Here’s a refresher on the 10 Worst Provisions in this bill (H.R. 3590):

1) Spends Way Too Much: $2.5 trillion over the first ten years that the plan is fully implemented

2) Raises Taxes During a Recession: Hikes taxes $493 billion with new levies on so-called “Cadillac” plans, a new Medicare payroll tax on higher-income earners, and taxes on health insurance and drug manufacturing companies, which are sure to be passed on consumers in the form of higher premiums

3) Individual Mandate: Requires individuals to carry health insurance or exacts a fine up to $750

4) Business Burdens: taxes employers with more than 50 full-time workers if they are not offered insurance. CBO estimates employers would opt to drop as many as 5 million workers from private insurance, and pay the fine instead of maintaining current coverage

5) Huge Medicaid Expansion: an estimated 40 percent expansion of the entitlement program would greatly increase costs for government and taxpayers. States would be forced to manage the increased load. However, the federal government would pick up a large share of the new cost

6) Insurance Companies can still Limit Benefits: Although one of the prime reasons for this entire effort was to force insurance companies to live up to their commitments, the Senate bill would only ban lifetime-benefit caps. Insurance companies can still invoke yearly limits that will have essentially the same effect

7) Bad for Seniors: Cuts $120 billion from Medicare Advantage, which CBO says will result in fewer seniors with access to vision, dental and flu shots. Ultimately, up to 2.6 million seniors could lose their Medicare Advantage coverage

More Bureaucracy: Creates comparative effectiveness panels, a Medicare Advisory Board and a Health Care Commissioner, all of whom would be responsible for oversight of the greatly-expanded government role in health care and invoking rationing in attempts to contain cost

9) Doesn’t Tackle Tort Reform: Despite the president’s commitment to lower medical liability costs, the bill only contains a “Sense of Senate” provision, with no real reforms that could save up to $54 billion over ten years

10) Auto-Enrollment: Businesses with more than 200 workers will be required to automatically enroll employees in health coverage

from www.americansforprosperity.org

Print this to take with you to the “Seeing Red” rally on Thursday at 11:30 at Bob Etheridge’s office in Raleigh at 333 Fayetteville Street.  We have been informed that Obama’s “Organizing For America” will be there to protest our rally.

We need to look at this vote in conjuction with other votes they have made, in order to make a decision about whether to fight to boot them out, or not.  We need to know how they voted on TARP, the stimulus, the budget, Cap & Trade… I don’t have that data, but some of you probably do… at least the voting record of YOUR Representative.

So please post that info here, in the comments section, and I will try to compile a blog that gives everyone an overall view of what our reps are doing. We know that Pelosi has given some of them permission to vote against their party’s interest, in order to keep their seats in the House.

We also know that they are going to push for amnesty for illegals. If that passes, it’s GAME OVER! So we’ve got work to do.

The following tells the tale of the House Bill. Like I requested, please add other pertinent voting record info in the comments and I’ll compile a complete picture to be used to help us develop our strategies going forward.

The House vote -

01 G. K. Butterfield — YES

02 Bob Etheridge — YES

03 Walter B. Jones —NO

04 David E. Price — YES

05 Virginia Foxx —NO

06 Howard Coble —NO

07 Mike McIntyre —NO

08 Larry Kissell —NO

09 Sue Wilkins Myrick —NO

10 Patrick T. McHenry —NO

11 Heath Shuler —NO

12 Melvin L. Watt — YES

13 Brad Miller — YES

One last thought – we only have 2 Senators – Burr and Hagan. The Senate is the next battlefield. I hope the folks from across the state will be willing to ficus, in particular on Kay Hagan on the next couple of months. We need people at ALL her offices EVERY week between now and the time the Senate votes. EVERY week. Rolling Tea Parties circling her offices. Phone calls, faxes and emails…day in and day out. Please discuss this at your KTMS.

http://health.burgess.house.gov/UploadedFiles/House_HCR_bill.pdf

Patriots across NC are stepping up, have vehicles available for a day trip to DC, leaving early Thursday morning (see main page for details) in order to be on the steps of the Capitol at noon.  If we get enough people, we may just get a bus.  Right now, we’ve got enough vehicles with seats to accommodate another 2 dozen people, more are being added daily.

Take a sick day from work, to fight this government takeover  of our healthcare, which will surely bankrupt the country, not to mention destroy the best healthcare system in the world- even though it DOES need some reforms.

To sign up for a ride, or offer a vehicle, or just get more info, contact your local KTM leader, or leave a comment here including your location and we’ll have someone contact you to help with your arrangements.

Be able to tell your grandchildren that you did everything possible to save their freedom!  Join us on Thursday to have our voices heard, before the vote on this bill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8_XcSHHxDk

Download it here and do the legislative reading most congressional representatives won’t do.

http://health.burgess.house.gov/UploadedFiles/House_HCR_bill.pdf