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Republican state senators called on California Attorney General Jerry Brown Tuesday to join other states and sue the federal government over health care reform.
The legislators said Congress cannot force people to buy health insurance or any other products.
Attorneys general in 13 other states have already filed suit against the health care overhaul that President Barack Obama signed into law. The bill will require most Americans to carry health insurance.
“I think that many Californians share the same view that this is the greatest expansion of government in a generation,” said Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Murrieta.
State Sen. Tom Harman, R-Huntington Beach, sent the letter to Brown.
“The federal government is limited in what it can and can’t do by the Constitution,” Harman said, calling the measure a violation of the commerce clause.
Brown issued a statement saying he had instructed his deputies to review the claims made by the senators.
However, Brown, a Democrat and former two-term governor, noted that all but one of the 13 attorneys general who vowed legal action were Republicans.
“Health care is not the place, with people’s lives at stake, to engage in poisonous partisanship,” Brown said in the statement.
Republicans seeking their party’s nomination for governor, Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman, opposed the health care package and supported a state lawsuit.
Poizner, the state insurance commissioner, said consumers could face higher health insurance premiums and an onerous mandate to get health insurance whether they want it or not.
Whitman campaign spokeswoman Sarah Pompei called the health care plan a “new, big government program.”
The Republican lawmakers also decried what they called an unfunded mandate, estimating the plan would cost California taxpayers $3 billion.
Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Thousand Oaks, said voters should have final approval over the measure.
“It’s clear to me that people’s voices are not being heard in Washington, D.C., or in Sacramento,” Strickland said. “At a time when we a have high unemployment rate, this is going to be devastating to our California economy.”
The California Democratic Party said the health care overhaul will provide insurance coverage to 7.3 million Californians who do not currently have it and give a tax credit to some 390,000 small businesses in the state.
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Doesnt the health care industry already have enough incentives without Hillary giving them more?One Hillary supporter pointed out that Hillary's health care plan has "financial incentives" for the health care industry. Hasn't anyone noticed that health care costs are already growing at a double digit rate? Is health care so cheap we can afford her "financial incentives"? Is it not apparent that Hillary's campaign is already accepting money from health care companies who would benefit from her universal health care plan that is supposed to benefit the poor?
First of all health care is a provincial responsibility so it depends on the rules of her province. In Ontario she has to reside in ON for at least half the year to be covered by the ON health plan. It would be prudent to check this out.
Marriage would not affect her citizenship.
Okay if you won't have any clinical skills or any managerial/administration skills, just what will you do? You'll have a lot of knowledge but nothing to do with it.
What is going to happen is the Government is going to set the rates doctors can charge for services. Doctors cannot afford the rates so they will overbook people to get the most money they can so you will go to the Dr office and wait for several hours and maybe even have to return the next day. Dr groups will get bigger and overbooking will be even more and waiting will be longer. Just think of going to the Dr and there being 100 patients in the waiting room to see a Dr.
Depends on the perspective. The "socialized" (please use in quotation marks) perspective is that users of health care are the community as a whole; thus, 'just' is defined as minimizing the losing individuals. "Free market's" views are that the users are individuals or groups of individuals; thus, 'just' is defined as maximizing the number of individuals 'satisfied.'
From both common political and ethical perspective, a child is often unable to contribute to the discussion of 'individuals to be lost' in "socialized health care" or 'user satisfaction' in the "free market." Given the assumptions that pediatric care is satisfactory for most children, "socialized health care" is more just because the intrinsic cost-of-life-saved would then be higher even though some children would fall through the cracks. HOWEVER, given the assumption above and also that the income difference between the richest and poorest people is minimal, the "free market" is more just because parents can decide what is most 'satisfactory' without too much undue financial burden.
@canascot02 It really is just what people have grown up with and what works for them.
@MadHabber93 I’m not trying to be disrespectful, but seriously, if you’re happy with your universal healthcare, good for you. But the majority of Americans don’t want it in America. Sure, they want healthcare reform, but what Obama tried enacting is not good for America. I don’t understand how any Canadian could be ok with waiting that long for treatment.. But honestly, if you’re saying the ideals of the Founding Fathers are dead, then the Republic is just as dead.
