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Washington, DC:
WASHINGTON, DC – Calling rising healthcare costs the single largest threat to our country’s economic future, Congressman Allen Boyd (D-North Florida) today expressed his intent to vote against the healthcare legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives and urged his colleagues to continue working toward a fiscally responsible bill that would lower insurance premiums for all Americans and drive down the overall cost of healthcare services.
“While the House bill does take some positive steps toward increasing coverage and reforming insurance regulations, it simply falls short when it comes to lowering healthcare costs for North Florida families and businesses,” said Congressman Boyd. “Improving our healthcare system is of utmost importance to me, but meaningful reform must reduce the skyrocketing cost of healthcare services. Until I have confidence that a healthcare reform bill will effectively curb rising healthcare costs and ease the burdensome pressure millions of Americans feel when paying their healthcare premiums or doctor bills, I cannot in good faith support this bill.”
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has indicated that the House bill does little to reduce the escalating cost of healthcare services, meaning that healthcare costs will continue to rise at unsustainable rates and insurance premiums will continue to plague hardworking Americans.
Congressman Boyd believes it is possible to meet the healthcare needs of Americans while at the same time reducing the cost of our healthcare services. Responsible, affordable healthcare reform must increase coverage to more Americans; preserve patient choice; reduce the costs of medical procedures and services; and not add to our federal budget deficit.
“I have spent my years in public service working to improve access to quality, affordable healthcare for all Americans,” Boyd stated. “I voted to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Plan three times in the last two years. I brought $17 billion to Florida to improve community health centers, veterans’ outpatient clinics, healthcare workforce training, and health IT initiatives through the federal stimulus package. And I formed the District Healthcare Council in 2005 so our local communities can work together to improve healthcare in North Florida.”
Boyd concluded, “My vote against H.R. 3962, the House’s first attempt at a healthcare bill, is not a vote against responsible reform. Rather, it is a signal that our work in Congress is not yet complete. Reducing the cost of healthcare services must be the focus of any reform package, and I will continue working, as I’ve always done, to fix what’s wrong with our healthcare system, to continue what’s right, and to ensure Americans have access to affordable, quality coverage they need.”
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The above release was sent by Congressman Allen Boyd’s Office Saturday prior to the vote on the Healthcare Bill. Boyd was 1 of 39 Democrats to vote against the measure. To see how all the lawmakers voted click here.
Boyd to Hold Bay County Community Forum on November 10
PANAMA CITY – On Tuesday, November 10, 2009, U.S. Congressman Allen Boyd (D-North Florida) will hold a community forum at the Gulf Coast Community College Gymnasium to discuss healthcare reform and other issues before Congress. The forum, originally scheduled for August 28, will allow Congressman Boyd to hear from the people of Bay County on the latest developments in the national healthcare debate, as well as other issues.
“The strong interest in town hall meetings throughout North Florida shows that the public is very engaged on the important issues facing the country today, healthcare in particular, which is a good and positive thing,” said Congressman Boyd. “This forum will be an opportunity for me to hear from the people of Bay County and discuss what responsible healthcare reform should look like. I look forward to this constructive dialogue.”
Reserved seating will be available for those who had tickets to the postponed forum in August. These ticket holders must bring their August tickets in order to access the reserved seating and must arrive to the gymnasium no later than 5:15 p.m. CST.
WHAT:
Bay County Community Forum
WHO:
U.S. Congressman Allen Boyd
WHEN:
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. CST
WHERE:
Gulf Coast Community College
Billy Harrison Gymnasium
5230 West Highway 98
Panama City, Florida 32401
*** Doors open at 5 p.m. Except for the reserved seating area, all seating will be on a first come, first served basis. Reserved seating will be available for ticket holders who waited in line for the postponed forum in August. These ticket holders must bring their August ticket in order to access the reserved seating and must arrive to the gymnasium no later than 5:15 p.m. CST. If there is any seating in the reserved area that is still available after 5:15 p.m., those seats will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.
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retired one, im surprised you celebrate the founders of this great(until odumba took over)country, seeing as how much you hate this country? kinda two faced?? lets take your money and give it to the scum suckers that dont want to work, just sucking the govt tit, and let them suck outta your bank account.
Happy Thanksgiving Day, to all. Please remember all the uninsured Americans who are poor, hungry, or homeless and their children in your prayers.
