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Tom Harkin Says Public Option Is Dead For Now
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin, told Salon Wednesday night that a public healthcare insurance option wont make into reform legislation this year.
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Thomas Richard Tom Harkin born November 19, 1939 is the junior United States Senator from Iowa and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1984, Harkin was a candidate for his partys presidential nomination…
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President Obamas health care summit on Thursday saw republicans and democrats coming to an agreement on several points. Both republicans and democrat leaders agreed that the system needs overhauling. united states news, mike enzi, tom…
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What do you think of this quote by Tom Harkin?
In November 2009, it was reported that the Christian Science ministers had lobbied for the inclusion of a caveat in the proposed legislation for U. S. healthcare reform that would allow for insurance reimbursement of affirmative prayers, including those practiced by Christian Scientists[30][31]. The legislation was sponsored by Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), John Kerry (D-Mass.), and the late Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), the latter two of whom represent the state where the church is headquartered. The House version of the bill ultimately was stripped of this caveat, but it was reintroduced in the Senate version in December[32]; furthermore, the Senate version of the bill would prohibit discrimination against “religious and spiritual health care”. The news of the caveat stirred criticism from both pro – and anti-healthcare reform commentators, including those who may possess religious inclinations[33], and aroused the greatest criticism from those who feared a breach of the separation of church and state.
What do you think of the healthcare provision that would reimburse religions practicing “affirmative prayer”?
I watched Glen Beck yesterday (for the first time). I feel he made some willful assertions that he had to know were incorrect. What should be, if any at all, the repercussions of disseminating knowingly false statements by him and Fox? Should there be examples set for politically charged shows when they are blatantly wrong?
What I’m referring to, is that he thought it was wrong of Democrat Tom Harkin to assert that health care is a right and not a privilege. He used the Declaration of Independence as his source, quoting:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
Beck’s emphasis was on the endowment of rights by a Creator, and not by Senators or man; however, The Bill of Rights, our rights as Americans consisting of the first ten amendments to the Constitution, was penned by James Madison, a man. This means that Americans are, in fact, endowed with our rights by legislators.
To restate, it is incomprehensible to think that Glen Beck and Fox do not see the error in his statement, so what should we do about the purposeful dissemination of falsehoods from the media? Think Outside the Ballot Box:
Agreed, but then couldn’t such media outlets become themselves, propaganda machines?
IceT:
Dan Rather lost his job at 60 Minutes, which means that there were consequences resulting from his actions.
Question about media outlets knowingly disseminating incorrect information….?
And what a year it was for the Beltways reverse Santa Clauses, who are suspended simultaneously in mental states of denial and indignation. Democrat Sen. Mary Louisiana Purchase Landrieu defended her payoff while declaring that she cant be bought. Democrat Sen. Tom Iowa Bounty Harkin dismissed the hundreds of millions of taxpayer-subsidized gifts to pols in the Demcare package as small stuff. And dont even get me started on the 1,720 earmarks worth more than $4 billion in the defense appropriations bill. Its nothing new, the Dems say in their defense. And that is precisely the point, isnt it?
Were bribes, payoffs, earmarks, and unparalleled pork the changes Obama was talking about bringing to D. C.?
The greatest gifts you can give your children cant be boxed and bowed. Consider the timeless gift of self-sufficiency a stubborn thirst to leave the nest, make it own your own, and live as a free-willed adult. Its a concept that Big Nanny Democrats are sabotaging at every legislative turn.
Several times during the sneaky weekend debate on the government health care takeover bill this past Sunday, Democrats hailed a provision requiring insurance plans that cover dependents to provide benefits to children up to age 26. Democrat Sens. Ben Cardin and Tom Harkin both specifically championed the unfunded mandate in their floor statements.
This manifestation of the Nanny State is especially galling given the massive levels of generational theft that the Democrat majority has presided over the last year. If they truly cared about the physical and financial well-being of young Americans, theyd stop piling on expensive regulations that simply put affordable health insurance out of their reach. I propose a new symbol for the Democrats. Out: Donkey. In: A giant adult pacifier.
If the Democrats really cared about the welfare of young generations why have created 4 them so much debt?
