Senator Toomey co-sponsors health care repeal bill

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Toomey co-sponsors health care repeal bill

By Morning Times
Published:
Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:12 AM EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey on Wednesday joined 31 of his Senate colleagues in introducing legislation to repeal President Obama’s overreaching health care bill.

“I am supporting the repeal of the government-run health care bill because the American people deserve reforms that will actually lower the cost of health care instead of increasing it; give patients more choice over their personal health care decisions instead of handing that choice over to the government; encourage job-creation rather than raise the costs of hiring new workers; and protect the patient-doctor relationship instead of putting government bureaucrats in the middle,” Toomey said.

Toomey explained that in the 10 months since the president signed his health care bill, economists have demonstrated that the bill will raise taxes, increase health care costs, stymie individual choice and control, and devastate America’s small businesses.

The freshman senator said he has put forth many ideas that would help alleviate the cost of health care and give individuals greater access to health insurance and more control over their health care decisions instead of the massive government-run health care bill Congress passed last year.

These include allowing individuals who buy their own health insurance to enjoy the same tax benefits enjoyed by employees receiving insurance through their employers; increasing competition by allowing individuals to buy health insurance across stateliness; passing reasonable tort reform; and allowing small businesses and organizations to band together and form associations that can purchase health insurance on behalf of their members, Toomey explained.

ntroduced by Sen. Jim DeMint (S.C.), the legislation has 31 cosponsors, including Sen. Toomey.

These are Senators John Barrasso (Wyo), Roy Blunt (Mo.), John Boozman (Ark.), Richard Burr (N. C.), Saxby Chambliss (Ga.), Dan Coats (Ind.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), Bob Corker (Tenn.), John Cornyn (Texas), Mike Crapo (Idaho), John Ensign (Nev.), Orrin Hatch (Utah), Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas), James Inhofe (Okla.), Johnny Isakson (Ga.), Mike Johanns (Neb.), Ron Johnson (Wis.), Jon Kyl (Ariz.), Mike Lee (Utah), John McCain (Ariz.), Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Jerry Moran (Kan.), Rand Paul (Ky.), Rob Portman (Ohio), James Risch (Idaho), Pat Roberts (Kan.), Marco Rubio (Fla.), John Thune (S.D.), Pat Toomey (Pa.), David Vitter (La.), and Roger Wicker (Miss.).


Sweeeeet, get the Federal Govt out of States business

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Toomey explained that in the 10 months since the president signed his health care bill, economists have demonstrated that the bill will raise taxes, increase health care costs, stymie individual choice and control, and devastate America’s small businesses.

I'm sure they will be up front and open with the names of these experts.