May God keep them well and safe and let them know they’re are good people fighting for them and their children.
We all have so much to be thankful for and sometimes take our blessings for granted.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Sing it retardo sing it son, this has to be your favorite song. Republicans are the devil and blue cross is a whore blah blah blah blah blah. Haven’t you come up with a 2nd verse yet?? Why don’t you and the rest of your dumocrats gather up a lynch mob and go out and start burning BCBS executives at the stake. Here is radical idea why doesn’t the voters just vote out the republicans if they are the problem. Oh so you’ve tried that but the majority doesn’t think it’s the republicans fault, thats right, sorry I forgot about that.
Hey don’t think I don’t know tax payers pick up the slack when these bums go into the emergency room and don’t have health care, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to go along with a different bill that will do basically the same thing. Yes there needs to be restrictions on things like interest rates and premiums on everything, not just health insurance, but home and auto insurance as well. Gas and electricity all these things should have limits. No argument here.
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy is now the official health insurance plan for this country and the Republicans just want it to continue. We all pay for this already.
The Republicans just want this to continue until the entire country is broke. All employers,broke. Every citizen,broke. Just because of health care costs.
80% of every medical bankruptcy is by people who HAD health insurance! When you have a Blue Cross Plan, even bay county teachers, you really don’t have health coverage at all if you realy get sick! Read you teacher plan that you are paying over twice the price for compared to a Blue Cross Federal Employee Plan! You fine print will tell you that you have a $500 yearly deductable, a $1000, hospital deductable, a lifetime CAP of $25,000, in total benefits! That won’t even cover a broken leg,today! You really don’t have insurance and will need to file chapter 7, if you need major surgery.
Good luck Republicans! Hope you don’t get really sick or need surgery, you will lose your home
That’s okay oneforchange you don’t have to reply to my comments, but there is no doubt you’re reading them! HA HA!! and I’m getting under your skin which makes this fun for me. Your still missing the point knuckle head, whether the naacp is non profit or not they take money from the gov’t therefore they are just as much a gov’t welfare case as a company that is for profit. You’ll never admit that because you will never admit your wrong.
I see your still disgruntle over Sallie Mae firing you, maybe one day you’ll get over it and move on. Just out of curiosity how do you think SallieMae got the gov’t contract to service Dept of Ed loans? Because we provide excellent customer service according to the school and customers they surveyed. Also because we’re providing excellent customer service at a reasonable price per loan.
Yeah your right about one thing, I am a northerner, I’m from the Lake Seminole area south of Donalsonville, GA, but north of Panama City, so I guess I’m a northerner
blah Blah BLAH BLAH BLAH
Same song 2nd verse
Republicans and Blue Cross are the devil blah blah blah blah blah
Thousands are dying cause they have no health care blah blah blah blah blah
Get over retardo, dying is a part of life, everyone can’t live, someone has to die. If everyone lived we’d be living on top of each other like they are in New York City. This is just God’s way of thinning the herd, the strong survive and the weak die. It’s been like that since the beginning of time, one day you will realize that.
In the mean time sing it again retardo one, here we go a one and a two and a three . . . Republicans are the devil, and blue cross is a whore blah blah blah blah . . . sing your song retardo sing that song.
Next time you go to any hospital emergency room in any city in the country, take a long look around you at the sea of misery where the working poor have to go and use as their primary care not emergencies. This is what the Republicans and Blue Cross want to continue. Yes, we are all paying for this in our premiums,dearly, already. It’s embarrasing to watch this sea of misery in America. Ask yourself, why does Blue Cross and Republicans want this to continue?
Do YOU want this to continue? Continue to working poor Americans?
Do you LIKE it?
Do you know you are PAYING already for this?
Do you think the Americans there like it?
Every American needs the dignity of health care for them and their children, not to beg in an Emergency Room and then get hammered in medical bills they cannot possibly pay, so they go bankrupt,credit ruined, or die because they are too late for the simple blood test that would have saved them. Yes,this is what you want to continue? I don’t!
ENOUGH!!!
retardo, you post the same thing over and over and over. We’re giving Billions to Israel, we’re killing 44,000 people a year blah blah blah. You don’t have any new lies to tell? I’m still waiting on that transfer of funds slip where we transferred billions to another country.
