In case you missed it Saturday, Rep. Sue Myrick gave a classic performance in a GOP weekly message, denouncing health care reform measures being considered in Congress. Sue looked spiffy in a pink suit sporting some sort of tarantula, and spoke in her usual, Bobby Jindal-esque style, as if she thought she was addressing an audience of the mentally challenged. Myrick spoke of finding out nine years ago that she had breast cancer. “I knew something was wrong with my body – but it took six doctors, three mammograms and one ultrasound before they finally they found my cancer,” she said. “This process took only a few weeks.”
Then the nonsense began. “Under the government-run health care system they have in Canada and the United Kingdom, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to get those tests so quickly,” Myrick claimed. “One international study found that three times as many citizens in those countries wait longer than a month to see a specialist.” Which, of course, is completely irrelevant to the current U.S. health care debate since no one is proposing that we adopt a British or Canadian style system! How many times does this have to be explained? Hey, maybe Sue knows her audience after all.
The other hilarious thing about Myrick’s comparison of her experience to what she would have endured under a government-run health care system? She is covered, as a member of Congress, by a government-run system — which, according to her, worked really well.
This article appears in Sep 15-22, 2009.
Who the hell is this guy… John Grooms????
Can’t he get any of his “facts” right? The Federal Employees Plan (FEP) is contracted out to private insurance companies and is not administered by the government.
In reguards to illegals… The pres. argument is that the uninsured add cost because the providers pass the lost revenue to us paying into the system via our health care bills. He is correct in this idea but under the Dem.s plan, illegals would still drive up cost if they remain uninsured. If they do purchase care via the government-plan it will be subsidized with tax payer dollars. Illegas will benefit from the plan pure and simple.
John, go back to drawing stick figures in the sand. You clearly are not up to spped on this topic.
The only way that Congress will pass immigration reform, is by–FORCING—it through the House and Senate? There is the gigantic obstacle of public opinion on this conflagration of an issues and it will only be enacted over the dead carcasses of the American culture. We have already seen the utter indifference of our legislators who have trampled on citizens rights to allow millions of cheap foreign labor past our borders and ports of entry. They have spawned awesome lies, to cater to the business world, whose wealthy favors have performed for those in seats of power. In the majority of laws passed by both Democrats and Republicans, the overall authority–THE PEOPLE–have intentionally been left with no redress? This is likely to happen with another path to citizenship, whom by no means deserves such an award. They knew full well the consequences of breaking into another country and should bare the penalty of deportation.
Compassion doesn’t enter the situation, because in most other countries deportation is far from the worst solution that awaits you? We are governed by the “Rule of Law” and without it; we would become just another dictatorship. Last time there was a very lenient AMNESTY, the whole enactment turned into fraudulent pantomime. Our country cannot afford to keep turning a blind eye to the rampant corruption in Washington? This time the American people are fully united in a cause to stop this path to citizenship, because the outcome is exorbitant taxes to support those already here and those who will descend on us afterwards? The conveyor belt must be stopped or our beautiful country will turn into a toilet bowl of poverty stricken foreigners, who do not assimilate and have no intentions of speaking the common language.
In nighttime committees they have secretly under funded the border fence, 287 G, a federal training program to apprehend illegal aliens on the streets and highway by the police. They have all but rescinded the no-match-letter, to disclose illegal immigrants in the factory, office, store or any industry. ICE raids have been smothered by a lady Napolitano with questionable excuses? Then pro-illegal immigration comrades Sen.Harry Reid, Speaker Pelosi tried to restrain E-Verify, the verification identity process available on any computer, but were defeated by the voices of millions of the US population. Both have very low rating in the public domain; both are elected officials of massive illegal families in their home states.
Now in corrupted legislation they want to count the 20 million plus illegal immigrants in the 2010 census, and thereby stealing congressional seats from states with smaller populations who should be receiving the correct slice of federal billion dollar funding. California–the SANCTUARY STATE–should be cut off sharply from any extra money from the government, owing that they genuflected to the foreign invasion and released millions of dollars in citizen welfare, to any body not legally in this country. Some Border States cities are more like third world enclaves, instead of the 1980’s shining metropolises. Our health care has suffered almost irreparable damage from free treatment, our schools and other public services have also been jettisoned to attain more indigent foreign labor.
All the billions spent should have been allocated to repairing our collapsing infrastructure, instead of pandering to the business consortium’s, congregational religion, unions, mega business entities and a nefarious mix of ethnic organizations. Don’t let your politicians of the hook. Contact them at 202-224-3121 and demand–NO MORE– Immigration Reform. Find out who is undermining immigration enforcement laws, and remember to throw them out of office. There is a distinct smell of corruption in the hierarchy on the Potomac that you need to learn about at NUMBERSUSA & JUDICIAL WATCH.
Myrick will support the mandated insurance option, aka Romney-care. She also voted for the trillion dollar drug benefit and Bush’s bailouts.
Just another career politician in my book.
Half of my work day seems to be nothing more than paperwork to satisfy the state and the national government, plus to ward off any lawsuits. Tort reform and deregulation would certainly give me more time to spend with patients.