Yes. If you have unlimited resources as an American you have the best health care in the world. If you are an ordinary citizen you simply don't. Even the average health care plan generally does not cover the basics like European systems do. All too often Americans find out just how under insured they are when sickness strikes.
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Publications/In-the-Literature/2008/Jun/How-Many-Are-Underinsured–Trends-Among-U-S–Adults–2003-and-2007.aspx
That's important because when those people are lucky enough to stay healthy they will never see a problem whatsoever just as their fellow countrymen were just fine with their coverage before tradgedy happened.
http://www.click2houston.com/investigates/12538706/detail.html
http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org/your_story/my-insurance-company-denied-my-doctors-prescription
http://www.rhonawaxman.com/blog/insurance-company-medical-exam-denied-me-surgery.html
This is the same thing as with the standard of living. Americans have a higher income on average than Americans but more detailed data shows it's the top 1 percent income earners that's responsible for the whole difference. Middle clas an poor Americans are much worse of than their European counterparts
That's ultimately what it is about
And yes I am an American. One who supports rights provided in the Constitution and believes in the American Dream ideals where if you work hard enough and have the right skills, you CAN succeed. I also believe that Thomas Jefferson’s quotes that “The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.” and “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
@canascot02 I do believe that people should have healthcare, but it should be earned, not handed to them. I don’t think anyone should get anything handed to them for free (unless it is a right stated in a law), especially at the expense of others. You should work for what you get shouldn’t you?
I can understand supporting children with free healthcare, but after you’re an adult, and have made the choices to either succeed or fail in life, you shouldn’t be a liability for others.
it isn’t any different in the USA…I waited 5 hours to get into the hospital with my grandma so I don’t know if universal healthcare will seriously make that worse.
what is the future of health care?
what diseases do we need to be aware of?
how do i stay healthy?
where do i turn if a loved one is diagnosed with a serious illness?
@EffieReal Oh yah and we have kinder eggs hahaha and kraft dinner and smarties
@Cosmo1093 I can understand where your coming from on this, but I beg to differ on the topic of healthcare. I guess I just have a different mindset than you and have a different mentality in terms of politics. Anyways, setting aside our differences, I undestand what your saying.
@Cosmo1093 so you think that it’s right that not every human being should be treated equally and have the right to healthcare. You are an American, aren’t you.
They have a 100 percent covered plan for them and their families for life (assuming they serve at least 6 years), along with an excellent pension plan for life.
They will care about the crisis if it is something the voters want! After all, if they are not acting in the interest of the voters, they will lose their seat and their health care plan.
Unfortunately, there is so much disagreement between the "left" and the "right" that it is difficult for congress to do anything. In addition, many people (even those who truly need health care reforms) vote based on moral values, leaving health care to be ignored.
I'm from California & I'm not sure about your question, but I'll say some stuff I know. Half of my relatives are in Canada & although I'm poor, several of my Canadian Uncles, Cousins, etc., are doing quite well financially. Every one of them LOVE the health care in Canada & look with disgust at the USA. Health care in America is much more expensive & less available because it is a FOR PROFIT industry. Drugs are extremely overpriced & the insurance companies care about your health as much as they care about the stuff they just expelled into their toilets. They will DENY you coverage on anything. All they need to do is find an excuse to drop you, that is, when you make a claim. They've got the most educated lawyers who do nothing but try to save the Insurance companies money. We are the most backward "First World" country on this planet morally in regards to caring about it's own citizens. Here is a site to look into. & there are many more on the internet. http://www.pnhp.org/facts/singlepayer_faq.php If you're mostly concerned about Canada's situation, keep looking on the web. I'm sure you'll find something. And remember, insurance companies are only concerned with profit!
The Robert Woods Johnson Foundation is a research think tank. They have all kinds of references to interesting research around health care and health reform. With a little digging, you may be able to contact some of the researchers.
WebMD is another useful source for anything and everything health care.
Centers for disease control and prevention, National Center for Health Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
National Vital statistics system: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss
@Cosmo1093 So based on Jefferson’s quote, our democracy in Canada doesn’t exist because we have Universal healthcare?? Jefferson was a great man, but ideals of your founding fathers may not work nor apply in the modern world. “the American dream” is alive and well in Canada, partly due to our health system.