What’s Really In The Health Care Bill?

I don’t know about you, but I am sick and tired of hearing all the “talking points” regarding this healthcare bill. First, let me say, “I have read the bill … have you?” I highly doubt that anyone who is making claims about this legislation have any idea what is in it. I also highly doubt that even those reporting on this bill in major news outlets know what is in it either. So why are the American people relying on such outlets?

I can tell you this, I and many of the Tea Party members have read it! That is why we are against it!

If you go on-line and search using the words “Healthcare Review Board” you will find numerous groups ranging from the Tea Party members to Team Sarah member’s who took sections of the Cap and Trade bill, as well as ALL of the healthcare bills and read them SECTION BY SECTION. Mark my words this bill is not about healthcare!

Let me explain.

If you currently want to buy a health insurance policy and you have a pre-existing condition … you can purchase one. It will cost you a lot more than if you do not have one, but you CAN purchase one.

What this bill does is state that insurance companies can no longer sell insurance plans that do not include coverage for pre-existing coverage. Now you will only have the option of purchasing a policy that INCLUDES pre-existing conditions which will cost more than you would have had to pay if you didn’t have a pre-existing condition.

Therefore, people will be paying much higher premiums because the government mandated the insurance company to only sell policies that cover pre-existing conditions.

This is just one more example of how the government makes the situation worse when they get involved. In this case they made it worse, ON PURPOSE, in order to make insurance premiums too expensive for the average middle-class American to be able to afford them.

The middle-class is who they were targeting in this bill. I mean who else would they be looking to take control over? They already control the poor through Medicaid, SS and Medicare. They now needed to control the “middle-class”.

They knew that rather than depending on the government, we would rather go without insurance, as we choose to do now! The government had to figure out a way to increase the insurance rate to an unaffordable price, while at the same time, get us to purchase their plan.

So what did they do? They mandated we purchase it! So now we have no choice but to either purchase the extraordinarily higher priced mandated insurance that includes coverage of pre-existing conditions or we purchase the government plan! And if we don’t purchase one or the other we will be fined! This will be regulated by the IRS on a monthly basis which, by the way, includes your kids!

Don’t take my word for it. READ THE BILL! HR 3590, Section 5000A, titled “Requirement to Maintain Minimum Essential Coverage”.

You can go to http://www.c-span.org and read it.

PLEASE EDUCATE YOURSELF.

Make no mistake about it, this bill was created to destroy our economy and require us all to be dependent upon the government.

They have tried everything possible over the years to get their greedy little hands on the middle-class without success. Now they may just have succeeded.

God help us all.

Laureen A. Cummings

Happy Anniversary Tea Party Patriots

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HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PATRIOTS!

Today marks the day for the first year anniversary of our Tea Party Movement. I want to Thank all of you that have worked so hard this past year educating the public to the isssues that concern you most. YOU are ALL the leaders of this movement! YOU make the difference in this country NOT the Government. I would also like to thank the Ron Paul Group for helping us throughout this past year. For they were the first to start Tea Parties during his campaign and have been a valuable source and wealth of information for us. I thank you so much for your encouragement.

In America YOU decide your destiny, NOT the Government! And although we believe that the Government certainly plays a vital role in protecting our Constitution and our safety, they do NOT have the right to live our lives for us. They do NOT have the right to limit our freedoms and we all know that we do NOT want to “change” our Traditional values, morals and way of life, all so that they can.

It has been a very hard year, but we all know it could have been worse. They might have been able to hurt our economy with their stimulus and omnibus, but because of all of YOU they were stopped dead in their tracks on the Cap and Trade scheme, based on a false theory of Global Warming. As well as healthcare, based on the false premis that these politicians actually care about us! God only knows how much they actually had planned for last year! But because of the AMERICAN PEOPLE they were not able to accomplish their destruction of America.

We know their REAL agenda. And that is to transform this Country into a “Progressive”, AKA “Socialist” Country.And they will do anything to make that happen. Including using the most vile & dispicible form of hatred…race baiting.

The American people elected the first Black President, not because they thought his policies were so great, but because they wanted to change the dynamics of how America was percieved. The Democratic Leaders beat up on the American people so badly, that they race-baited them into voting a Progressive President into office. That was the Democratic leaders plan all along. Use the “race card”. They didn’t care about the repurcussions that might occur if this President didn’t get elected.They didn’t care that they might cause riots in the streets, as a matter of fact, I believe they would have welcomed them.

