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Says Price Controls are Recipe for Health Care Disaster in NH

Concord, NH - Today, Senate Majority Leader, Senator Maggie Hassan, held a press conference to discuss her proposed piece of legislation, SB505, which would establish a new government bureaucracy made up of three "health czars" whose responsibility it would be to fix health care rates that hospitals and other health care professionals charge.  In addition, this new government entity would grant authority to itself to impose taxes on the income of these health care providers in order to sustain its own existence.

Commenting on this proposed health care boondoggle was Cornerstone-Action's Executive Director, Kevin Smith:

"At a time when the entire nation is rejecting the massive government take-over of health care on the federal level, Senator Hassan is now proposing that the State start fixing the health care costs of its private providers.  Not only will this kind of price controlling literally destroy the delivery of health care services in the State of New Hampshire, but this government take-over will know no limits and will certainly go far beyond just the hospitals."

Smith continued, "This legislature sure does have a penchant for sticking it to the health care providers in our State - first they try to steal money from the doctor's private (JUA) account, now they want to fix the rates hospitals charge.  The state Leadership appears to be as tone deaf as they are in Washington on the health care issue."  

Union Approval Ratings Plummet:  Ed Morrisey at HotAir has the story. According to Pew Research, the favorability of Unions by the people has hit a new low. Over the past three years, favorable opinions have fallen from 58% to 42%. That is a huge fall.

Where is Van Jones?:  According to the Washington Post, Van Jones will be teaching at Princeton. Aside from his work at Princeton, Jones will also be a returning to the Center for American Progress, the official hideout for Communists of the first order.

Televised Circus at 1600 Penn:  "Ladies and Gentlemen, step right up! Hurry, hurry! Here's a sight you haven't seen before: bipartisan healthcare negotiations!" That's what President Obama has been trumpeting to the American people for over two weeks now, with his healthcare summit at the historic Blair House now less than 24 hours away.

Have You No Shame, Keith?:  The Dallas Tea Party group has put out a great video calling out Keith Olbermann for his crazy remarks on a lack of diversity in the Tea Party Movement. The Dallas Tea Party has proven Keith wrong and has invited Keith to join them in Dallas to fact-check his statements. Will Keith apologize? Nope. Will Keith recognize that the lineup on his channel is actually less diverse than the Tea Party Movement? Unlikely.

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"Premier Williams has a right to the best quality of health care in the world, and so do the American people, who are being force-fed a government-run system that will ration care, reduce quality, and increase costs."—ALG President Bill Wilson.

Calls on Congress to Protect American Patients from "Government Takeover of the Nation's Health System"

February 23^rd, 2010, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today defended Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams' decision earlier this month to receive heart surgery in America rather than in Canada, saying "Canada's socialized, government-run system is of such low quality not even the Premier of one of Canada's provinces wants to risk his own health there."

Williams yesterday said that "I did not sign away my right to get the best possible health care for myself when I entered politics," describing the decision as "my heart, my choice and my health."

Wilson said the episode was proof that "America's system has generated a quality of medical treatment that is unparalleled in the entire world."

"Now, Barack Obama wants us to suffer the same type of low-quality care Premier Danny Williams was able to avoid by coming to the U.S.," Wilson added, renewing his call for members of Congress to reject the Administration's latest proposal.

"Premier Williams has a right to the best quality of health care in the world, and so do the American people, who are being force-fed a government-run system that will ration care, reduce quality, and increase costs," Wilson said.

Yesterday, Wilson condemned Obama's proposal as "more of the same: a government takeover of the nation's entire health system," calling it a "mishmash" of the House and Senate versions "with the same $2.5 trillion price tag."

"This is pretty much the same government-run health care proposal that the American people have already rejected.  It's just like the House and Senate versions that have already passed that will cost some $2.5 trillion over ten years once fully implemented," Wilson said.

As reported by the New York Times, the Obama proposal "sticks largely to the version passed by the Senate in December."

According to Rasmussen Reports, 61 percent of voters say they want Congress to start over on any health care legislation.  58 percent oppose the bill in its current form, which only 39 percent support.



I hate to tell you, BUT the battle to stop the takeover of our health care is not over. 

In 6 days, on February 25, President Obama will hold a "Health Care Summit" where he and Speaker Nancy Pelosi will unveil their "new" health care plan that they are currently writing in secret behind closed doors. 

The Left is hoping their "summit" will be the game-changer they need to re-launch their scheme to take over our health care system.

You and I need to make sure that does not happen. 

At Americans for Prosperity, we're holding our own Critical Care: The Patients' Summit to deliver a simple message:  the American people have rejected this trillion-dollar takeover of health care. So Congress should start over from scratch, or better yet, focus on policies that create jobs and get our economy moving again. 

First, we'll gather outside the Blair House at 9:30 a.m. on February 25 where President Obama will be hosting his "summit."  We'll make sure attendees like Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid hear our message as they head inside. 

Then, beginning at 11:30am we will hold our own Critical Care: The Patients' Summit at the JW Marriott in DC.

If you can't join us in person in Washington, you can still be a part of the Patients' Summit. We'll be Webcasting live online at AmericansforProsperity.org.

Between now and President Obama's "summit," we need to email and call our senators and member of Congress to tell them in advance that the American people do not want another big-government, tax-and-spend, freedom-crushing piece of legislation to come up again. 

So, I'm asking you to CLICK HERE to call your elected representatives today. 

It's fast.  It's easy.  More importantly, it makes a difference. 

The Left is hoping that we have moved on from the health care battle.  They're thinking that President Obama's "summit" is their big chance to get the ball rolling again. 

A lot of senators and congressmen are wondering if the mood of the American people has changed.

We've got to show them in a crystal clear fashion that the American people simply do not trust the Washington politicians with our health care. 

Thanks for all you're doing and let's keep fighting.

Tim Phillips

PS:  You know how hard all of us worked last year to stop this health care takeover.  We cannot let victory slip away.  Let me know you'll join our Critical Care: The Patients' Summit online or in person on February 25 by CLICKING HERE.

And, let's re-engage on the health care front by calling our senators and representatives today. CLICK HERE.