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health care gets panned Wittman holds town hall meeting Date published: 9/2/2009
BY CHELYEN DAVIS
Rep. Rob Wittman told a town hall crowd that he believes health care needs reforming, but that the current Democratic proposals to do so need to be trashed. Pointing to a copy of House Bill 3202 on a stool, Wittman, R-Montross, said he can't support it because he believes it doesn't reduce costs, doesn't focus on uninsured Americans, and that it changes parts of the system that work. "I think we need to come together and solve this problem," Wittman said. "Let's put [the Democratic bill] in the recycling bin and let's pull out a blank sheet of paper [and] have people from both sides of the aisle" work on a plan. Wittman said he has read the "substantive parts" of the Democrats' bill, but that Democrats should have worked more with Republicans when crafting the bill. He said a workable health care bill will take more time and consideration--and bipartisanship--than has been given to the current proposals. Wittman listed 13 points he thinks health care reform should cover, including making health care available and affordable for all Americans, regardless of pre-existing conditions; protecting people's ability to choose their own coverage and providers; medical liability reforms; encouraging prevention of disease; creating greater transparency in medical coverage; and cracking down on waste and fraud. The University of Mary Washington's Dodd Auditorium was mostly full for Wittman's two-hour town hall. The crowd seemed largely opposed to health care reform proposals; they cheered speakers who expressed opposition to the reform bill, and several of those who disagreed were booed by some in the crowd, despite Wittman's urgings to be polite. Questioners--chosen from names attendees wrote on note cards that Wittman randomly drew from a box--expressed concerns including taxpayer funding for abortions, who makes end-of-life care decisions, the expense of getting a medical degree, and whether illegal immigrants are eligible for taxpayer-funded health care programs. Some also said they view the health care reform bill as symptomatic of a larger problem in the federal government, of an executive and legislative branch that overstep their bounds and are not responsive enough to their constituents. "Health care is bringing up the fact of everything else that is wrong in our system," said a man from Stafford who wanted Wittman to support legislation allowing recalls of congressmen and senators. (Wittman said he would).
My view is we have MSN on one extreme and FAUX on the other and CNN
sorta in the middle.
FAUX has promoted the anti-gov rhetoric .. they have essentially defined the
Democrats as defenders of Govt and Republicans who say that Govt is the
problem.
the gov can do Humvees and Nukes and Interstate roads and air traffic control
"right" but the very same govt cannot do other things "right" and instead are
incompetent, corrupt, and other to screw the average man.
I'm just cannot understand it.
The sad part is that the entire nation is not being seen and heard like it should be. Unfortunately, people get most of their information from three sources, Fox, MSNBC and CNN. While I cannot stomach Fox, the other two are money making machines as well and do what they have to do to keep people riled up, etc. Fox's influence is not so much with the band of righties that religiously watch it, but from the numbskulls like me who fight and argue with those idiots. We should simply ignore them.
the town halls are the gift that keeps on giving... the rest of
the country is watching... the on on the tube today shows
these folks shouting down a women in a wheechair talking
about fearing that her medical expenses would end up with
her losing her home... and these guys where shouting her
down... trying to keep her from talking.
what kind of people do things like this? oh wait.. we already
know... the same ones who would wear guns to town hall
meetings.
what a bunch of freakin idiots..
We do have some doozies in this country and they do vote. However, you can never drop the guard, but their numbers are dropping very fast. I know it does not sound like it because Fox News has all of them up and their panties in a knot. They are very loud, very proud, and very exposed. Trust the American people. While these nut jobs get a lot of press, they are not viable anymore on a national scale "if" the other sides votes. They are isolating the GOP. You cannot grow a party from the base out.
and gave them to private industry - the anti-gov people
would be the first ones in line claiming that the govt
screwed them over by getting out of the road building
business.
these folks are not grounded in simple realities.. they want
a simpler word - the one that exists as sound bites from
idiots like Glenn Beck and Hannity...
I thought - as a country - we were smarter than this - but you
know what ? I was wrong... we've got a ton of folks who are
dumber than cow manure and they vote.
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