Today Senator Ted Cruz completed a 21 hour filibuster like speech on the "Affordable" Care Act.
Highlights of speech:
1) The act is not affordable and will lead to a fiscal crisis for the US Government.
2) Business are reducing hours of their employees to under 30 hours to comply with new full time definition.
3) Small businesses are hiring as a direct result of the act.
4) People are losing their existing coverage.
5) Some employee spouses are losing coverage.
6) The law covers only those with a strong lobby in Washington. Friends of the White House and Congressional staff are not following the same rules as the rest of the US population.
7) Doctors will be reimbursed at the same level as the reduced Medicare level that many doctors already do not participate in.
8)The will cover about half of the people that don't have coverage.
9)The act was passed by only Democrats with no Republican input.
10) The act impacts 16% of the US economy.
11)The act will make health insurance premiums go up for most people.
10)Republicans that vote for in favor cloture on Friday or Saturday will allow the Senate leader to add amendments funding the Affordable Care Act.
I support Ted in what he attempted, to force Democrats make the decision to fund the government or the affordable care act. The RINOs (Republicans In Name Only- {i.e. McCain}) will not support him. RINOs declared defeat before the first vote was taken.
Majority leader Harry Reid came on after Senator Cruz and talked about how critical the time was in order to avoid a government close down. Well, if it was so critical why not just pass the House's Spending Bill as is?
Personally, I think affordable care act has 2 good things:
The preexisting condition clause, and the extended age coverage clause until kids are 26. That many pages had to have something good. I would be in favor of a repeal and replace plan with the items above, extending Medicare eligibility and a price tag doesn't bankrupt the US in the near future. I am sure we can find a cost effective way to cover the folks without jobs or insurance without destroying 1/16th of the US economy. I'm not a physician but we don't usually have to kill the patient in order to save them.
The media attacked Senator Ted Cruz, the Democrats attacked and even the RINOs attacked. Senator Ted Cruz held the news cycle for 21 hours. He was noticed. He and those that joined him like Paul and Rubio, will be the vanguard of new Republican Party or new conservative party. The Republican base has see these dynamic new leaders.
RINOs be on notice. It is time that Republicans represented their base and quit worrying about Independents and Reagan Democrats. Conservative principals can not be defeated in a fair debate. They are self evident.
