In a hastily prepared bid to rescue the Universal Health Care Bill, the president will dig in and let his persona shine as he works to convince Congress and the American people that his version of health care reform is best for America. Don’t believe it! He will go to just about any lengths to make sure this government-run health reform package is crammed down our throats. The voices of the American people are being heard throughout the nation and yet our representatives and president don’t seem to care what the taxpayers want.  There is no doubt that changes need to be made to the health care system but a government-run program is definitely not the answer.

For additional information on the President’s speech, go to the Fox News link.

FAR Editor

POLITICO (To read the in between of the article – click on Politico.)
By Michael Steele (Chairman of the Republican National Committee)

“Here’s what we know for sure – the president will give a good speech Wednesday night. He always does. We also know that he will say a lot of things that the American public likes and agrees with when it comes to health care reform. He always does.

But there is one small problem. Speaker Pelosi’s bill, a bill that the president has endorsed, doesn’t have anything in common with the president’s eloquent, poll-tested rhetoric. In fact, no Democrat proposal exists from the president or any of his congressmen that has anything in common with the president’s rhetoric.”

Read the rest of the story at Politico

“If and when the President ever wants to get serious about enacting common sense reforms that actually address the rising costs of health care, the Republican Party is ready to work with him in a bipartisan way. But as long as he keeps promoting the fantasy that cramming through Nancy Pelosi’s government takeover of health care is the “change” America wants, no amount of beautiful speeches will get him out of Oz.

So…get your popcorn ready…enjoy the speech and the pageantry…but don’t fall for it. And if you miss the speech, don’t worry, there will be another one next week.”

Those questions and more will be on the table tonight as Americans tune in to see Obama’s take on getting across his message on support of the health care bill. Will it be rhetoric as usual or will he be honest and open? I have serious doubts that his speech will change the image of the bill for most of our citizens. Miracles do happen but this would take a big one; one I don’t think Washington can deliver. We must stand vigilant and firm – keeping our voices heard and hearts lifted in prayer to know the truth.

FAR Editor

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Senator John Cornyn:

“The president can bank a huge reservoir of public trust Wednesday by engaging the public with direct answers to their commonsense questions, such as:

–We spend nearly double per capita what some other industrialized nations spend on health care; how will another trillion dollars really reduce health care spending?

–How can we cut nearly $500 billion from the Medicare program for seniors when it is now underfunded by three times the national debt and currently projected to be bankrupt by 2017?

–How will a new government-run insurance program “keep insurers honest” when our two current public plans, Medicare and Medicaid, are riddled with unmatched fraud, waste and abuse?

–How do we reconcile the claim that lobbyist influence in Washington is decreasing with the fact that those most closely consulted on these gargantuan bills are special interest groups like the pharmaceutical industry?

–”Minimum benefit packages” that are mandated as a part of every insurance plan sound great, but since there’s no such thing as a free lunch, don’t mandated benefits actually reduce choices and drive up costs for all patients?

–Will employer “pay-or-play” mandates accelerate the job losses we are seeing across the country?”

*Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, serves on the Finance, Judiciary, Agriculture and Budget committees and is the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Benjamin E. Sasse, former U.S. assistant secretary of health, teaches at the University of Texas and advises health investors.

The invitation  has been issued and now President Obama will put on his presidential trappings and speak to a joint session of   Congress which will be broadcast to the American people on Wednesday, September 9.

The invitation issued by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry  Reid:

“Our nation is closer than ever to achieving health insurance reform that will lower costs, retain choice, improve quality and expand coverage. We are committed to reaching this goal. We would like to invite you to address a Joint Session of the Congress on Wednesday, September 9 on health insurance reform. Thank you for considering this invitation to speak to the Congress and the nation.”

