November 5th, 2009 • 1:38 pmExposing Pelosi’s Lies
Speaker Pelosi and her top lieutenants have told everyone that would listen that the Pelosicare bill didn’t fund abortions. Thanks to Leader Boehner’s statement today, we know that that’s a bald-faced lie:
Health care reform should not be used as an opportunity to use federal funds to pay for elective abortions. Health reform should be an opportunity to protect human life - not end it.
Unfortunately, Speaker Pelosi’s 2,032-page government takeover of health care does just that. On line 17, p. 110, section 222 under “Abortions for which Public Funding is Allowed” the Health and Human Services Secretary is given the authority to determine when abortion is allowed under the government-run plan. The Speaker’s plan also requires that at least one insurance plan offered in the Exchange covers abortions.
What is even more alarming is that a monthly abortion premium will be charged of all enrollees in the government-run plan. It’s right there on line 16, page 96, section 213, under “Insurance Rating Rules.” The premium will be paid into a U.S. Treasury account, and these federal funds will be used to pay for the abortion services.
Section 213 describes the process in which the Health Benefits Commissioner is to assess the monthly premiums that will be used to pay for elective abortions under the government-run plan. The Commissioner must charge at a minimum $1 per enrollee per month.
A majority of Americans believe that health care plans should not be mandated to provide elective abortion coverage, and a majority of Americans do not believe government health care plans should include abortion coverage. Currently, federal appropriations bills include language known as the Hyde Amendment that prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for elective abortions under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, while another provision, known as the Smith Amendment, prohibits federal funding of abortion under the federal employees’ health benefits plan.
Speaker Pelosi’s 2,032-page health care monstrosity is an affront to the American people and drastically moves away from current policy. The American people deserve more from their government than being forced to pay for abortion.
House Republicans are offering a common-sense, responsible solution that would reduce health care costs and expand access while protecting the dignity of all human life. The Republican plan, available at HealthCare.GOP.gov, would codify the Hyde Amendment and prohibit all authorized and appropriated federal funds from being used to pay for abortion. And under the Republican plan, any health plan that includes abortion coverage may not receive federal funds.
WOW!!! That’s truly arrogant:
A monthly abortion premium will be charged of all enrollees in the government-run plan. It’s right there on line 16, page 96, section 213, under “Insurance Rating Rules.” The premium will be paid into a U.S. Treasury account, and these federal funds will be used to pay for the abortion services.
Speaker Pelosi obviously isn’t afraid to say whatever the public wants to hear. Still, the truth is the truth. It’s stupid to say something that’s invalidated by simply looking at the legislation. This is a classic case of DC-itis, which is characterized by elitist politicians telling their constituents lies if that’s what’s needed to pass a bill and stay popular.
That worked five years ago but it doesn’t work worth crap in a YouTube, everything’s-online, TEA Party world. That crap gets shot down in a New York minute, if not leses.
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Pingback by California Conservative » Blog Archive » Exposing Pelosi’s Lies • 05Nov2009 @ 1:45 pm
Sure. Abortion zealots like AARP are on board.
If you want to criticize it make your criticism on something legitimate, not a divisive tirade about little unborn babies stuff.
Get real, or get marginalized.
It is a problematic thing, with mandates - get insured or get fined just under a grand.
If that’s a breach of freedom to contract to you, Gary, say so.
But don’t get into too many blind dead ends. It is counterproductive to what you on your end of things want, and me on the opposite end, either a good bill for the people and not the special interests who have had it too good too long, or no bill at all.
That’s Ellison’s stated position.
Go after what’s oppressive in the bill, Gary, instead of chasing ghosts from the past of the Bushco-Rove coalition forming. Remember that only worked when there were NOT a bunch of GOP crazies going around RINO hunting.
Pelosi, she has a coalition where the Blue Dogs can vote against and there still will be the votes. So, she offers a Blue Dog bill that the Blue Dogs can avoid to keep their precious seats secure.
And the GOP seems to be in hiding, no counterdraft to offer, yet, or has one been put on the table.
I think their strategy is sound. They got no votes to speak of, so they oppose, then when the tepid false-reform piece of work gets into law, and it’s inadequate as it will be, they can stand on as tall a soapbox as they can find and shout as loudly as they’ve lung capacity, “I told you so.”
Not a bad strategy while the insurance industry is getting something they must be quite happpy with, and are not themselves shouting that loudly at all. Sure there was the August false townhall displays, but bully boy tactics are easy and easily dismissed for what they were.
But the backroom smirks, and the public squealing, then, “I told you so,” it might gain a few seats in each house. Then again, it might not.
It will be interesting to see a year of so from now how the ballot boxes [if not rigged as in the past] reflect things.
But who knows what hot-button issues each side will be pushing then? It could be healthcare goes back-burner while jobs and foreclosures take attention.
Comment by eric z. • 06Nov2009 @ 7:52 am