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Posted on 01/06/2008 2:30:43 PM PST by Fred
Fred Thompson Release:
- This is Romney's health care plan of which he claims authorship and credit. - The plan guarantees Planned Parenthood a seat at the decision-making table. - The plan provides taxpayer-funded abortions for a copay of $50. - The plan penalizes individuals not buying health insurance coverage and small businesses not offering health insurance to their employees.
Romney Is Quick To Take Credit For Massachusetts' Health Care Plan
- "I love it. It's a fabulous program." (GOP Primary Debate, Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA, MSNBC, 5/3/2007) - "But I helped write it and I knew it well..." (GOP Primary Debate, Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA, MSNBC, 5/3/2007)
KEY ASPECTS OF ROMNEY'S MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH CARE PLAN...
(1) Guarantees Planned Parenthood A Seat At The Table. Romney's legislation created an advisory board and guarantees, by law, that Planned Parenthood has a seat at the table. Romney's plan established a MassHealth payment policy advisory board, and one member of the Board must be from Planned Parenthood. No pro-life organization is represented. (Chapter 58 Section 3 (q) Section 16M (a), http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/seslaw06/sl060058.htm )
(2) Provides Taxpayer-Funded Abortions . Abortions are covered in the Commonwealth Care program that Romney created as Governor. Under the program, abortions are available for a copay of $50. (Menu of Health Care Services: http://www.mass.gov/Qhic/docs/cc_benefits1220_pt234.pdf )
- Romney used his line-item veto authority to strike eight sections of the bill that he found objectionable, including the expansion of dental benefits to Medicaid recipients. Yet, he did not strike Planned Parenthood's guaranteed Board representation and he did nothing to prohibit taxpayer-funded abortions as part of his plan. ("Romney's Health Care Vetoes," Associated Press, 4/12/06)
(3) Punitive Toward Small Businesses. Small Businesses are fined $295-per-employee if they do not provide health insurance coverage to employees. (Steve LeBlanc, "Mass Lawmakers Ok Mandatory Health Bill," Associated Press, 4/5/06)
(4) Punitive Toward Individuals. Individuals not obtaining health insurance coverage lose their personal state tax exemption in 2007, which will cost them an estimated $219 in higher taxes. In 2008, uncovered individuals are assessed a fine equal to 50-percent of the cost of a standard insurance policy, which could be as much as $2,000. (Michael Tanner, "No Miracle In Massachusetts," Cato Institute, 6/6/06; Steve LeBlanc, "Timing Of Health Care Law's Penalties Could Pose Risk For Romney, MA," Associated Press, 11/9/07; William C. Symonds, "In Massachusetts, Health Care for All?" Business Week, 4/4/06 )
What’s it gonna’ be tonight “McLame vs Pretty Boy Mitt” or
“I’m Lying as Fast as I can Huckleberry” vs “Back N Mass Mitt” or “Did I mention 911 Rooty” vs Fred Thompson?
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Did the courts mandate the $50 co-pay or did Mitt just fail to veto it?
Did the courts mandate the Planned Parethood representative being on the board or did Mitt just fail to veto it?
What would have happened would have been best for all concerned especially the taxpayers and those in actual need. It would have defaulted back to Medicaid like before and would have been once again overseen by the State Inspector Generals Office where at least there was representation and accountability.
It wasn't broke to start with and didn't need fixing until Medicaid in Tennessee was purposely destroyed by Dem and RINO alike.
BTW didn't some of Ned's former cabinet end up running a few of those Hey Moes? It was federal dollars involved so yes Fred was also to blame and I don't call that a stretch. I was one of many who wrote Dear Fred and Dear Sen Frist letters asking that they step in and stop the funding and the madness. It's a sad commentary on the state of the Tennessee GOP when it took a DEM Liberal Governor to finally take a needed stand.
Regardless of what Haislmaier says, forcing folks to buy health insurance, or pay a substantial fine is not deregulation.
He could have vetoed it.
>>>>Sen. Hillary Clinton on RomneyCARE: “To come up with a bipartisan plan in this polarized environment is commendable.”
RomneyCARE is Healthy People 2010. That is HillaryCARE. This was Hillary’s little health scheme. Bill Clinton approved the funding before he left office.
This initiative was stimulated by President Clinton’s commitment to eliminate disparities in health for racial and ethnic minority populations by 2010.
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/D2C8F49F-400E-467E-ACF2-6255D6E9FDEA/0/Nadrc0900.pdf
DHHS OFFICE OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION
AND THE HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 INITIATIVE
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Dr. Randy Wykoff, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, DHHS, presented an overview of Healthy People 2010, including the Leading Health Indicators, and possible ways to maximize this initiative. Healthy People 2010 is coordinated by the DHHS Office for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Dr. Wykoff noted that Healthy People 2010 is a comprehensive set of national 10-year objectives that are developed through a collaborative process involving both the public and private sectors. All the objectives are specific and measurable over time based on data. The document, published and distributed by the Federal Government, also is a statistical description of the health status of Americans, including racial and ethnic disparities; a textbook on current public health priorities; and an important part of the national strategic plan for improving health. Healthy People 2010 is the third iteration of an effort that began in 1979 with publication of the Surgeon General’s Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Ever larger and more complex, this iteration has two overarching goals, 28 focus areas, 467 objectives, and 10 leading health indicators.
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Grant Review
The Council considered 327 applications requesting $70,492,343 in total costs. The Council recommended
238 applications for a total cost of $31,211,337 (see Attachment II).
How does a governor veto a court order? I thought only legislative bills can be vetoed.
The state mandated state funded abortion for those that could not afford it. It wasn’t attached to any bill he could veto.
The money mandated by the court order is appropriated, right? A budget passes with the money in it, right?
That is also perfect and 100% “preemptive health care” ( Ron Paul style )
You’re a liar, plain and simple. You should be ashamed of yourself.
The corruption and mismanagement of TennCare were Tennessee state government issues. Securing the funding obligation from the Federal Government as long as it was in existence was the obligation of the federal representatives in the House and Senate.
Had Fred refused to do the job he was elected for by the people of Tennessee and did not secure the federal funding, he would have been thrown out of office for being grossly incompetent and negligent. And TennCare would have gone broke years earlier and everyone, including the children would have been unfunded.
Not only that, but doing what you seem to think Fred should have done would have gone against his principles of federalism. Interjecting himself as a referee into internal state policy would have been stepping outside of his role as a representative for Tennessee in Washington. It’s was not his place to unilaterally decide not to get funding from Washington for state programs. That would be a gross dereliction of duty. You look like a fool for even suggesting it.
In fact, the sickest thing is that Romney's only interest in borders is to have
stolen ideas and effort from others.
Candidate Romney, takes time from attacking the GOP candidates,
and from paying and distributing false rumors against Fred Thompson and others,
to take deceitfully assume credit for Duncan Hunter's fence -- without attribution
on this Photo taken from Romney's 2008 Presidential campaign flier.
Myth: "I just received the endorsement of the NRA, Duncan Hunter's Fence,
Massachusetts Citizens for Life, everyone at FreeRepublic, and the Mauck family."
Next they’ll be saying the Heritage Foundation is a subversive organization! :^)
It had to have been part of some bill. In this case, it was part of the state health-care bill along with the $50 co-pay for it.
Did the court mandate that a Planned Parenthood rep had to sit on the board as well? Mitt didn't veto that either.
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