On the recordMarch 21, 2010
This incredibly expensive $1 trillion health care bill will hurt many individuals that currently have insurance. The bill will hurt veterans because it does not accept TRICARE as a qualified medical plan. It will hurt seniors by cutting Medicare advantage to fund these new government programs. Mr. Stupak, no lawyer, will argue that an Executive order is law. So the Senate bill starts us on a path of government-sanctioned abortion-on-demand paid for by taxpayers. The U.S. has a $1.5 trillion deficit, and now we are adding $1.2 trillion over 10 years. The President pledged no family making under $250,000 would face tax increases, yet there are 12 new tax increases violating that pledge, and 46 percent of families making less than $66,000 will be forced to pay the individual mandate. The bill will expand the IRS by 17,000 auditors to enforce these new taxes. It will hurt businesses, create health care rationing, and move the United States of America to further fiscal instability.
