Sorry Bart

[Guest GT_Rat]

Just got this from Bart Gordon:

March 22, 2010

On Sunday, March 21, 2010, the House of Representatives passed with my support health care reform legislation that will reduce health care costs for families and small businesses; improve access to affordable care, regardless of pre-existing conditions; and lower our budget deficit by reining in growth in federal health care costs. This bill will bring about major, commonsense remedies to our system, and it will do so while remaining fiscally responsible.

Over the years, many Middle Tennesseans have told me how their families have struggled to get adequate and affordable health care -- people like Sherry in Rutherford County whose family was evicted when medical bills wiped out their income, Rita in DeKalb County whose epileptic son was denied insurance, and Beverly in Putnam County who could not get employee-based health care even though she and her husband both worked. In voting for this bill, I voted for them.

The health care reform package will provide relief in the following ways:

• Small businesses and the self-insured will be eligible for new health care tax breaks and will be able to join large insurance purchasing pools where they can buy private insurance at lower group rates. It will also allow them to purchase policies across state lines under streamlined state regulation.
  

• For seniors, the bill will close the Medicare Part D donut hole and cover all copayments and deductibles related to preventive care. By reining in fraud, waste and abuse, the bill will put Medicare back on fiscally sound footing, extending the solvency of the program by almost a decade.
  

• Individuals with pre-existing conditions like cancer, diabetes and heart disease will be able to purchase private insurance without fear of rejection or inflated prices. Health plans will be prohibited from dropping individuals when they get sick.
  

• Families whose adult children are not receiving insurance from an employer will have the option of keeping their children on an existing family plan until age 26.
  

• Commonsense measures in the bill, such as medical malpractice reforms, going after waste, fraud and abuse, and tax incentives to help more people buy insurance for themselves and their families will help lower health care costs for everyone and will reduce the federal deficit by $143 billion over the next 10 years and $1.2 trillion in the 10 years after that.
  

• The bill does not create any form of government-run insurance program or public option; instead, it expands access to affordable private-sector insurance policies.
  

Because health care accounts for one out of every five dollars of the federal budget, this bill will be critical to the strength of our economy, our families and our nation's fiscal solvency. We've debated this issue for almost a full year. Now is the time to move forward, look at how it benefits families and small businesses, and address the economic challenges our communities are facing.

Stay in touch,

BART GORDON

Member of Congress

I responded simply:

You'll not be getting my vote in November.

[Guest jackdm3]

They'll take one for the team.

[Hgunner]

Considering he is retiring and not seeking re-election, he won't be getting anyones vote in November. Thing is when he annonced his retirement that should have told us all how he was going to vote. His vote for this atrocity is no surprise to me.

[Guest GT_Rat]

Him, his attempt at a Dem replacement, whatever...

He's a politician so he'll run for something again eventually.

[Guest GT_Rat]

You know, I was just thinking a little more into the strategy of the Dems. They pushed this issue hard because of all the Dem retirements about to go through. They knew those Dems voting for this legislation were going to have a hard fight to stay in office anyway. Now they'll have new dems running for those offices that will say, "Hey, I didn't vote for that legislation and I wouldn't have if I had been there."

[Hgunner]

Well I hope its just as simple as that however I believe the liberals/progressives are evil incarnate. They know that if they enact this and it stands, it is the end of freedom as we know it and the end of our country as we know it. This will not be the final act on their road to our destruction.

[creeky]

A better response would be "Good luck getting confirmed as the head of NASA, or any other federal appointment for that matter."

[RobD]

Um Bart Gordon was offered a sweet job at NASA for his vote (not sure how its legal but then the Constitution dosn't matter anymore according to the federal gov).

[Guest jackdm3]

What were the details on that arrangement?

[creeky]

What were the details on that arrangement?

From what I have read it is a very strong rumor with no one wanting to go officially on the record about it.

[E4 No More]

Perhaps someone will take Bart out and summarily execute him along with the rest who voted for the bill? Isn't that how treason is punished?

[Armed Aviator]

There are only Liberal Democrats, not blue dog . . . etc. . . THEY ALL NEED TO GO. ALL PROGRESSIVES NEED TO GO, Democrat or Republican!

I'm tired of this