The Progressive Democrats will continue to try to divide Americans through any means necessary. Race baiting, class envy, Gay baiting, whatever tactic they can find they will use. They don’t care who it hurts as long as they get their agenda passed. We Tea Party members are still called racists, just because we don’t believe in the socialist dogma of this administration! But the tides are changing, and I believe that when Black Americans, poor/middle class Americans and Gay men and woman realize how they have been used by this Administration, and the Progressive movement, they will be just as angry as we all are, if not more so.

This is not the Democratic Party that me and my family believed in, and that is why I am now a Republican. Although, the Republicans aren’t free of any criticism. They were to afraid of being labeled a racists, a homophobe or God forbid “a rich white man”, to stand up to the Democratic Leadership, shame on them. Those of us that are not any of those things can stand up to them without fear. We have had enough of the name calling & Saul Alinsky tactics used by these Progressive losers. We are not falling for their dispicible tactics anymore. And we are standing together, white, black, gay, straight, poor and rich to say NO MORE! No more will we allow you to divide this Country into hatred so you can “trick” us into passing your agenda or electing unqualified candidates.

They will “hope” we become so divided that we fight EACH other! But as Tea Party Patriots, we know better. America is the greatest Country in the World. We are able to sort through our differences without the use of violence, but rather the use of education. Educating people to the TRUTH! “The truth shall set you free”! And with God watching over us, we will be able to get through these upcoming months to November and move on to electing candidates that will be just as eager to educate the American people, rather than dividing them.

No more will we let Politicians divide us to the point of feeling “guilty” based on a false premise of being labeled a racist, homophobe or “rich white man”! Call us what you want, we don’t care. Because we know the truth. We know, that if speaking out to save America from being “changed” into a socialist Country, that we may be labeled a racist…well then so be it. I would rather be called a racist now, to avoid us all being called a slave later.

Laureen A. Cummings
Scranton Tea Party

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Who Is Running This Country Anyway?!

I have been hit with a MAJOR BLOW to my understanding of this Country and who is running it. Harry Reid has admitted that he had “asked” Obama to run for President AND said he could win because he was “light skinned” and didn’t have a “negro dialect..unless he wanted to”.  Wait……. WHAT?!

This is HUGE! And this being an admitted statement by Harry Reid himself, has far more implications than just his pathetic racial slurs.

First of all, WHY would Harry Reid ASK Obama to run AGAINST  Hillary?!  I mean really? Why would Harry Reid, A DEMOCRAT, want Hillary to have an opponent? She was a sure bet to win the election. So it wasn’t that he felt he would lose the Presidency to a Republican opponent. So what was his reason for wanting Hillary to lose?

Could it be that along with Harry Reid being a Liberal Elitist, he is also a sexist ? Or is it that he just didn’t think that Hillary would bow down to him and his socialist cronies, but Obama would?

Secondly, why is it that Reid felt Obama could win? Does he know something we don’t? He said it was because Obama was “light skinned” and didn’t speak the “negro dialect”. So is he implying that all Americans are racists? Maybe. Or maybe  he is implying that as Americans, he can play on some of those bleeding heart liberals that have been taught to think that we are nothing but racist biggots and play on their ”white guilt” to “nudge” them into supporting Obama.

Thirdly, it appears that Harry Reid also feels that  Obama can win since he has   ” no negro dialect” but than adds “ unless he wants one” . So I guess if you are a black person, you can’t win just being yourself.  I know and you know what he is talking about, but lets see if he can admit to it. He apparently isn’t a fan of “negro dialect”. But also accuses Obama of using that “negro dialect” when he “wants one”. So does this mean that Obama “played” the black people in America by using this so called “negro dialect” to trick black Americans into voting for him? And also tricked the white people in America into voting for him by NOT using his “negro dialect” ? So am I to gather that  Obama is just a puppet to be used by the Democratic party to do whatever they want him to do even if it means denying his own “dialect”? And how does the black community feel about that. Or will they just let the Democrats get away with this yet again.

Thirdly, Harry Reid is “implying” many things here. But the one thing that is VERY CLEAR is that apparently the Democratic party has been the one behind Obama’s Presidency. How about that. We finally found out who it was that was backing this guy. I myself blamed Soro’s. But come to find out, it was the Democratic Machine led by Harry Reid. I mean Obama wasn’t even the one that wanted to run, REID is the one that ASKED him to run!

So my question is…Who the hell is in charge here? We all know that this Administration is destroying our Country. Did Reid know that this would happen? Is Harry Reid a bigger Socialist than Obama? And if Harry Reid is truly running this Country, rather than the President, than what happens when Reid loses his election? Although Harry Reid seems to think that his campaign is in “good shape”! REALLY? Again, does he know something we don’t? Is his nomination already “in the bag” somehow?

