Dorgan’s promises..I feel comforted now…
I received a personalized email today from Byron Dorgan thanking me for my comments regarding health care. In the letter, he made a number of promises about things he will NOT support. Here are a few of those oaths;
“Many North Dakotans are worried that if Congress passes a new health care plan, they could receive less care. There have been a lot of inaccurate charges from critics about what will and won’t be in the bill.
Here’s what I will not support in a health care reform bill.
»»I won’t support a government takeover of the health care system and I won’t support anything that rations health care.
»»I won’t support a health care bill that provides coverage for those who are here illegally.
»»I won’t support anything that doesn’t maintain the current ban on using federal funds to pay for abortion.
»»I won’t support anything that undermines Medicare coverage for the elderly or health care for veterans.”
Hmm. Interesting promises, but I wonder how he intends to keep them. The Baucus bill mandates cuts to Medicare spending. Of course we all know that the only way to cut spending is to limit services. To me that means rationing health care.
Though neither the Baucus plan or the House bill state that coverage will be extended to illegals, we all know that President Obama and leading Dems are working towards extending amnesty to all illegals. So irregardless of Dorgan’s oath not to support coverage to illegals, he knows full well that his promise is a moot point.
He promises not to support government funded abortion, yet both the Baucus plan and the House bill absolutely do have provisions to cover abortions. So will he vote against either plan when they come to the Senate?
And his last promise not to support anything that cuts health care for seniors or veterans is going to be tough to keep. Both the Baucus plan and the House bill call for drastic cuts to Medicare spending. Again, the only way to cut that spending is to cut services and ration care. Seniors and veterans are absolutely going to be affected.
But hey! I’ve got his promise in writing, so I can just lay back and feel comfortable that he’s got my back, Right? I think not. Just more double speak from the king stooge of North Dakota politics. To borrow a line from Rep. Joe Wilson; “YOU LIE”!
