September 26, 2009 — The Senate Finance Committee is in the process of debating and marking up Sen. Baucus' (chairman of the committee) health care reform proposal. Sen. John Cornyn, Rep-Texas is a member of that committee and has released two newsletters via his web site containing information about what is going on. There are a number of things Sen. Cornyn mentions in his newsletter that disturb me.
It is generally implied that Sen. Cornyn is looking out for the interest of Texans as he should be. He mentions that he requested an analysis by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) of the cost of this proposed legislation to Texans. This analysis allegedly found that the cost would be a $20.4 billion increase over a 10-yr period in Texas Medicaid and an increase to 2.5 million Texans on Medicaid if the legislation were enacted. I have searched the HHSC web site and can find no analysis or report on same concerning this issue. Of course it was requested by the Senator, so the results probably only went to him and his staff. My goodness we don't want the citizens of Texas to have this information.
He further states that the estimated true cost of this legislation is on the order of $1.6 trillion and would cut Medicare by $500 billion and create massive new taxes on individuals and small businesses among other things.
Okay that is the pudding...now where is the proof? How can I as a citizen make an informed decision about what is going on about costs etc without the facts behind statements made by Senators such Cornyn. I swear they treat you like you are incapable of digesting such information. That's just wrong!
He supposedly offered an amendment to the legislation "...that would require Members of the Congress to enroll in the Medicaid program should this legislation become law." This was soundly defeated...well no kidding! What a waste of time and what a playground sort of attitude.
The Sen. Cornyn recovers some and makes sense in his comment about things being rushed to meet arbitrary deadlines instead of getting it right. He cites an example of this in his newsletter. This has been going on and comes from the President in my opinion. That is also just wrong! His alleged amendment to know the true cost of the legislation before voting on it was also defeated.
Well keep fighting Sen. Cornyn, but provide some meat behind your statements and leave out the playground theatrics. It is time to get this right...it's what really matters!
This is Sen. Cornyn's web site: http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Home
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