This bill costs $871 billion dollars currently. (senate version)
If this is just a “starting point”, how many more bills and how much more money will have to be spent before actual REFORM happens??
Also, if this bill doesn’t have what many want?? Then what DO they want?? (they voted down amendments to import cheaper drugs, they didn’t include tort reform, they stripped the public option, they stripped the medicare buy-in….)
http://news. yahoo. com/s/mcclatchy/3383661
While health-care committee members haven’t been named yet, it’s widely expected that they’ll include Sen. Christopher Dodd, D – Conn. , one of the Senate bill’s architects, as well as: Majority Leader Harry Reid, D – Nev. ; Senate committee chairmen Max Baucus, D – Mont. , and Tom Harkin, D – Iowa ; and House committee chairmen Charles Rangel of New York, and George Miller and Henry Waxman of California, according to Harkin.
The Senate version is likely to dominate, because the conference needs the support of party moderates to get the 60 Senate votes it eventually will need to overcome procedural hurdles.
“Anybody who understands this process knows how hard it is to get 60 votes,” said Sen. Kent Conrad, D – N. D. , the chairman of the Budget Committee. “So it’s clear the bill will need to be close to the Senate version.”
Former Rep. Barbara Kennelly of Connecticut, now the president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, agreed.
“The Senate has taken the House hostage, that’s all there is to it,” she said. “Do we have health-care reform in the bill the way we like it? No. I have to be for the bill because it’s a starting point.”
Conferees are considered loyal to their party leaders, and in the Democrats’ case, to the White House. While administration officials aren’t part of the health-care conference, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, health care expert Nancy Ann Deparle and others are expected to be in close touch. hitler…….yes the feds are mandating that 30 million more people buy insurance.
Where is the REFORM that will bring DOWN healthc CARE costs. (You know, the CARE the insurance pays for)
Do you think Democrats should vote for a healthcare bill that is nothing more than a “starting point”?
My senator made the list and got a “cushy deal “for our state… how did your
state make out in the behind door deals going on this holiday season?
Got to love the new transparency
1)Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) got an estimated $300 million in extra federal spending
2)Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) got insurance companies in his state off the hook from a new
$7 billion dollar tax
3)Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) dropped his concerns after Senator Reid offered his state
a $10 billion grant for “community health centers”
4)Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) got his kickback — a $100 million bonus for the University of
Connecticut
4)Pennsylvania, New York and Florida — all won protections for their Medicare Advantage beneficiaries at a time when the program is facing cuts nationwide.
5)Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate health committee, got a provision inserted
to increase Medicare payments to certain “low-volume hospitals”
Just curious 
In PA – protected the senior vote for Specter by getting an exemption on Medicare Advantage. Specter will sell
anyone out to keep his senate seat no matter who else it costs so this way he keeps Obama /Reid happy and gets the senior citizens votes in the April primary.
Got to love those career politicians – they just care about the people
Health Care Reform Bill – Did your senator get any of the money flying around Washington for his/her yea vote?
Progressive democrats have apparently decided they will vote for this bill (despite it containing very little that they wanted).
What is even stranger however is that they are trying to get the benefits from this bill to kick in sooner (as a consolation prize I guess)?? Don’t they understand that the WHOLE POINT of waiting for the benefits to kick in is so you can collect the funds first?? If benefits start sooner, you can’t pretend it’s deficit neutral because the 10 year window will change……….there will be more costs sooner.
This is a delicately constructed illusion. Shouldn’t someone clue them in?
http://tpmdc. talkingpointsmemo. com/2009/12/what-does-trading-the-public-option-buy-you-perhaps-an-earlier-start-date-for-reform. php? ref=fpb
With the public option dead, progressives are looking for something else to get out of negotiations and moving up the list is the possibility of speeding up implementation.
When the two chambers meet in conference, House leaders will have a prioritized package of goodies in mind, and they’ll be pushing hard for them. On the list will likely be familiar issues like financing–should wealthy Americans pay for reform, or should a tax on high-end health insurance policies cover the cost, or should it be a mix of the two?
But a separate issue is beginning to come into focus.
“I think one other one, is starting date,” Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) told reporters today.
The Senate bill is set to implement most of its largest reforms (the mandates, subsidies, and exchanges) in 2014. The House bill kicks into high gear a year earlier, in 2013.
