Manhattan Right to Life:
ObamaCare -- and you!
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Tragically, the Obama-backed health bill squeaked through the U. S. House of Representatives, 219-212. This occurred as Rep. Bart Stupak sold out the pro-life movement, at the last minute, and voted for Obama's massive -- and pro-abortion -- health care restructuring bill, H.R. 3590. This bill was strongly opposed by National Right to Life.
Stupak had led a number of pro-life Democrats in the House who had sought -- and got voted -- an amendment to this bill that would have included prohibitions against federal funding of abortion in this specific law.
When the Senate dropped this pro-life language from its version of the bill, Stupak and his allies settled for a meaningless executive order from Obama, meaningless as an executive order cannot be used to modify any federal law.
Obama signed this executive order which Obama said curbs abortion funding but which, in fact, merely restated the provisions of the bill and could easily be overturned in court -- or withdrawn at Obama's whim -- and has no legal power to override the abortion funding provisions of this statute.
As Douglas Johnson of National Right to Life told LifeNews.com: "If the bill is signed into law, these statutory requirements and defects are not subject to correction or nullification by the chief executive or his appointees, whether by Executive Order, regulation, or otherwise."
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A brief survey of related developments follows stressing:
rationing health services
taxpayers' money
Taxpayers
Obama claims that his so-called "reform" will save the taxpayers money. America’s Health Insurance Plans released the results of its study, showing that ObamaCare would more than double premium costs. This study was undertaken by one of the world's largest professional services firms, and 'big-four' accounting firm, PriceWaterhouseCoopers. This report has to have more credibility than that of a partisan Obama think-tank.
Then, the Associated Press, in an article headed Health insurance bills could mean hardship for many, tells us that under "the Baucus bill, a family of four making $63,000 would have to pay 11 percent of its income [a tax increase of nearly $7,000!] for health insurance" -- not a comforting thought and not an improvement on what we have now.
The "Wall Street Journal" takes apart the Obama pretense that those who are happy with the insurance they have now can keep it, asking the rhetorical question: When government 'competes,' guess who always wins? See what the "Journal" has to say -- about what Obama has planned for YOU.
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