Part 3 - Healthcare Bills Submitted by House and Senate Republicans

Today will complete the synopsis of the bill submitted by House Republicans on Healthcare prior to the August recess. It boggles the mind that all of these bills have been sent to Committee by Speaker Pelosi and none are being heard. There has been no action we can find on any of these bills.

More obvious by the day that Pelosi is running a dictatorship where her rules and her agenda are the only important bills in Congress. That mentality leaves a lot of disenfranchised voters throughout the Country who are represented by Republicans or a lot of Blue Dogs. They have been trying to silence our voices, call us names and it is not working. We disagree with the basic fundemental agenda item of the Federal Government taking over healthcare from private sources.

We are called racist by a good number of Democrats and some media members because we DARE disagree with this President and the leaders of Congress. Since Congressional leaders are white how is that racist if we disagree with the House and Senate bills? We have not figured that out yet. The race card is played anytime someone disagrees with Obama. We disagree with him on his agenda for America not the color of his skin. If they want to keep throwing the racist card, then say we disagree with 50% of Obama which is white. That is how ludicrous the race card has become. We don't like the takeover of healthcare by the Government and other Socialist activities by this Administration which has ZERO to do with race!

Below you will find synopsis of the last 10 bills submitted before Congress recessed in August that were submitted by Republicans with a lot of co-sponsors:

H.R.2787 Title: To provide grants to States for health care tribunals, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Thornberry, Mac [TX-13] (introduced 6/10/2009) Cosponsors (1) Latest Major Action: 6/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R.3141 Title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a DSH redistribution pool from unexpended Medicaid DSH allotments in order to increase Medicaid DSH allotments for low DSH States and to provide grants for health access networks serving the uninsured. Sponsor: Rep Sullivan, John [OK-1] (introduced 7/9/2009) Cosponsors (6) Latest Major Action: 7/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.R.3217 Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce. Sponsor: Rep Shadegg, John B. [AZ-3] (introduced 7/14/2009) Cosponsors (12) Related Bills: S.1459 Latest Major Action: 7/14/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H.R.3218 Title: To provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and to assist in the establishment of high risk pools. Sponsor: Rep Shadegg, John B. [AZ-3] (introduced 7/14/2009) Cosponsors (25) Latest Major Action: 7/14/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3356 Title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the use of private contracts by Medicare beneficiaries for professional services and to allow individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare part A benefits. Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Sam [TX-3] (introduced 7/28/2009) Cosponsors (16) Latest Major Action: 7/28/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3372 Title: To establish Medicare performance-based quality measures, to establish an affirmative defense in medical malpractice actions based on compliance with best practices guidelines, and to provide grants to States for administrative health care tribunals. Sponsor: Rep Price, Tom [GA-6] (introduced 7/29/2009) Cosponsors (None) Latest Major Action: 7/29/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3400 Title: To provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Price, Tom [GA-6] (introduced 7/30/2009) Cosponsors (41) Latest Major Action: 7/30/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, Rules, the Budget, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3438 Title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] (introduced 7/31/2009) Cosponsors (None) Latest Major Action: 7/31/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3454 Title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform payments and coverage for hospice care under the Medicare Program. Sponsor: Rep Sullivan, John [OK-1] (introduced 7/31/2009) Cosponsors (4) Latest Major Action: 7/31/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

H.R.3478 Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules relating to health savings accounts, to provide payments for a health savings account and for a high deductible health plan instead of entitlement to benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP, to give more control and coverage to patients, to lower health care costs through increased price transparency, and to require immigrants to have a health savings account and high deductible health coverage at time of admission. Sponsor: Rep Gohmert, Louie [TX-1] (introduced 7/31/2009) Cosponsors (None) Latest Major Action: 7/31/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Tomorrow, we will cover the bills that have been submitted by Republicans in the Senate on Healthcare and our guess is that they have had about as much action as the House -- none. We will find out tomorrow the status of the Senate healthcare bills.