“[Q]uite frankly it ought to even be sooner than that,” Harkin said.
Should the DNC let Harkin in on a dirty little secret?? The bill is deficit neutral because new taxes come 1st?
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Sen. Ben Nelsons Cornhusker Kickback. The CBO says the Nebraska Democrat sellouts special Medicaid expansion subsidy will initially cost an estimated $100 million. The Hill reports that while Nelson credited Nebraskas governor for giving him the idea to lobby for the government preference, Nebraskas governor assailed the payoff:
Nebraskans did not ask for a special deal, only a fair deal, Heineman said in a statement Sunday. In response, Nelson fired off a letter Sunday to Heineman saying hes prepared to ask that the provision covering Nebraskas Medicaid share be removed from the amendment in conference, if it is your desire.
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New Englands Special Syrup. Vermont and Massachusetts will get similar (though less generous) special treatment by the feds in covering Medicaid expansion costs. Combined with Nebraskas tab, the exclusive cliques payoffs will cost taxpayers $1.2 billion over 10 years. At least.
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A $100 million item for construction of a university hospital was inserted in the Senate health care bill at the request of Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., who faces a difficult re-election campaign, his office said Sunday night.
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Some insurers are more equal than others tax exemption. The WSJ reports that nonprofit insurance companies will be exempt from a new, nearly $7 billion tax to pay for Demcare. Democrat Sens. Ben Blank Check Nelson and Carl Levin of Michigan pushed hard for the tax exemption, which will exempt insurers in their states.
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The Frontier freebie. Several lucky states will see an increase in Medicare payments to hospitals and doctors, the NYT reports, where at least 50 percent of the counties are frontier counties, defined as those having a population density less than six people per square mile. And which are the lucky states? The bill gives no clue. But the Congressional Budget Office has determined that Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming meet the criteria.
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More Democrat hospital bennies. Also via NYT: Another provision of the bill would increase Medicare payments to certain low-volume hospitals treating limited numbers of Medicare patients. Senator Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa and chairman of the Senate health committee, said this important fix would help midsize Iowa hospitals in Grinnell, Keokuk and Spirit Lake. Another item in Mr. Reids package specifies the data that Medicare officials should use in adjusting payments to hospitals to reflect local wage levels. The officials can use certain new data only if it produces a higher index and therefore higher Medicare payments for these hospitals. Senate Democrats said this provision would benefit hospitals in Connecticut and Michigan.
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Bernie Sanders socialized medicine sop. He wanted a public option. Instead, he got socialized medicine satellite clinics funded to the tune of at least $10 billion. In his remarks early this morning before the cloture vote, he gloated about the funding as a crucial step toward universal care.
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Three states Pennsylvania, New York and Florida all won protections for their Medicare Advantage beneficiaries at a time when the program is facing cuts nationwide.
And you know there are many more untold payoffs paid by stealing your money yet to be stuffed into this bureaucratic monstrosity.
Which of these eight bribes best depict the Corruptocrats intent to fleece America via health care reform?
When Tom Harkin (D – IOWA) fought the filibuster 15 years ago, one of his top allies was none other than Joe Lieberman.
“[People] are fed up — frustrated and fed up and angry about the way in which our government does not work, about the way in which we come down here and get into a lot of political games and seem to — partisan tugs of war and forget why we’re here, which is to serve the American people,” Lieberman said at the time. “And I think the filibuster has become not only in reality an obstacle to accomplishment here, but it also a symbol of a lot that ails Washington today.”
Hey, Joe, so it doesn’t ‘ail’ Washington today?
http://www. huffingtonpost. com/2009/12/14/tom-harkin-to-introduce-l_n_391188.html
Which Senator – who is threatening to filibuster the HC reform bill – said this about filibusters 15 years ago?
I’m on SSDI, I want to get married but the law says I will loose my income if I marry but, if we lived together I can keep my income. I am one of Jehovah’s witnesses. Living together is wrong outside of marriage. Is there away to change this law and how. I waited 40 yrs and I’ve found a woman I dearly love and now I can’t marry her due to this unjust law. I have contacted Tom Harkin. How do I get him to take this before congress? why was this law ever drafted, it’s a stupid law.