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A BlueNC post from one year ago today: Virginia Foxx at AFP rally

Submitted by CHAOS on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 12:59am

There are weeks when it is embarrassing to be from the mountains, or maybe even from North Carolina when Virginia Foxx is discussing Health Care Reform. This is one of those weeks! She was actually at this rally. I wonder if she talked about frying squash for her husband again.

FROM GOBLUERIDGE.NET
Americans for Prosperity Holds Healthcare Rally
Written by Adam Hicks

Tuesday, August 25 2009
Around 200 residents attended a healthcare rally at the Inn at Crestwood Tuesday evening.

Americans for Prosperity put on the rally as part of their “Hands off my Healthcare Tour.” Americans for Prosperity is a conservative organization that works for limited government.

Several guest speakers were on hand at the rally including a foreign war veteran, a breast cancer survivor, and several others. The keynote speaker was Congresswoman Virginia Foxx.

At one point in her speech, Foxx said, “The democrats are always so keen on women choosing to kill their unborn child, but in other areas they don’t want us to decide.”

Residents in attendance were asked to sign a petition against President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform package, call Senator Kay Hagan and tell her not to support the bill, and to tell others about the movement.

THEN THIS WAS POSTED BELOW THE ABOVE ARTICLE AS A COMMENT

Retro Registered | 08/26/2009 4:34PM

At the rally, Rep. Foxx passed out a nine and a half page, single-spaced, section by section analysis of the house bill (HR 3200). It details how the democrats' health care bill would:

*lead to higher costs through a government takeover of health care;

*lead to rationing of health care;

*raise taxes on families and small businesses;

*fail to control rising medical costs;

*hurt small businesses and job creation;

*eliminate choice for patients;

* not allow consumers to retain their current health care insurance;

* provide giveaways to special interests such as unions and trial lawyers;

*create massive new government bureaucracies (53 new programs or boards and commissions);

*give unchecked power to a new federal Health Care Choices Commissioner;

*undermine existing health insurance provided by small businesses and employers; and

*result in federally mandated and subsidized abortion coverage.

Virginia and her staff have not only read the bill, they have throughly analyzed it.

So this is Virginia's take on health care reform?
I think I will claim to be from ?another state, any state but NC.

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Now I know why I will be in Asheville on Saturday!

Submitted by CHAOS on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 1:12am.

Reading Foxx's take on Health Care Reform lets me know why I will attend the rally in Asheville on Saturday! Hope to see some of you there and let's show that we care about Health Care Reform!

CHAOS, please report back

Submitted by Foxtrot (not verified) on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 8:01am.

It seems like every time Foxx speaks in public something just completely stupid comes out. Report back, will you?

She is a Liar

Submitted by Blue South on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 8:33am.

*lead to higher costs through a government takeover of health care;

No one is proposing a government takeover. If they were that would lower costs even more than this bill proposes to do.

*lead to rationing of health care;

Health Care is already being rationed. Why should insurance companies be allowed to get between me and my doctor?

*raise taxes on families and small businesses;

Wrong. 1.2% of americans would see a tax hike under this plan. Most families would save money. Small businesses that provide health insurance would receive tax credits. Under the GOP plan every family would be taxed for the benefits they get from their employer.

*fail to control rising medical costs;

The bill contains lots of cost saving measures, such as helping pay for doctors to make their records electronic so you dont have to have the same test 5 times.

*hurt small businesses and job creation;

The status quo is killing small businesses and preventing others from making new small businesses. This bill gives tax credits to small businesses.

*eliminate choice for patients;

Outright lie.

* not allow consumers to retain their current health care insurance

Outright lie.

* provide giveaways to special interests such as unions and trial lawyers

Not sure where the trial lawyers thing comes in. The "giveaway" to unions is a new federal tax credit to every employer that provides lifetime coverage to their retirees, union, non union doesnt matter.

*create massive new government bureaucracies (53 new programs or boards and commissions);

The GOP plan would allow each of the 50 states to create health care exchanges within state rules, in other words, 50 new government bureaucracies.

*give unchecked power to a new federal Health Care Choices Commissioner

That power is extremely limited, and mostly has to do with consumer protections.

*undermine existing health insurance provided by small businesses and employers;

It provides tax credits for businesses that provide health insurance, ensuring that businesses can continue to provide coverage for their employers. When health care costs are rising 5 times faster than wages (like they did from 2000 to 2009 in NC) it is impossible for many businesses to continue to provide coverage.

*result in federally mandated and subsidized abortion coverage

Absolute Lie.

"Keep the Faith"

Good analysis Blue South

Submitted by momoaizo on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 9:22am.

Looks to me that the Republicans are throwing everything, including the kitchen sink, at this. Why? Because they know they will lose and that the ones who actually pass comprehensive healthcare reform will be rewarded with re-election.

Buh bye R's

Its about money

Submitted by Blue South on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 10:29am.

The people in DC are just too concerned with fundraising from corporate lobbyists.

The real Republicans, the ones who are our neighbors actually want this. In a poll by AARP, when read a description of what the public option would do, Republicans supported it by a margin of 61 to 33. Overall it was at 81% support

"Keep the Faith"