Lastly, No matter what Harry Reids “implications” were in his statement, One thing that is blatently clear…he and the Democratic Party were AGAINST Hillary winning the Presidency and knew Obama would win. Why? Well I guess, yet again, race trumps gender.  Just like woman were the last to be given voting rights, they will be last to win a Presidential nomination. That is the one  fact in all of this.

And if there is even ONE …just ONE woman that is a registered Democrat out there she should be banned from the community of sisterhood. Any woman that would remain a Democrat after this ADMITTED statement by Reid, has absolutely no place in America to stand side by side with her fellow sisters. And if she is a Black woman, she definetely has no right to ever be taken seriously by anyone.

Nelson Bribe Works To BUY His Vote For Government Takeover Of Healthcare!

So while Americans were sleeping, this Radical socialists and Marxists that have infilitrated the Democratic party,  has successfully bought the votes of at least three democrats votes with YOUR MONEY! Do you all understand what has just occurred in your Government? Probably not. Especially since none of the media is telling you the truth.

Here is the truth:

Senator Nelsons vote was just purchased with your tax dollars to pay for HIS STATES Welfare bill … FOREVER!

Do you get that? Pennsylvania Citizens are being held liable for Nebraska’s medicaid bill FOREVER! How do you feel about that? Do you also realize that your taxes are going to go up so that we can pay for Nebraska’s medicaid FOREVER?? Why you ask? Well because this bill is so bad that the democrats actually have to be BRIBED to vote for it! That is right. …BRIBED with YOUR MONEY no less!

How you ask? Well ….you people do realize that when the government says that the “Federal Government” will pay a bill…that they are talking about YOUR TAX MONEY….right? I mean you people in Pennsylvania aren’t that stupid that you think their is some seperate “Federal Bank” funded  by some unknown Federal Government….right? You do understand that the “Federal Governemnet”  is YOU…right? I hope so…because if you don’t well then now you do. And now you understand that you, your children and your grandchildren if this bill should pass, will now be liable to pay for Nebraskas medicaid bill, a new healthcare bill that changes America into a Socialist Government. You do realize this right?

WAKE UP! Pennsylvania is being held liable to pay ANOTHER STATES WELFARE PROGRAM! A Welfare program that is being increased to cover more people, half of whom already qualify for but DON’T want! And this bill has been voted on at 1 am so you don’t know about it. You do realize that this bill is MANDATING YOU to not only pay the bills for other states but also MANDATING US to BUY HEALTH INSURANCE…right?

So we have Judges and commisioners going to jail for taking basically the same things and yet this Administartion  is allowed to PUBLICLY BRIBE THEIR FELLOW  SENATORS WITH OUR MONEY? And you accept this?!

Nancy Pelosi said she is willing to lose a few democratic seats in 2010 just so they can pass this to take over our healthcare system.

As far as I am concerned, they aren’t going to just lose their seats, they are going to prison as well.

PA To Foot Bill For Nebraska … FOREVER!

 

Where is the media to report on the fact that Pa Senator Specter voted “yes” to strap Pennsylvania Citizens, along with every other state in America, with the  Medicaid  bill of Nebraska ?  For what you ask?  To get a “yes” vote on the Healthcare bill.  Yes , Democratic Senators are being bribed, by their fellow Democratic Senators, to vote for the new Healthcare bill.

Gee … I wonder why they need to be bribed, and in some instances, threatened, to vote for the Healthcare bill?

NEBRASKA

 

“As Part Of The Deal To Win Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson’s Support, The Federal Government Will Fund Nebraska’s New Medicaid Recipients.” (“Ben Nelson’s Medicaid Deal,” Politico, 12/19/09)

Don’t understand that? Let me explain.  The “Federal Government” means YOU!  The new healthcare bill is increasing the financial guidelines in order to cover more citizens under Medicaid (welfare).  But the “Federal Government” (you) may only be required to  fund half the cost for Medicaid .  States, and in some instances, counties  are responsible to fund their own Medicaid programs.  Well, with the exception of Nebraska that is.

 

Harry Reid just gave YOUR tax dollars to Nebraska to pay for their Medicaid bill … FOREVER!  All to secure his vote for the new Government takeover of your healthcare.  But it doesn’t end there:

“In Addition To The Medicaid Carve Out, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) Negotiated An Exemption From The Insurance Tax For Non-Profit Insurers Based In His State. The Language Was Written In A Way That Only Mutual Of Omaha Insurance Company, As Well As Blue Cross Blue Shield Nonprofit Plans In Nebraska and Michigan, would qualify, according to a Democratic Senate aide.” (“Nelson Wins Insurance Tax Exemption, Too,” Politico, 12/19/09)

Think Nebraska is the only state PA Citizens will be footing the bill for?  Guess again:

FLORIDA

 

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) negotiated a deal to grandfather Medicare Advantage enrollees in Florida.