Oneforchange aka Don, keeps on posting bogus links no one is clicking on and then ask why we don’t post links. Because we’re not STUPID MORONS, you stupid moron. Besides you look stupid posting a link that runs all the way across the page, makes you look like a retard. No one in their right mind is going to click on that link and download a virus on their computer.
I don’t care if the naacp or any other organization is non profit, they still take gov’t money without giving any back. At least when Sallie Mae takes money they give some of it back through the tax dollars from their employees. Once again your missing the point, which is if you give to one child you have to give to all or risk showing favoritism.
I only do it because it’s fun! I can’t believe there are people who call theirselves Americans, yet support 100% the Republicans, who vote to give our Billions to Israel, every year so that THEIR people can have 100% Government health care, then, vote OUR Billions to outer space and the moon, then vote Billions to build new mosques and schools in Iraq, yet vote 100% against Americans who are poor and let 44,000 of them die every year? It’s very obvious the Republicans are corporate whores for Blue Cross to continue their scam of Americans to continue their complete rip-off of all employers,citizens and the government with their unfounded continued rate hikes that they use to give their CEO’s millions in bonus money,then 25% of premiums for advertisements and admin fees and think Blue Cross would not cut them off of life support for another nickel profit!
Medicare and the VA use less than 3% admin fees, the rest goes for care.
It’s easy to see Republicans do not care about Americans.
retardo, you have no idea what I was thinking so don’t try and put words in my mouth or assume you know what I was talking about. I clearly said they need to lower insurance premiums and if you go back and read again you’ll see that you frickin moron. I also said I don’t want to give my hard earn money to bums. You can have a job and still be a bum, if you work just enough to pay for your booze and cigarettes then your a bum. Work 2 jobs if you have to but support yourself, don’t ask me to do it.
Oneforchange or Don whatever you prefer to be called, why do you bother posting those bogus links that run all the way across the page? No one is going to click on that crap because for all we know it could be a virus and no one is going to take a chance on getting their computer hacked. Although I seriously doubt you have the brains to hack anything except a loogie.
retarded one, you said something so revealing, you said, “They need to let our leader get some work done” thats an interesting choice of words, and i know you choose them carefully due to you correcting my spelling once. the leader statement is interesting, didnt you mean to say, “fuhrer”? and at the end you forgot to say the democratic heil hitler, opps i mean heil obama?? your showing your and your liberal buddies true color!!
I don’t think Americans who are waitresses or who have low paying non-union jobs and their employers do not offer them health care are bums.
I believe they are hard working Americans who deserve health care.
The ones you are talking about are on state aid and are already getting health care via medicaid you idiot.
This bill is about the working poor and if you are against them, please leave America as you are unpatriotic,unamerican,and unchristian and have aligned yourself with the greedy corporate whores who have ruined america and is trying to destroy the middle class with their greed.
Think before you speak.
I see oneforchange got his daily hit of message board or crack or both. Oneforchange you are so predictable it’s scary. So come on oneforchange answer the question. You don’t believe in subsidizes for Farmers, but your okay with giving millions to minority groups and businesses. All the money the gov’t gives the naacp and other groups is okay right. I think the gov’t needs to go to ethanol to get away from gas and it would give our farmers new life. Grow corn and sell it manufactures to make into ethanol so we’re not so dependent on gas. Then make sure auto manufactures are making cars that will run efficiently on ethanol. For years Farmers were the backbone of America.
Retardo, your on somekind of obama osama drug. Look at what your saying, you want to share the money people make with the poor aka bums that sit on their azz and are a drain on society. My guess is your one of those bums because if you worked hard for a living you wouldn’t want your money divided up and given to bums.
I’m glad it will be signed into law in January. I think just the opposite will happen in 2010. I think the Republican Party is pretty much doomed. There are still a few pockets in the south and midwest but they have aligned theirselves backing corporate whores during this health care reform and I think the majority of americans have seen right through them as obstructionists, trying to block every thing and they are sick of it as nothing is getting done in a timely manner. The President has been left an 8 year mess to clean up and they do nothing to help and slow the process down. It will ruin them in the end. We all see it. They need to let our leader get some work done or get out of his way. America spoke at election time.
america has spoken? umm the senate approved to bring this junk to debate on the floor, you want to know how much of america has spoken? wait till the 2010 elections. most of those people that voted for it will be out on their ear!! retarded one, someone like you is the reason normal people hate liberals. full of crap and lies!! liberalism IS a mental disorder!!
