to remove the mandate, but they were strong armed by leadership that was bought off by the insurance industry. The mandate was one vote short of being removed in the finance committee, why was there never a push to remove the mandate on the senate floor? Is it just me or are all signs pointing to the insurance industry making a deal with democrats not to remove the mandate in the finance committee? Then they paid republicans to fight the mandate in the finance committee and later support the mandate on the senate floor? That way people send money to senators to fight the mandate, who have already been bought off to protect the mandate. Why else would no senate republican bring up a repeal amendment or bill on the senate floor after coming up one vote short in the finance committee with lots of room for potential vote pickups?

Update 04/17/10 - Congress returned to work this week, after a two week vacation. No news on the promised campaign of repeal. Where are the votes in the senate to repeal the insurance corporation`s individual mandate? For the most part, the only news i heard about health care this week is that congress technically does not have insurance coverage until they setup the insurance exchanges. Maybe that will make all politicians work toward solving problems, instead of working for special interests?