Pat Toomey

Specter's done. Stick a fork in him.

Wendi, you are so right!!!

I hope Toomey supporters will consider also running for their county committee in the spring!
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Everyone is sick of the spend-spend-spend like there's no tomorrow from the Democrats. We're with you Pat!!!

Bad Hair!

Is that baby Obama?

Say it ain't so, Joe!

Oversold??? How about "overbilled" the American taxpayer!

GREAT idea!!

I enjoyed this article.

However some of the things you mention do not necessarily make insurance less expensive. Rates are different by state because costs and legislation are different in each state. Unless you address those issues first, allowing people to buy insurance may not only be NOT less expensive, but may put them in a bad position with... See More coverage shortages or other problems.

When it comes to legislation, certain states have legislated in benefits that may applicable to their residents. So if you buy insurance in a different state you may lose that benefit also.

Also one of the great myths of health insurance is that if you have a larger group your rates are automatically cheaper. That is not necessarily true either. The costs can be better anticipated or less volatile when you spread the risks but that doesnt mean the premiums are lower. In fact larger companies often pay less because they self insure. ... See MoreWhen you self insure, many of the rules of insurance do not apply, and this is where money can be saved, especially when an employer's self insured plan chooses to ignore the very legislation that drives up the cost.

And if you live in PA and buy insurance with 100% coverage from an insurance company based in, say, Oklahoma. your 100% coverage at THEIR costs may only give you 60% coverage at Philadelphia area costs, so the insurance may indeed be CHEAPER, but also have that hidden shortage. People will buy it, get hospitalized, get hit with a huge balance bill, and then complain that YOU didn't protect them from this happening.

Sorry to keep rambling.

wonders if anyone is actually surprised by this.

Earl Devaney, chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, needs to remove the word Accountability from the boards name!

1.000 MAKE READY JOBS PEOPLE CAN SEE RE BUILD THE WORLD TRADE CENTERS ELECTS. STEEL WORKERS .LABORS. PLUMMERS. GLASS COMPANYS MAKE CARS IN G.M AMERICA NOT FIAT AND OPEL FOR SATUN AND PONTIAC AND LEAVE ISRAEL BUILD THEY HAVE JOBS OBUMA YOU DONT BUILD HOUSES AND APTS -= JOBS FOR ALL ,AMERICA WORKS PEOPLE WORK .

I am waiting to see if Mr. D/R Spector and Mr. Casey vote for the health care junk and if they include the Senate in it. My vote is throwout all the boys and girls in washington and start over! this healthcare debacle is really good for the coffers all the lobbyists are spending money like crazy so the longer it goes on the more money the crew in DC gets.

I can't decide which new NH district is my favorite, the 00 or the 27th which would place right ahead of FL in number of districts.

How about posting it until someone goes to jail?

Most amazing, the administration still hasn't attempted to correct this nonsense.

We in the 96th district keep to ourselves .

Julie, I'm planning to move to OK. There they spend 19 million to create 15 jobs.

Heck if they give me the 19 million after a reasonable profit and over head I can easily create 10 times that many jobs. You know 9 million in my pocket, 1 million in kick backs (oops I meant political donations), 50K * 150 jobs and still money left to pay benefits. :)

I wonder whose pockets were getting 'stimulated'!

Good wiki article on Tort Reform
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform

Thank you Ronald! Excellent points.

Specter is only around for himself and his views change with whatever party he is sucking up to at the time, he is running scared and has always been willing to sell-out anyone to help himself, time to vote this self-serving politician out of office now!!!

Arkady, you are wrong. In the late 1980s Congress passed an insane 'catastrophic insurance' bill which proved to be so unpopular among seniors that it was repealed a year later.

Not that this abomination is going to pass, but if it did, I am certain that Mr. Toomey would be among those orchestrating its repeal.

He was awesome as a Rep, and he'll be awesome as a US Senator.