MID-DAY HEALTHCARE UPDATE AND REQUEST: DO YOU WANT TO SURROUND THE CAPITOL SUNDAY?

Good news:

A key House Dem has begun informing party leaders he plans to vote against health care legislation both on the House floor and in the rules committee, on which he sits. Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-NY), a sophomore Dem who had a tougher-than-expected re-election bid in '08, has told the Dem caucus he will vote against the bill.

Bad news:

CBO has found that enacting reconciliation would mean the following:

Ø Increase the gross cost of coverage provisions to $940 billion

Ø Increase the individual penalty payments / taxes by $2 billion (to $17 billion)

Ø Increase the employer penalty payments / taxes by $25 billion (to $52 billion)

Ø Increase the cuts to Medicare Advantage by $13.7 million (to $131.9 billion) and Medicare Advantage interactions by $53 billion (to $70.4 billion)

Ø Reduce the tax on “Cadillac” plans by $117 billion due to the deal with the unions (to $32 billion)

Ø Increase federal spending on Medicaid / CHIP by $48 billion (to $434 billion)

Ø Increase subsidies by $17 billion (to $466 billion)

Ø Increase equipment utilization for imaging resulting in an additional $1.2 billion in cuts (to $2.3 billion)

Ø Further decrease Medicare market basket updates by $9.9 billion (to $156.6 billion)

Ø Further close the Medicare Part D “donut hole” by increasing the drug discount program by $19.8 billion (to $37.6 billion)

Ø Reduce the Medicare cuts from the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) by $14.7 billion (to $13.3 billion)

Ø Increase payments to primary care practitioners by $8.3 billion

Ø Use $19.4 billion in “savings” from student loan provisions

Mike Pence on the floor of the House a short time ago gave a wonderful 2 minute speech.and encouraged American's wtih the statement "We can Win this!"

Listen here...

http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/18/america-we-can

Oh yeah...the latest on the "bought Healthcare votes" -- Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) who announced his retirement from Congress has been promised the job of NASA administrator in exchange for his vote, and Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.), another retiring Democrat, has been promised an appointment as U.S. Ambassador to NATO in exchange for his vote. Both voted against passage of the House bill back in November.

BREAKING NEWS FROM TEA PARTY ORGANIZERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY: THERE IS A NATIONWIDE CALL FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO HOP IN THEIR CARS AND DRIVE TO DC THIS WEEKEND. THEY ARE PLANNING TO VOTE ON THIS BILL SUNDAY. IF YOU CAN DO IT, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. PLAN TO SURROUND THE CAPITOL, HOLD HANDS AND PRAY TOGETHER - Let us know if you feel moved to go. We are just getting the word out so we'll see what kind of response we get.

Please forward this to everyone you know in your address book. Tell them to Activate their Citizenship.

God Save the USA from the likes of these corrupt leaders!


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Comment by Karen M on March 20, 2010 at 10:06am
Cavuto just showed Billie on the captial telling everybody, "We in Jacksonville Florida are mad!!!" Great job, Thank you for representing us.

YOU GO GIRL!!!!
Comment by Michael Jackson on March 19, 2010 at 3:57am
Pam and I will be heading up north Friday afternoon. If not us, who? If not now, when? I know that we have many patriots who are not able to go. We will be carrying your thoughts and prayers with us.
If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.
Thomas Paine
Comment by Ted Wendler on March 18, 2010 at 9:27pm
Lucille and I are leaving on AirTran at 8:11 PM Friday; we'll arrive in DC (Reagan) about midnight. We are staying at the Hyatt Regency near the Capitol. We leave DC at 7:00 PM on Saturday and arrive in Jax at 11:06 PM. There are still seats available on AirTran (R/T $ 470 for two). Plan to take Metro Subway from Reagan to Union Station and reverse ($ 2 each). Hotel is $ 180 but is walking distance to Union Station and The Capitol. All of our arrangements are still available for others to do likewise. We think we just absolutely must go - even if we don't really believe it will change the outcome.
Comment by Lisa Kelly-Scott on March 18, 2010 at 8:45pm
I'm in south FLA. on a gig, but burning the phones from my hotel room! Obama commented he's getting 40,000 emails a day asking for Obamacare...let's give him twice that number in opposition!
Thank you for representing me in D.C! I WILL be with you in spirit & heart & I'll be doing all I can on email/phone!
Comment by Ronald G. Johns on March 18, 2010 at 8:07pm
I would like to go. Can't leave Jacksonville until after 3 p.m. tomorrow. 904-705-6058
Comment by K. Crenier on March 18, 2010 at 5:06pm
Too bad for Tanner. Senator Coburn promised those appointments will be blocked!
Comment by FCTP on March 18, 2010 at 4:33pm
Hi all: We need 50 people to reserve a bus. Bus costs $5,000. We have a bus but we have to pay for it by tomorrow morning. Put the word out and let us know. If we don't get enough for a bus, we will leave late tomorrow afternoon in a car caravan. The event is Saturday at 10:00 a.m. with surging all day in the halls and then a prayer rally on Sunday. The vote is due to take place sometime around 1:00. We will not leave town until the vote takes place. Let me know if you are still interested. People can share hotel rooms. We are looking for them right now.
Comment by Lisa Schropp on March 18, 2010 at 4:26pm
I would like to go to DC.
Comment by Forest Wilson on March 18, 2010 at 3:25pm
Whatever happens, remember come November...THROW THE BUMS OUT!
Comment by Faith on March 18, 2010 at 3:09pm
If you can get an overnight trip up on a bus I am on it with you.
Faith

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