“A fiery John McCain took to the Senate floor to offer a health care amendment — and tweaked Bill Nelson in the process.  The Arizona Republican said his amendment would send the Senate health care bill back to committee to grandfather in all enrollees in the Medicare Advantage programs.  Nelson and a number of Democrats successfully negotiated grandfather clauses for seniors in their states in exchange for supporting the bill.”  (“John McCain Takes On Bill Nelson,” The Miami Herald’s “Naked Politics” Blog, 12/7/09)  (story continues)

Not only did they give this deal away, but then voted to defend the deal!

57 Democrats Vote To Defend Special Deal For Florida Medicare Advantage Program.  (S.Amdt.2961 To H.R.3590, Roll Call Vote #370, Motion To Recommit Failed 42-57: R: 40-0; D 2-55; I 0-2, 12/8/09)

 

VERMONT

 

“The Health Care Overhaul taking shape in Congress includes a provision pushed by Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy to increase the state’s Medicaid payments by $250 million over six years.  The provision, also supported By Sen. Bernie Sanders, is included in an Amendment Of Negotiated Provisions offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Saturday.  The bill would require all states to expand their Medicaid programs to cover more low-income individuals and would increase Medicaid payments to cover the expansion.  Leahy, Sanders and others have argued that Vermont would have been penalized because it already has expanded its coverage.”  (“Health Bill Boosts Vt. Medicaid Payments,” The Associated Press, 12/19/09)

 

LOUISIANA

 

Reid already established a dangerous precedent by dangling $300 million in Medicaid funding for Louisiana to win Landrieu’s support for bringing the bill to the Senate floor.  Months earlier, Reid carved out his own Medicaid exemption.

 

MONTANA

 

“The Secretary Shall Establish A Pilot Program In Accordance With This Subsection To Provide Innovative Approaches To Furnishing Comprehensive, Coordinated, And Cost-Effective Care Under This Title To Individuals Described In Paragraph … [An Individual] Is An Environmental Exposure Affected Individual Described In Subsection (E)(2) Who Resides In Or Around The Geographic Area Subject To An Emergency Declaration Made As Of June 17, 2009.”

 

“On June 17, 2009, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Issued A Public Health Emergency (PHE) Finding At The Libby Asbestos Superfund Site In Northwest Montana. Over The Past Several Years, Hundreds Of Cases Of Asbestos-Related Disease Have Been Documented In The Communities Of Libby And Nearby Troy.”  (EPA Website, Accessed 12/19/09)

 

So I ask you Pa…..How is that “Hope and Change” working for you?

 

Laureen A. Cummings

Where Is The Media?

09/08/09

By Laureen A. Cummings

Today I ask you … Where is the Media?  Where have they been this past year?  We have been inundated with information about the most pathetic displays of biased information about how wonderful this President is.  But what happened to accountability of the media to report on his background and current agenda?!

What about during the campaign when I, as well as others, asked where are the Thirty reporters in Chicago to report on Bill Ayers and Tony Rezko and Obama’s past?  What happened to the reports of how the Democratic Party on May 31, 2008 allowed the Super Delegates to vote against the will of the people they supposedly represent?  Where are the reports of all the American people who are so unhappy with this administration?  Where are the reports on the Afghanistan and Iraq War?  Are our troops no longer of concern to the American people since Obama became President?  Where is the big number everyday on the front page of newspapers telling us  how many of our young men and woman died today in a war we don’t support?  Where is the reports on the 34 Czars that have been appointed to the Executive Branch without ever being vetted?  I guess since the media never vetted Obama, I shouldn’t expect them to vet his administration?

Sorry, but I do not accept that.  If they want to avoid reporting on the political backlash that has been occurring.  No problem. I will do it for them!  I have had it.  I have been talking about this President’s background, political agenda and questionable associations for over a year.  Last year during the campaign I, along with many others, had called talk radio, spoken to reporters, called, e-mailed and wrote to our representatives voicing our concerns … all to no avail.  I have sat back and watched President Bush and this Democratic Congress vote in a Bailout that the American people did not support, then Obama do the same, again, not supported by the American people.  Now I am watching a spending spree in Washington, the likes of which no one has EVER seen … all in the midst of a recession!

