Shreveport Times
By Rep. John Fleming
June 12, 2010

“Like the enterprising weavers who promised the emperor new clothes with extraordinary powers, Democrats in Congress have promised more than they can deliver…

While the claims are extraordinary, the health reform law is not. In April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released their analysis of the new law and found the legislation will increase government health care spending, set up provider shortages and limit access to providers because of low Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement rates.

And that is just the beginning. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the official scorekeeper for Congress, estimated your families’ health insurance premiums will rise by as much as $2,100 annually.

The new law also imposes job-killing tax increases on businesses when nearly one out of 10 Americans is out of work. These increases have led companies such as Caterpillar, John Deere and AT&T to announce losses of hundreds of millions of dollars or more and others such as White Castle to announce significant expected job cuts…

And what about the deficit?…

The bottom line is the cost has not been fully counted. What we do know is the new health care reform law will increase health care expenditures, raise your families insurance premiums, increase the deficit, cut senior citizens’ benefits, expand Medicaid — a program already facing a provider shortage because of low government reimbursements — and be financed with $568 billion in job-killing tax increases, a half trillion dollar slash to senior citizens’ Medicare coverage and by raiding Social Security.

Americans understand this, and 63 percent want the new law repealed. It is a fundamentally failed concept and Americans are rejecting its socialistic tenants….

It is time for a reality check. It is plain to see the emperor has no clothes.”

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