There are some really good ideas for health care reform that do not involve the government taking over a private sector of the U.S. economy. They include: allowing small businesses to pool resources, purchasing health insurance across state lines, reducing junk lawsuits, combating waste and fraud. The longest bill is only 88 pages and the shortest bill is 8 pages.
These are the ideas we should be asking our legislators to support. Read More Total Number of Pages: 2,074
Spending: The actual cost of the bill is $2.5 trillion over 10 years of full implementation (2014 – 2023). The $894 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score disguises its true cost due to the fact that many of the major programs do not take effect until 2014. Taxes Increases: Taxes will go up $493.6 billion-nearly half a trillion dollars. Medicare Cuts: Medicare will be cut $464.6 billion-another half a trillion dollars. Read More Missouri Roundtable For Life filed suit in the United States District Court, Eastern District, against Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and State Auditor Susan Montee for abusing their power in violating Missouri Roundtable For Life’s constitutional rights, including the right to free speech, equal protection under the law and right to due process, each time MRFL filed a common sense ballot initiative to protect Missouri taxpayer dollars.
Read More Representative Cynthia Davis (R-O’Fallon), the Chairwoman of the Special Standing Committee on Children and Families in the Missouri House, on the first day legislators can pre-file bills and amendments for the 2010 legislative session, filed a House Joint Resolution, H.J.R. 49, that would prohibit Missouri tax dollars from being spent on abortions not medically necessary to save the life of the mother, abortion services, human cloning, and embryo destructive research.
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Senator Roy Blunt B40C Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-5721 Fax: (202) 224-8149 blunt.senate.gov Senator Josh Hawley B40A Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: 202-224-6154 Email: senator@hawley.senate.gov Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer 1118 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20510 (202) 225-2956 luetkemeyer.house.gov Click here to find your House Representative
January 2023
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