Where are the reports from the media on this spending spree … there isn’t any!  This media is beyond negligent in their duties!  They are ignoring the backgrounds of this President and his administration and they refuse to report on the American peoples displeasure with this Administration.  They also refuse to look into the backgrounds of this President and those that the President has decided to add to his administration with the title of “Czars”.

It is time to not only take back America, but also take back our media!  Therefore, I have created this newsletter.  I refuse to sit by and allow my fellow Americans to be misinformed anymore.  The Democratic and Republican parties have been hijacked by radical politicians that “claim” they are Democrats and Republican.  People such as Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Olympia Snow, Susan Collins and Pa’s very own Arlen Specter.

We, the people, formed of grassroots activists  have taken our message to the streets in the form of Tea Parties.  This can be attributed to the great words spoken by Rick Santelli of MSNBC, who finally spoke the words we were all feeling.  When he called for a tea party and asked “Are you listening Mr. President?”.  Finally, we had a voice and knew that we were not alone.  We were not alone in our disgust with the Bush/Obama bailouts, Obama stimulus, Obama Omnibus, and more spending on top of it all!  Cap and Trade, Cash for Clunkers, Health Care for all!  Where does it stop?

Everyday there is something more to be upset about.  More of this Administration apologizing for our great country, more of the condemnation of our values and ethics, more of our freedom taken away and more of this administration stepping all over the Constitution without giving it a second thought.  I say, “NO MORE!”  And I am not going to continue to scream at my television anymore.  I am instead going to make sure I tell you everything the media isn’t.  Am I a reporter?  No!  I am your Citizen Journalist!

Howard Dean was RIGHT!

So finally I agree with Howard Dean….lol…go figure! Listen, do any of you know how many jobs will be lost if this CURRENT bill is passed?  Well what is left of it anyway! Let me explain:

Ever hear of Temporary Staffing Agencies? You know like Kelly Services, Caregivers of America….Lorimar Home Care & Staffing Services? If not I’ll fill you in.

You see, the whole premise and Philosophy of a Temporary Staffing Agency is to pay a high salary in exchange for no benefits. I myself, provide RN’s, LPN’s and CNA’s to local Nursing Homes and Hospitals when they are short of nurses. My Nurses work for a high salary with no benefits, but with the salary they are paid can more than afford to purchase a high quality health insurance policy IF THEY  SO CHOSE ! You know, how America USUALLY works!  Where the American People have a CHOICE in whether or not they want to buy a product or not?!  Anyway,  If this bill passes, I as an Employer, will be MANDATED  to provide health insurance for my Employees. Hence,  making  the entire premise of a Temporary Staffing Agency, such as mine,  null and void!

So what will become of companies like mine? We will be forced to close our doors. Their will be no benefit to working for a Temporary Staffing Agency should this bill pass. Not only mine, but  thousands of other Temporary Staffing Agencies across America. Not because we don’t want to provide health insurance, but because the whole model, premise  and philosophy of Temporary Staffing  agency will be  wiped out with the implementation of this bill.

No longer will the American worker have options and  choices in regards to whether or not they CHOSE  to make a larger salary and purchase a  health insurance policy that works better for their specific situation. No longer would they be able to work 2 days a week and make just as much money, (if not more)  than if they had worked 5 days a week! You know the way it is SUPPOSE TO BE IN AMERICA! 

Now, I am not the only Temporary Staffing Agency. I myself provide nursing services to nursing homes. Others provide Secretaries, CPA’s, Substitute Teachers, Lawyers, etc.

So  if you thought unemployment was bad now…wait until you see what happens if this bill should pass!

Take the nursing shortage as an example. I am one of thousands of Staffing agencies across America that supplies nursing homes and hospitals with temporary nurses to fill their staffing shortages. Now, can you imagine, if all the hospitals and nursing homes across America, all at the same time, could no longer provide the nursing services required  due to Temporary Staffing Agencies shutting down instantaneously?!  How is that  helping our Health Care System?!

And that is just in Nursing. I  can only speak to the nursing field in this regard. However, I do know that their are THOUSANDS of Temporary Staffing Agencies across America.

So I ask, how many others will be affected? Please send me an email to let me know if you are one of the unfortunate victims of this bill. I would love to hear from you.

In the mean time, if you don’t feel that this requires you to call your Senator, then I guess the only call I would suggest you make would be to  your local Blue Cross/Blue Shield, AETNA or whatever other local insurance company is in your area. And Congratulate them on their big achievement in pushing the Government into MANDATING you, and FORMER Employers, to buy their product.

Laureen A. Cummings