I really wish that Hodes and the NH Dem Party could make up their minds...if they had one to share....
OK, Hodes's spokesdude, Mark Bergman, has now decided to try to get the the "move" back (from what NHPoliticalReport is saying):
"Kelly Ayotte's plan will help insurance companies continue to deny care to New Hampshire families while eliminating New Hampshire protections that require insurance companies to cover breast cancer treatment, prenatal care, and diabetes coverage. Her plan won't cover preexisting conditions and would allow health care costs to continue to spiral out of control for New Hampshire small businesses. Kelly Ayotte's health care plan is written by the insurance companies and for the insurance companies.
Paul Hodes' plan will lower costs, help small business afford health insurance and force insurance companies to compete for customers. The Hodes plan will put families back in control of their health care."
So he repeats himself - so I will too: The Hodes Campaign believes that you are too stupid to figure out the kinds of insurance you need; only Government has that kind of brainpower. In return, you get to pay higher premiums - and love us for it!
His problem is that he started off invoking an instance of the Law of Unintended Consequences - me. Oh yeah, add another one - Emily Browne of the NH Democrat Party - who din't really helped his case (Hodes).
Let's recap - Mr. Mark started off by berating Kelly Ayotte in that she was in favor of reducing insurance costs by reducing what Government forces citizens to buy for insurance - notice the use of the word "mandate" in his first missive:
- Health Care During Pregnancy. [List of NH Health Related Insurance Mandates, updated September 2008, Accessed 11/9/09]
- Mammograms for Breast Cancer Screening. [List of NH Health Related Insurance Mandates, updated September 2008, Accessed 11/9/09]
- Health Care for Newborn Children. [List of NH Health Related Insurance Mandates, updated September 2008, Accessed 11/9/09]
- Allowing college students to remain on their parents' health insurance plan when they get sick, also know as Michelle's Law [List of NH Health Related Insurance Mandates, updated September 2008, Accessed 11/9/09]
He just doesn't get it, does he? After all, what's a Mandate really? From Merriam-Webster:
1 : an authoritative command; especially : a formal order from a superior court or official to an inferior one
In this case, you know, coming from a Politician such as Paul Hodes, a Mandate costs you and I money! Time and time and time again, they are always voting to a new Mandate that Government will FORCE its citizens to pay for insurance that they might not want not choose for themselves. In other words, what Mark Berman is telling us is that Paul Hodes agrees with the idea that Government is going to FORCE citizens to pay for something that we probably will never use. This lowers cost for me and you
HOW?
But face it, these kinds of Politicians, such as Paul Hodes, are greedy -
Then remember, Emily Browne of the NH Democrat Party decided to take a whack at me and Kelly:
...delivered a ringing endorsement today of "KellyCare" - Ayotte's plan to eliminate essential New Hampshire insurance mandates, giving insurance companies complete control over the healthcare of Granite Staters
Again with the mandates! Ms. Emily agrees with Mr. Mark - she sees NOTHING wrong in forcing Granite Staters to spend their money the Politician's way - like it or not.
What these three clueless people don't understand is that they
are helping to help enlarge the insurance companies profits!
How, you ask? Mandate that a company HAS to sell something, they will. And they will price it at cost plus some mark-up. So, what they will do, at the behest of Government, is make even more money! So of COURSE they like Government (it's called rent-seeking when taken to the extreme, like what GE is doing).
So, when it comes down to it, for the few companies that Government HASN'T run out of the New Hampshire marketplace (thank Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Governor John Lynch, and assorted "useful idiot" Republicans that went along with guaranteed issue and community rating).
So, Mr. Mark decides to throw gasoline - on the fire of his own house:
Paul Hodes' plan will lower costs, help small business afford health insurance and force insurance companies to compete for customers. The Hodes plan will put families back in control of their health care."
Really?
...Paul Hodes' plan will lower costs
'Splain to me, Mr. Mark and Ms. Emily? 'Spose I buy a car - I only want an AM-FM radio. But Hodes votes for and helps to pass a law that says I can't buy just an AM-FM; I have to also buy it with a CD player AND a subwoofer. That's saves me money - how?
That's the part I just don't get - HOW does forcing me to buy MORE cost me less? And none of these Democrats can seem to 'splain that to ANY of us - right?
...The Hodes plan will put families back in control of their health care."
Really? Hodes's plan is PelosiCare, ObamaCare that has over 3,000 mandates.
That's right: over 3,000 times this God-forsaken, Freedom-loving, Liberty-taking bill says that WE, those families will have to do what Hodes wants them to. HodesCare, PelosiCare, Obamacare - whatever you want to call it comes down to just this:
Government that will FORCE its citizens to pay for insurance that they may well do not want, may never ever need to use, rather then choosing for themselves for is best for them. Hodes is going to limited purchasing ONLY those plans that Government mandates for them.
This is what Hodes has cast his vote for. In other words, Hodes (and Carol Shea-Porter) have decided that:
- Thus, THEY have made it clear that THEY know better than you what you and your family needs than you do
- They have no problem in having you PAY for something that you may not need
Two questions that you ALL need to ask Mr. Bergman - over and over again:
And that lowers cost - HOW?
Maybe we should all just calling him Paul "Mandate Man" Hodes...costing YOU more for what HE wants...HOW does HodesCare allow families take control with all these mandates?
