State Senator Jeb Bradley, Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta, former HHS Commissioner John Stephen talk health care and the impact Democratic proposals will have on NH.
Earlier today, a key group of New Hampshire’s Republican leaders, led by State Senator Jeb Bradley and former Health & Human Services Commissioner John Stephen, gathered in Concord to react to the passage of so-called health care "reform" by the Democrat majority of Congress this past weekend. Attendees at the morning press conference learned that estimates of the costs of what is being dubbed "Pelosicare" to New Hampshire citizens over a 10-year period is some 1.2 billion dollars which, we were warned, would almost certainly lead us to a broad-based tax.
We will put up another post with video of the event a little later. The following piece, written by Bradley, pretty well sums up the message as delievered today in response to the latest action by Congress.
Guest post by State Senator Jeb Bradley:
Washington Promises — New Hampshire Realities
"If government were a product, selling it would be illegal" –PJ O’Rourke
The latest version of health care reform legislation introduced by Speaker Pelosi and passed by a 220 to 215 cliff hanger vote represents a 1990 page mammoth attempt to ‘change’ America. While clearly there is bipartisan recognition of the need for reform, in particular, covering pre-existing health conditions and lower health care costs, Pelosi’s legislation overdoses on busted budgets, punishing taxes, and an omnipresent government power grab.
Budget Busting: Despite the President’s repeated promise that health care reform will not add a single dime to the deficit, the price tag of PelosiCare determined by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office is $1.05 trillion over 10 years. That’s just for starters as a $250 billion “fix” for Medicare and Medicaid’s chronic underpayment of physicians has been moved to another piece of legislation so supporters can hide this healthcare bill’s true costs. With budget chicanery alive and well in Washington, some inconvenient history is in order. When Medicare was implemented in the 1960s it was estimated it would cost $12 billion by 1990. In fact, actual costs were $90 billion — and today’s unfunded future liabilities are $37 TRILLION. Is Pelosi worried? No!! Here’s why:
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