Sounds like the President will use the quickest means at his disposal (Congress returns to  Washington on the 8th) to try and stop the downhill slide of his popularity and the voices rising up across America to halt the Health  Care bill. Seizing the moment will enable the President to try and sell Congress on his agenda to bring “change” to health care reform. Yet, the same Obama rhetoric will be there and the same old bill will still be waiting in the wings. A health care that is government run will be a change but not for the better. Any time the government gets involved in a program that costs taxpayers not only more money but costs our freedom of choice is a failure waiting to happen.

Universal Health Care is not good for the American people. Government run health care is going to end up the same way Medicare and Medicade is headed…an antiquated system facing bankruptcy.

The American people should be given the opportunity to choose their health care coverage. For those who are happy with their coverage, let them continue with their present plan. For those who want a “hand out” and refuse to pay the cost of insurance – they should not expect a free ride of government entitlements. My family pays for  our health insurance and they should too. Americans paying for employer issued health care pay their portion…it is a condition of  acting responsibly. Those who refuse coverage at their work place should either enroll in the plan or face the consequences of no insurance. At the present time, there are clinics and programs that furnish health care as well as hospitals that treat uninsured patients. These clinics and hospitals should be reimbursed for this care and not be saddled with the cost. There is no such thing as “free” coverage. The costs of health rises across the board and is passed on to the American taxpayers.

There are those Americans who simply cannot afford insurance coverage due to many reasons and those needing coverage should have access to good health treatment. The government needs to work on these areas and meet the challenges they present.

We need to exclude those in our country that break our immigration laws. No free ride for law breakers. At the present time, illegal immigrants receive better “free” care than our own citizens.

There is Medicare to cover our senior adult population and the government should do more to maintain high quality health care for those who have paid in to the Social Security program and deserve their benefits.

Medicaid is for those who are mentally or physically disabled and for those who fall below the poverty level. Medicaid coverage should provide the same high quality of health care as updated Medicare.

Now, more than ever, we need to let our voices be heard that we do not want Universal Health Care. We do want our representatives to hear our objections and then represent the people and their wishes; not blindly vote on a bill that most of the representatives haven’t even read themselves…let alone pretend to understand it.

Get vocal. Contact your representatives, fill out polls showing your displeasure with the president, join a Tea Party near you. Just let your voice be heard. Keep up the pressure and let our government know that they are to be a government of the people and for the people, not a government of dictatorship that forgets who it answers to.

FAR Editor

President Obama will address a joint session of Congress on health care reform in prime time on Wednesday, Sept. 9, a senior official tells POLITICO (Click on Politico for additional information).

Politico by By Abby Phillip

A striking number of congressional Democrats have steered clear of hosting formal town hall events at home during the August recess in the wake of disruptive, sometimes angry protests over the party’s health care reform plans.

Only 17 of the 58 Democratic senators — less than a third — were holding town halls back home, according to an informal POLITICO survey of every Democratic office in Congress.

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Fox News:

“It’s no secret that mid-term elections are generally unfavorable to the party in control of the White House. But some say the public backlash to Democrats’ health care reform plans, along with growing discontent over job losses and the way stimulus money is being spent, prove Democrats have substantial challenges ahead in 2010.”

To read the rest of the story, click on the above link.

“Republicans are discovering just how effective an opposition party can be in Washington. Their strategy is simply to aggressively and relentlessly oppose the liberal agenda of the president and the Democratic Congress. As a result, Barack Obama’s agenda is in jeopardy, and the president is disconcerted, less popular and on the defensive.” Read more of the story by clicking on the above link.

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“It’s about time the Republicans and other conservatives, stepped up to the plate and let their presence be known.”  Editor of FAR

Town-Hall Protests:

‘They’re un-American,” says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “They’re spreading lies and distortions,” says senior White House adviser David Axelrod. They are “being funded and organized by out-of-district special-interest groups and insurance companies,” says the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

House Republicans issuing a report Thursday accusing ACORN of fraudulent activities and widespread corruption, concluding a criminal investigation into the advocacy group is needed

Facing rancorous constituents and hostile local editorial writers, the Democrats’ willingness to engage in traditional public town hall meetings seems to have lessened.