House Phone Campaign: Stop Government Run Health Care

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1) Slow down! Health care reform is important, complicated and affects 1/6 of the U.S. economy. We need health care reform done right, not fast. Stop the midnight amendments and procedural tricks, and let us see a real bill that puts patients first.

2) Health care reform can’t possibly be revenue-neutral. By all accounts these health care bills establish a new $1-trillion government-run health care program. That’s on top of the $800-billion stimulus plan passed earlier this year. We don't have the money, can't afford huge new taxes to get it, and it would be wrong to borrow it and leave even more debt to our children and grandchildren.

3) Small businesses have been hit harder than most with rising health care costs. This bill does nothing to help small businesses. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office reported that the bill will result in lower wages and higher unemployment. In this economic environment, we need small businesses to create jobs. Don’t tax them, threaten to fine them, and force them to pay the fines under threat of jail time.

4) Seniors have paid into Medicare all their lives. It is wrong to cut seniors benefits and give it to non-senior citizens. Seniors in rural America who are on Medicare Advantage are receiving a quality of health care they have never before received. Many seniors are dependent on Medicare Advantage to maintain their quality of life. It’s wrong to take that from them to create a new middle-class entitlement.

5) Washington has not proven that it can run an insurance program on budget and provide quality care – and it should not be allowed to take over our health care system. Whether that's through a public "option," mandates, or co-ops, Washington has proven it is ill-equipped to deliver the care Americans deserve.
  • Medicare and Medicaid are underfunded and about to go bankrupt.

  • We’re told there’s $500 billion in waste to be taken out of Medicare.
  • Any money saved from waste, fraud, and abuse should be kept for Medicare to make it stronger and more efficient for seniors and taxpayers. Fix Medicare first.
6) This is no time for tax hikes. The economy is still reeling and unemployment is painfully high. We should be cutting spending and taxes, not finding ways to fund huge new programs by raising tax rates through the roof.
  • Medical device manufactures and insurance companies will be hit with additional taxes. The added tax burden will ultimately be paid by average Americans.
7) Please oppose this bill and any health care program that puts Washington in charge of our health care.		House Phone Campaign: Stop Government Run Health Care

Latest reported calls for "House Phone Campaign: Stop Government Run Health Care":

  1. Sat., Nov. 21, 2009 1:01 AM    link Name not displayed | Tucson, AZ
    Call Report for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D AZ-8)

    NO ANSWER

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  3. Fri., Nov. 20, 2009 7:36 PM    link James M. | San Jose, CA
    Call Report for Rep. Mike Honda (D CA-15)

    No Answer,try back

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  5. Fri., Nov. 20, 2009 5:02 PM    link Name not displayed | Phoenix, AZ

  6. Fri., Nov. 20, 2009 4:38 PM    link Barbara K. | Sunset Beach, NC
    Call Report for Rep. Mike McIntyre (D NC-7)

    There really wasn't any comment, my phone just went dead...

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  8. Fri., Nov. 20, 2009 1:56 PM    link Patricia S. | Manchester Township, NJ

  9. Fri., Nov. 20, 2009 1:56 PM    link Patricia S. | Manchester Township, NJ

  10. Fri., Nov. 20, 2009 1:23 PM    link Charlie T. | Warren, OR
    Call Report for Rep. David Wu (D OR-1)

    Hung up on me.

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  12. Fri., Nov. 20, 2009 1:14 PM    link Martha G. | Brownsville, TX
    Call Report for Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (D TX-27)

    Talked to a very nice and polite lady named Veronica; told her my name and city I was calling from. She will give my message to My representative Salomon Ortiz.I asked them not to pass the health reform, to protect elderly and veterans, I don't want Washington in charge of my health care.

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  14. Fri., Nov. 20, 2009 11:25 AM    link Piper A. | Commerce City, CO
    Call Report for Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D CO-7)

    Second try...spoke to a very polite assistant named Jason who listened to my comments, asked from what city I called and said he'd pass on to the Representative.

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  16. Fri., Nov. 20, 2009 11:20 AM    link Piper A. | Commerce City, CO
    Call Report for Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D CO-7)

    Phone answered by receptionist?...hung up on. Trying again.

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  18. Fri., Nov. 20, 2009 10:17 AM    link becky d. | New Caney, TX
    Call Report for Rep. Kevin Brady (R TX-8)

  19. Thu., Nov. 19, 2009 8:34 PM    link leonard B. | Broken Arrow, OK
    Call Report for Rep. John Sullivan (R OK-1)

    I'm not sure I got a message to him. I tried twice.

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  21. Thu., Nov. 19, 2009 8:31 PM    link Ross J. | Chicora, PA
    Call Report for Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper (D PA-3)

    Congesswoman Dahlkemper's Mailbox is full

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  23. Thu., Nov. 19, 2009 7:13 PM    link Name not displayed | Lake Oswego, OR

    left message.

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  25. Thu., Nov. 19, 2009 6:43 PM    link patr p. | Stuart, FL
    Call Report for Rep. Tom Rooney (R FL-16)

    left a message

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  27. Thu., Nov. 19, 2009 6:37 PM    link Name not displayed | Urbandale, IA

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  30. Thu., Nov. 19, 2009 6:23 PM    link carol M. | Wrightsville, PA
    Call Report for Rep. Todd Russell Platts (R PA-19)

  31. Thu., Nov. 19, 2009 6:16 PM    link Susana A. | Duluth, GA
    Call Report for Rep. John Linder (R GA-7)

    I will pass this to the Senator

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