Congressman Phil Hare (D) – IL sums it up when he says that he doesn’t worry about the constitution when it comes to health care.
Doctor tells Obama Supporters: Move On
April 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
A doctor who considers the national health-care overhaul to be bad medicine for the country posted a sign on his office door telling patients who voted for President Barack Obama to seek care “elsewhere.”…
See the sign and read the whole story here in the Orlando Sentinel.
Senator LeMieux on State’s Rights
March 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Senator George LeMieux (R) FL – appeared on CNN to talk discuss Florida’s lawsuit over the Health Care Reform Bill.
An Open Letter from Jeff Atwatter
March 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Last Tuesday morning, President Obama signed into law the largest unfunded mandate and entitlement program in our nation’s history. By Tuesday afternoon, our Attorney General joined with thirteen other states in filling a lawsuit contesting the constitutionality of the Obama health care bill. Attorney General McCollum has rightfully revealed an even more egregious aspect of this bad legislation: it violates the individual rights of Americans.
The lawsuit contends two main issues: 1) it is unconstitutional to penalize citizens that choose not to purchase health insurance; and 2) the entitlement program illegally burdens the Florida taxpayers with huge increases in Medicaid costs.
The experts at Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration have determined that Obama’s Medicaid expansion would cost taxpayers over $1.1 billion. This unfunded mandate is a budget wrecker for Florida and one we should not be forced to endure. Floridian’s hard work should support their families, not bigger government.
However, the cost to Florida’s seniors may even be greater. One study sited recently by the New England Journal of Medicine indicates almost half of all general practice doctors would feel compelled to leave medicine altogether if Obama’s proposed plan passed.
Bigger government, larger entitlement programs and additional financial obligations to the people of Florida are not the solution and will not lead us to economic recovery.
The people of Florida and our great nation do not have one more dime to send to Washington. I will do everything within our rights to make sure Florida stays on a road to economic recovery–I thank you for your support!
FL to Join Suit
March 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Florida’s Attorney General Bill McCollum will join 37 other states and file a lawsuit against the Federal Government if ObamaCare passes.
The suit will target two key components of the bill, the healthcare mandate and the manipulation of the states. The mandate compels people to buy healthcare or incur a tax penalty. This essentially taxes people for just living. The manipulation of the states has to do with sovereignty and the 10th Amendment.
The Florida legislature is considering two bills this session.
Senator Carey Baker and Representative Scott Plakon filed the Healthcare Freedom Act which amends Florida’s Constitution “to prohibit any law or rule from forcing people into a one size fits all, federally mandated health care system such as that being rushed through Congress.”
In addition they are taking up a resolution reasserting Florida’s tenth amendment rights under the Constitution of the United States.
Ultimately, the Supreme Court may have to decide on the Constitutionality of the Health Care Bill.
Health Care Town Hall
July 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
We are hosting a town hall on the upcoming health care legislation on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at Eastmonte Civic Center, 830 Magnolia Dr, Altamonte Springs, FL. The meeting will begin promptly at 6:30pm.
Panelists include: Rick Scott, Founder and Chairman of Conservative for Patients’ Rights (CPR); State Representative D. Alan Hays, District 25; Kenneth J. Miller, MD, Anesthesiology; and Jason Brodeur, Procter & Gamble Account Executive, Healthcare for the Eastern United States.
Rick Scott founded Conservative for Patients’ Rights in February 2009 as a response to Obama’s health care plan. CPR believes that true health care reform centers on 4 pillars of Patients’ Rights: Choice, Competition, Accountability, and Personal Responsibility.
Rick, an attorney by trade has been in the health care industry since 1987 when he founded Colombia Hospital Corporation. In 1997, he left Colombia Hospital Corporation to start Richard Scott Investments, which has stakes in health care, manufacturing and technology companies. In 2001, he founded Solantic Corporation, which operates walk in urgent care centers.
State Representative Alan Hays is a Dentist by trade. He earned his DMD from the University of Florida in 1976. In 2004, he was elected to the State House of Representatives, and was re-elected in 2008. During that time he served as the Vice-Chair of the Insurance, Business, and Financial Affairs Policy Committee, and was a member of the Health and Family Policy Council. In addition, he served on the Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care.
He is currently the Vice Chair of the Committee on Health Quality, a member of the Health Care Council and the Committee on Insurance.
His awards include the Florida Dental Association Representative of the Year 2006, Dr. Lewis Earle Legislative Service Award 2009, Florida Association of Health Plans Appreciation Award 2005, and Crown Council, Humanitarian Award for Dental Service in Third World Countries 1999.
He is a member of the Florida Medical Association Council on Legislation and the Dental Association.
Kenneth J. Miller, MD, is a Board Certified, private practice Anesthesiologist. From 1985-1987 he served as Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Winter Park Memorial Hospital. He received his MD in 1980 from Wake Forest University’s Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Three years later in 1983, he completed his Internship and Anesthesiology Residency at the University of Florida.
He is a member of the Florida Society of Anesthesiology, the American Medical Association, and the Florida Medical Association.
Miller believes: Doctors must set the standard of care, not the government; and patients must remain an equal partner in decisions that affect them.
Jason Brodeur is an Healthcare Account Executive for Procter & Gamble. His territory includes the Eastern United States. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Food and Resource Economics and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida. He recently earned a Executive Education Certificate, Negotiation and Decision Making from Harvard University.
Brodeur was appointed to the State of Florida Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee by Governor Crist to adjudicate preferred drug list for the 2.2 million Medicaid recipients in Florida, representing over $1 billion in annual spending.
He is also on the Board of Directors of Community Based Care of Seminole County and is a member of the Florida Society of Health System Pharmacists and an active American Cancer Society Volunteer.
