Hampton Roads Congressmen active on health care
By JR Hoeft | Friday, July 24th, 2009 | PolicyOur Hampton Roads delegation to congress, except for Rep. Bobby Scott (3rd), were fairly involved yesterday in the healthcare discussion.
Rep. Rob Wittman (1st) joined Republican Whip Eric Cantor (7th) at the GOP Health Care Solutions Group hearing saying:
“The current bill does not adequately address cost. We want good, workable solutions that get to the issue at hand,” he said. “Maintaining the integrity of the patient-provider relationship is also critical for whatever legislation comes out of this body.”
Wittman went on to say that the bill being considered is “not sustainable in the long term and does not adequately protect the patient- provider relationship.”
Rep. Glenn Nye (2nd), who is quickly becoming a leader of blue dog Democrats, held a tele-townhall meeting on Wednesday with over 2,400 constituents and reported on that meeting yesterday.
Nye noted that 88% of respondents to an instant feedback survey he conducted were satisfied with the health care they currently receive but 56% still said they would support a public health insurance option as part of a reform plan.
“It’s an important principle to me that any health care reform does not increase the national debt. It has to reduce cost for families and for small businesses. It has got to make the system less expensive, and that includes cutting fraud and abuse in the current system,” he said. “More important than getting it done right now, is getting a bill that will work.”
And, Rep. Randy Forbes (4th) announced that he will be having a tele-townhall for constituents on Monday from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Residents of the district who would like to participate are invited to register on-line. Forbes also offers up his thoughts on the issue here.
“The reality is that the vast majority of Americans – even those of us with excellent health care – agree that something must be done. And there are these major points – and more – that most agree on. Whether out of genuine concern for those around us without care, or motivated from the practical desire for more efficient, logical health care options; we agree that health care reform is critical to the success of our nation.”
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One Response to "Hampton Roads Congressmen active on health care"
“Our Hampton Roads delegation to congress, except for Rep. Bobby Scott (3rd), were fairly involved yesterday in the health care discussion.”
In general you produce a great blog but you appear to hold a fixation on targeting Rep. Bobby Scott for false and inaccurate criticism. I have a fixation for correcting the record. To say he was not involved in the health care discussion is false reporting. Check your facts. Rep. Scott added amendment #5 to the House Education and Labor piece of the bill. See: http://edlabor.house.gov/markups/.
Rep. Scott included a provision that seeks to cover pregnant women and children to the House Education and Labor Committee’s piece of the bill. Translation: He had language added to what is now the House version of H.R. 3200, the Health Reform Bill.
He added language from a bill he introduced in January 2009 (H.R.747) to:
“To amend the Social Security Act to provide health insurance coverage for children and pregnant women throughout the U.S. by combining the children and pregnant woman health coverage under Medicaid and SCHIP into a new All Healthy Children Program, and for other purposes,” to the health care bill. Would not have happened without him, period.
Get you facts together and be as accurate as you can:
http://crewof42.blogspot.com/2009/07/hr-3200-two-cbc-bills-in-health-care.html
Perhaps you can tell us all what the other 10 members of the Virginia delegation have had added to the Health care bill?
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