Congressman Joe Pitts

Jonathan - so you proved my point. The GOP does not care about children (well some do, they voted for SCHIP, just not our Congressman). If a very small percentage of moderate income families need help getting affordable coverage, say for a preexisting condition that bars them from affordable coverage, you will look the other way.

At least two ... Read Morethings supersede a human beings right to life... there ability to pay for health insurance, and an insurance company bureaucrat.

http://ccf.georgetown.edu/index/cms-filesystem-action?file=ccf%20publications/federal%20schip%20policy/moderate%20income%20kids%20and%20schip.pdf

I think I've got this right... We MUST grease every skid to kill children, and somehow justify it by comparing it to war. Then we must spend money that we don't have and create an onerous and intrusive government that will eventually enslave those children because we care about them so much.

Very nicely done.

Thank you, sir, for your hard work on this amendment.

It'll never stay in. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Rep. Pitts ... I want the same healthcare you have ... and the same that retired people have. Government healthcare (see Medicare for reference). Access to healthcare is a BASIC HUMAN RIGHT.

THANK YOU to the House for hearing Americans who are overwhelming in favor for health care reform. All who voted Yes ... You Rock!!!

PENNSYLVANIA

Democrats -- Altmire, N; Brady, Y; Carney, Y; Dahlkemper, Y; Doyle, Y; Fattah, Y; Holden, N; Kanjorski, Y; Murphy, Patrick, Y; Murtha, Y; Schwartz, Y; Sestak, Y.... Read More

Republicans -- Dent, N; Gerlach, N; Murphy, Tim, N; Pitts, N; Platts, N; Shuster, N; Thompson, N.

I suppose Medicare is facist also?

I hope all the retired people turn in their Medicare (government healthcare) cards and save me some big bucks in my taxes.

Rep. Pitts ... where were you when billions were going to Iraq in no-bid contracts and ended up mysteriously disappearing? Thank goodness with the stimulus money, 7,000 jobs were created here in Pennsylvania and the money is benefiting Americans.

From 2001-2006 the Bush Administration oversaw 3.7 million news jobs. That also happens to coincide with the years Republicans controlled Congress, for the most part. Overall, Bush created 4.8 million jobs by the time he left office. Unfortunately we can't compare this to Obama since he hasn't been in long enough, but we do know that ... Read Moreunemployment was at 8% when Bush left office. It's kind of funny, after the stimulus, you see the unemployment rate strike up in a nearly vertical line...amazing how you forget history so quickly, Tim. Those darn facts always get in the way of your pretzel logic!

1. How is this bill going to bring down health care costs?
2. What is wrong with the existing Medicare / Medicaid system? Don't they work?
3. What lifestyles would be deemed detrimental to public health that the government would eventually need to tax or control? (i.e motorcycles, smoking, drinking, owning firearms, horses, loud music, driving an SUV, being ill and contagious, & basically any activity where someone has gotten hurt.)
4. What happens if someone really bad,( like worse than Bush) gets elected after this president and now has all this new power and control of your health by virtue of all these new bureaucracies?
5. Why did a lot of people sacrifice their blood, sacred honor, fortunes and lives to rid themselves of a government that was too intrusive? Was it really THAT big of a deal? Or were they just a bunch of out of touch and outdated white wig wearing crazies who just would not understand how hard we have it nowadays and that we NEED governments' help?... Read More
6. If someone is getting free medical care in this new proposal, how are we paying for it? Who is paying for all the new bureaucracies and the people to staff them? What will the consequences be of our government spending more than it has?

Nothing is free especially when the government is involved.

We will pay with something...time...taxes...freedom to choose for ourselves.

While there are issues with the current system, let's not go to the one source that is costing us more ($60 Billion in Medicare/Medicaid fraud) than all the profits gained by the top 15 insurance companies last year ($8.5 Billion).... Read More

Truth...find it.

Karen - this happens when the govt cuts back on its payments to doctors...someone has to pay, nothing is for free.

Micheal - this is not free...there is need for reform but this monstrosity is not the way.

It is BECAUSE of govt intervention that we are in this mess. Truly free systems will work out this issues.

I agree with Michael ... Rep. Pitts voted "NO" on health care reform, so remember that when he is up for reelection. We need representation to help us in Washington ... not march lockstep with the insurance companies.

First critics complain there won't be enough oversight and that illegals will get coverage. Then they complain when their is bureaucracies to make sure that does not happen. I'd rather have bureaucracies that are answerable to me then some fat cat CEO that answers to no one.

Tim, then you REALLY must be peeved at the current administration...see that little vertical spike at the end...come into the present...get out of the past.

great way to help the economy. jk. trying does a stimulas to the small business owner and give out the taxpayers money to them instead of the fat rich guys. oh yeah I forgot to mention, they can't even make any jobs because it all comes bad to, all the jobs are over seas.

Don't worry. We were promised that 95% of Americans would get a tax cut, and anyone under 250K would not get a single dime added to their taxes. So I'm confident our president would not let that crazy job crushing, economy busting, freedom inhibiting, medical quality destroying, service rationing, government growing and intrusive bill see the light of day. Right?

yeah it should be complex be that is a little over done. they need to make them a little shorter that way that average person that is not getting to read the bills that does not have time to read a bill of that length, can read the bill and understand it.

Anyone want to join my Flat Earth club? To join my club, you have to believe the hoax is on anyone who believes humans can significantly change the Earths' climate and then fix it by taxing it, or relinquishing our rights and freedoms to a corrupt international entity that despises capitalism and the freedoms we enjoy in this country.
BTW, is it ... Read Moregetting warmer or cooler? "Climate change" is so much more ambiguous than "global warming" or "new ice age." I like the old terms better.
Dang! I'm off topic again. Where were we. Oh yeah. The Pelosi bill. Look at all the money we'll save by spending two trillion dollars and growing the size of government by 20 percent! Hmmm, that doesn't make sense. Looks like I might need a club for that too.

Supposedly the House bill will cost $870 Billion over ten years...it includes a provision for a government-run plan that would pay hospitals Medicare rates and physicians Medicare plus 5%. Small businesses will likely see their costs increase dramatically, beyond the 18-21% this year alone. Individuals and families will see costs go up at least 20-30% and could double for the middle-class, triple for other income brackets.

The figures above refer to tax on higher-cost health insurance, so it won't impact everyone...and those increases could be spread out over ten years, depending on the percentage of workers taxed and how costs might be kept in line (or not) over time.

And Rep. Pitts has spoken in support of Chinese dissidents, as well.

Whoops! Might need another billboard sign regarding human rights in China. But they own a really big chunk of the US debt. Which means as we print lots of dollars to pay for all these swell new government programs, their investment in our bonds become worthless! HAHAHA That'll show them! What a great plan! What could possibly go wrong with that?

I want the same coverage you have as well, Pitts. The watered-down, pathetic excuse for a public option currently making its way through Congress still pales in comparison to your health insurance - which of course WE all pay for. What we really need is Medicare Part E, and we need it to be available to everyone, not just the uninsured.

Public "option." The names they come up with these programs are too funny! That implies you have a choice. That's like "free" public school. It's just as "free" even if you go to private school. I like the "Competitive" option name too. That implies private insurers will have the power of the IRS, fines, and imprisonment to be more competitive.