Destroy Obamas Presidency: Health Care Freedom Plan

If Barack Obama is shocked that American's are pushing back against the kind of health reform he envisions, then he doesn't know red-blooded Americans. Here's some snippets of the fight being fought for those of us who ARE red-blooded Americans. Senator Charles Grassley quotes an unnamed senator quoting Obama:

A Democrat congressman last week told me after a conversation with the president that the president had trouble in the House of Representatives, and it wasn't going to pass if there weren't some changes made ... and the president says, 'You're going to destroy my presidency.'

Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) basically called Grassley a liar, saying he doesn't think the president would say that: "He's [Obama] got too much self-confidence." In the spirit of bi-partisianship, 6 senators from both sides have been "negotiating" for weeks.

The bipartisan Finance group met earlier in the day with two actuaries to discuss potential penalties for individuals and businesses that do not acquire insurance.

Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) was the 7th senator in that group of negotiators, but confirmation came today that there was little in the negotiations that he could back:

...including the employer mandate, the individual mandate, Medicaid expansion and tax increase.

Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) made this statement:

July 20, 2009 - WASHINGTON, D.C - Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) made the following statement: “The last time the President made grand promises and demanded passage of a bill before it could be reviewed, we ended up with the colossal stimulus failure and unemployment near 10 percent,” said Senator DeMint. “Now the President wants Americans to trust him again, but he can't back up the utopian promises he's making about a government takeover of health care. He insists his health care plan won't add to our nation's deficit despite the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office saying exactly the opposite.

And today we learn that the President is refusing to release a critical report on the state of our economy, which contains facts essential to this debate. What is he hiding? "If the actual legislation came close to matching the President's rhetoric, he would have no problem passing this bill with huge Democrat majorities in both chambers. But Americans aren’t being fooled and are discovering the truth about his plan which includes rationed care, trillions in new costs, high taxes and penalties that will destroy jobs, and even government-funded abortions. “Let’s be clear, there is no one in this debate advocating that we do nothing despite the President's constant straw man arguments.

Republicans have offered comprehensive health care reform solutions that cover millions of the uninsured without exploding costs, raising taxes, or rationing care. We can give every American access to a health plan they can own, afford and keep without a government takeover." Senator DeMint has authored the Health Care Freedom Plan that gives patients more control instead of government and reduces the uninsured by over 22 million without any new cost to taxpayers.

What is the Health Care Freedom Plan?

• Protects the right of Americans to keep their employer-based plan without having to pay additional taxes on those benefits.

• Provides Americans without employer-based coverage with vouchers of $2000 for individuals and $5000 for families to purchase health insurance. The premium for the average private policy sold in the individual market in 2007 was $1,896 for an individual and $4,392 for a family (Source: eHealthInsurance)

• Allows Americans with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) to use their HSA funds to pay for insurance premiums, encouraging employers to contribute to their employees’ HSAs.

• Creates a nationwide market for health insurance by allowing individuals to purchase health insurance plans in any state.

• Provides block grants to states to develop innovative models that ensure affordable health insurance coverage for Americans with pre-existing health conditions.

• Reduces predatory and frivolous malpractice lawsuits against physicians and hospitals.

• Assures that every health care consumer has access to price information prior to treatment so they can make informed decisions about their care.

• Repeals financial bailouts (TARP) to ensure that the plan does not add to the deficit.