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John Thune A few weeks ago, I was on Fox News to discuss the current health care legislation. Take a minute to watch the video, then spread the word about this important issue. You can see all of my videos at http://www.johnthune.com/media-gallery/
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In their score of the House health care bill, CBO said the government-run plan would have higher premiums than the private plans. Senator Lieberman (I-CN) said, "Amazingly nobody has talked about it. The Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday when the House Democrats put out their health care reform plan with a p...ublic option in it that the public plan would end up charging higher premiums than the average premiums charged by the commercial health insurance companies. Now why would we want to do that?" Support real reform. Sign the petition.Read More
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Please sign my petition to support real health care reform.
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The White House appears to have overstated the number of jobs saved or created by its wasteful economic stimulus spending bill. One business reported creating 9 jobs with a contract for less than $900 due to confusion over the government form. Apparently thousands of pay raises were counted as jobs created. A Florida u...niversity reported 483 jobs created, then later said the real number was between 18 and 30. Read more.Read More
Source: online.wsj.com
The number of jobs the Obama administration credits to federal stimulus money could be overstated by at least 20,000 of the 640,000 claimed.
John Thune The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says a family of four with income of $78k would pay avg of $8,800 in premiums and $5k in co-pays under the House Democrats’ health bill. That’s 18% of family income. We need reform to LOWER costs, not increase them.
CBO: Families Might Be Required To Pay Up To 18 Percent Of Income On Premiums And Co-Pays Under Hous
Source: healthfreedomblog.com
As the House moved toward climactic votes on legislation to remake the health care system, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday that middle-income families might be required to pay 15 percent to 18 percent of their income on insurance premiums and co-payments under the proposal.
John Thune I tried to offer my Government Ownership Exit Plan amendment that would end TARP to the unemployment benefits extension today, but the Democrat Majority wouldn’t allow it to be considered. A proposal to fund the unemployment insurance extension with unspent stimulus funds was also ignored.
Source: washingtonindependent.com
In a few moments, the Senate will hold a procedural vote setting the stage for final passage of legislation extending unemployment insurance benefits. Leading up to the vote, Republicans are taking every opportunity to blast the Democrats for not allowing votes on all of their amendments.
John Thune A recent report showed that the $3 billion "Cash for Clunkers" program cost the taxpayers $24,000 per car. Along with that staggering statistic, the study shows that September sales were hurt because inventories were drained by the program. This is another example of the current administration's lack of discretion in spending. Read the article:
Source: money.cnn.com
A total of 690,000 new vehicles were sold under the Cash for Clunkers program last summer, but only 125,000 of those were vehicles that would not have been sold anyway, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the automotive Web site Edmunds.com.
John Thune The important thing for Congress to do in passing health care reform legislation is to get it right: lower costs and improve access. The Democratic Leadership’s bill will instead result in massive spending, new taxes and higher insurance premiums. Real reform would lower costs without increasing government control of health care. Please join the fight for real reform by signing my petition.
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I oppose the Democratic Leadership’s health care bill that will result in massive spending, new taxes and higher insurance premiums. Real reform would lower costs without increasing government control of health care.
John Thune Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT who caucuses with Dems) on Reid’s health care bill: "We're trying to do too much at once. To put this government-created, government-run insurance company on top of everything else is just asking for trouble for the taxpayer, for the premium payer and for the national debt." Read more:
Source: healthfreedomblog.com
Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democrat-turned-Independent from Connecticut, said Tuesday that he will not vote for a healthcare reform bill that includes a government-run insurance plan.
John Thune President Obama “vowed to lead the most open and transparent government in history.” But as this Politico story reports the President “has negotiated major parts of the health care bill behind closed doors.” Even leaders of left-leaning watchdog organizations say he has broken his promise. This is worth reading.
Source: healthfreedomblog.com
When Barack Obama was running for president, he vowed to lead the most open and transparent government in history. Candidate Obama even promised to negotiate health care reform live on television.
John Thune Everyone should read the WSJ editorial today on out-of-control federal spending. On avg federal agencies are getting 57% increases over 2008 levels. And Democrats have proposed $3.4 trillion more in new spending. Meanwhile, real family income dropped by 3.6%. This is unsustainable.
Source: online.wsj.com
The Wall Street Journal writes that the 2009 budget deficit has clocked in at $1.4 trillion. But while claiming that they plan to cut the deficit in half, House Democrats are moving on a dozen spending bills that total 11.8% in more domestic discretionary increases.
John Thune The President promised an open and transparent health care debate, even going so far as to say the negotiations would be covered by C-SPAN. Instead, Harry Reid and the Democrats are writing the bill behind closed, locked doors in secret. Read more:
Source: johnthune.com
The idea of putting the health care debate on TV, though, was central to Obama's campaign promises of change and openness, so much so that it became part of his stump speech as he traveled the nation in 2007 and 2008, McClatchy Newspapers reported.
John Thune 49 of 50 states have lost jobs in spite of the promises that were made when the $800 billion stimulus bill was passed. View figures for your state:
Source: www.republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov
The table in this link compares the White House's February 2009projection of the number of jobs that would be created by the 2009 stimulus law (through the end of 2010) with the actual change in state payroll. Click to view figures for your state.
John Thune I was on Fox News this morning to discuss the current strategy for the war in Afghanistan. Watch video: http://bit.ly/jd5vE
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Senator Thune talks with Fox News about the current strategy for the war in Afghanistan.
John Thune Wash. Times today wrote an article about the Democrats misleading the country on the true cost of their health care bill. They took out the $250 billion Medicare reimbursement provisions and plan to vote on it separately – without paying for it — just adding it to the deficit. If this were included in the health care bill, it would cost over $1 trillion in the first ten years. Read more:
Source: johnthune.com
Advocates of health care reform are relying on budget manipulations to stick with President Obama's pledge to overhaul the system without adding to the deficit, critics on and off Capitol Hill say.
