President Obama just completed a stupid political TRIFECTA:
1st American President in 110 years to miss the annual Army-Navy Football Game. ·
1st American President to not attend any Christmas religious observance. ·
1st American President to stay on vacation after a terrorist attack on the homeland.
The Staff:
Does anyone think he just might be a MUSLIM?
My thoughts,
He hates the Army/Navy because they kicked the Radical Muslim ass in Iraqi!
Didn't observe Christmas because he is a MUSLIM!
Stayed on vacation because it wasn't important!
Just some thoughts, Hope I'm wrong.
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These are all Programs, Acts and/or Committees either in current or previous legislation. Just about all are mentioned in the Current Health Care Reform Bill.
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)
Health Information Technology (HIT)
Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS)
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWA)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA)
House Education Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP)
Here's a new one. HICUPC - Honor, Integrity, and Commitment in Upholding and Protecting the Constitution.
What kind of insurance do Congressman have? note: it to has an acronym.
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP)
As soon as members of Congress are sworn in, they may participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). Program offers an assortment of health plansincluding fee-for-service, point-of-service, and health maintenance organizations (HMOs). Members can also insure their spouses and their dependents.
There’s no waiting period. Congressman covered no matter what. Preconditions are waived.
The government pays up to 75 percent of their premium. That government, of course, is funded by taxpayers, the same taxpayers who often cannot afford health care themselves. Read more: http://public-healthcare-issues.suite101.com/article.cfm/health_care_for_the_us_congress#ixzz0NjDnWDMY
More Health Care Perks for Congress
According to the article “Health care as good as Congress gets,” by John Barry, a staff writer for the St. Petersburg Times, “Members of Congress have their own pharmacy, right in the Capitol. They also have a team of doctors, technicians and nurses standing by in case something busts in a filibuster. They can get a physical exam, an X-ray or an electrocardiogram, without leaving work.”
Although members pay extra for these services - Representatives pay about $300 per month, and Senators about $600 - taxpayers end up kicking in another $2 million. That’s $2 million not being spent on those who need it.
The Oakland Tribune article “Congress’ wild health care ride” (January 7, 2008) reports that Congress’ attention is instead focused on the financial well being of pharmaceutical and insurance companies.
To illustrate this point, the article states that, according to the Medicare Reform Act of 2004(MEDICARE), Medicare is prohibited from negotiating with pharmaceutical companies for lower prices. However, not only is this negotiating power available to governments in other industrialized countries, it’s also similar to the power granted to the FEHBP, which itself is permitted to negotiate premiums and prices.
Congressman talk up health care, but members of the House and Senate - both Republicans and Democrats alike - take millions of dollars in contributions from the health sector, which includes health providers, insurers, and pharmaceutical companies
If they’ve proven nothing else, they’ve shown taxpayers that they know how to take care of themselves. Interesting! Even after they leave Congress, they get to keep their insurance and all the benefits and through it all they have time to give themselves raises. Totally disgusting.
BJ
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