Town hall II: LeMieux plans health care forum in Fort Lauderdale
by Michael C. Bender | March 6th, 2010U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, R-Fla., who was a just another chairman of a major Florida law firm last summer when health care town halls were all the rage, looks to get into the fun Monday when he holds his own in Fort Lauderdale. The event starts at 2:30 p.m. at the Beach Community Center, 3351 NE 33rd Ave.
LeMieux, who Republican state lawmakers hope will bring home a re-up of about $1.2 billion in extra Medicaid money for Florida’s budget hole, has been opposed to President Obama’s suggestions for reducing costs and increasing access to health insurance coverage. From a press release this week:
“This proposal still seeks to cut half a trillion dollars from Medicare. That’s a direct cut in health care benefits for seniors” LeMieux said. ”The proposal fails to achieve its main goal which is to lower the cost of health care for Americans. It takes money from programs, like Medicare, and seeks to create new federal programs. It is clear that the American people do not support this bill.”
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March 6th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
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March 6th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
This is not a news event. It is
a political rally aimed at trying
to justify his refusal to vote for
needed health reform. LeMieux cares
for the health insurers and walking the party line. He has no concern for seeing
there is more health care available to
countless uninsured Floridians and those excluded by the proposed PEC clauses.
Shame on you for this charade, Senator!
March 6th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
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March 6th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
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March 7th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
nobody go to this meeting. start sending the message that all incumbents are in trouble come november.
March 8th, 2010 at 7:09 am
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March 8th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
I am a senior on Medicare, which I love! I have a supplement, but did not choose a Medicare Advantage plan because it requires subsidies to the insurors by the federal government, which we could not afford when it was passed, and which is helping to break Medicare. The Advantage subsidized plans are all that are being cut. Seniors can still buy a supplement for less than $175 per month, and the donut hole in Part D will be closed. It is irresponsible to say that cutting Medicare Advantage cuts Medicare. Bush got that passes without funding it to buy the senior vote, and now we find out that we can’t afford it. Duh?
March 9th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Fact of life, we all die. No Democrat or Republican has figured out how to change this. Very few people die without needing healthcare at some time in their life. Most of us are born using it - think maternity. Sooner or later, even those who resent paying for the old or people they feel lead unhealthy lives, will need healthcare. So go ahead, defend today’s system, everyone’s time will come. Let’s see which side of the fence you’re on when it’s you who are denied insurance for life saving treatment.