Looks like Boyd and most all of you were all on the wrong side of history,again as America has spoken and in January, Americans, win, when our great President signs one of the most historical bills of the century,giving health care to America’s uninsured!
This is a great victory against corporate greed but is only the first of many steps to get the middle class back in the game. For too long, corporate greed wanted only two classes, the rich and the poor. Reaganomics has now, officially ended as a 30 year failure,giving more profits to the rich and taking from the middle class. nothing ever trickeled down except more poverty and union busting and less pay and benefits for workers. Now, the President needs to go after the credit card companies and the banks to end their greed,ripping off consumers with 29.99% interest rates and rip-off fees. Get the green jobs moving and end our dependence on foreign oil. He’s got a mess to clean up and Congress seems to be slowing him down too much.
I swear oneforchange, you sure love to post your propaganda links here don’t you. I remember a while back when you did the same thing your doing now. You’d post at least twice and have these links that went all the way out of the posting area across the page. It’s sad how you keep coming back like a crack head. I see you still haven’t got over your hate of Salliemae for firing you huh.
You don’t believe in subsidizes for Farmers, but your okay with giving millions to minority groups and businesses. All the money the gov’t gives the naacp and other groups is okay right. Your such a frickin hypocrite, how many of the “corporate welfare companies” do you think would be able to provide benefits like healthcare, or other amenities. Since you like to through SallieMae into the fire lets look at them. They provide a gym and other amenities to help keep the employees healthy, do you think they could afford that with out gov’t tax breaks? No company is going to survive without gov’t help.
protectfloridajobs.com, I can’t slam someone that I fully agree with. We might not see eye to eye on many things but this one we do. Nothing makes me any madder than to go into a store and be confronted by a bunch of people that sound like turkeys gobbling because they are either too lazy or too stupid to learn the language of the country they’ve invaded. I keep hoping that we’ll one day get a congress and a president with ‘nads enough to send these people back to where they came from and open up our job market again. Not to mention use our taxes for OUR people! Sadly, many of the professional welfare recipients have been on the free ride for so long that any job would be insulting to them.
Thanks for comments guys, I thought people would slam me for that one, saying I was being to harsh. I’ve never taken a gov’t handout and the only way I’d ever let the gov’t pay anything for me is if I was layed up and couldn’t move. As long as I can move I’m working and paying my own way, to bad the rest of the country doesn’t have those same values.
I got another idea, I hope people will keep an open mind and understand I’m not anti-mexican, I’m just PRO American. Why don’t we crack down on illegal immigrants which will do two things, create more jobs and cut down on medical bills the gov’t has to pay for these illegals.
Ok by freeing up more jobs we can get people out of the unemployment lines and into a job. It may not be a great job, but it’s a job. I’ve traveled a lot to California, TX & FLA and these 3 states have a huge illegal immigration problem. Just think if we cleared out all illegal aliens we could put millions to work, even people on welfare can pick oranges & Tomatoes
its not a dream if we can boot these liberal jackazzes out!! get some real conservatives in there, not the type of PC republicans we have now but real conservatives, democratic, republican or even independant, as long as they will listen to who put them in office.
It could be made to work but everytime somebody tries to force these professional welfare handout people to do something to earn what they get you get every liberal bleeding heart, the NAACP, the ACLU and every other low-life raising cain to stop it. I firmly believe if they don’t or won’t work for what they get then cut off the welfare spigot. They get hungry enough they’ll find work. The same goes for the drug users…fail a test and off you go! But….*sigh*....it’s just a dream.
oldman and protectfljobs, those are some great ideas. too bad out elected officals dont have the berries to do anything like that. i say along with that idea, drug test them! if they fail send them to a public rehab, if they fail again its their own dumb azzed fault, kick em out. no more money for you! i think if these people were made to do things the hard way they would get off welfare and all other forms of govt handout/vote buying, and get a job, become a worthy part of society.
protectfloridajobs.com, to go along with what you are recommending, how about the attempt made several years ago by then Governor Reagan? You are on the welfare free ride…you are offered a job and refuse…G’bye! Do the same with this phony healthcare gig. If you apply for it as a professional welfare bum, then you better take any job offered. If not, G’bye! I know the bleeding hearts and ACLU won’t like the idea but if these professional bums are going to continue to ride my tax dollar then sweeping streets or picking up trash or whatever can be found should be offered to them. But forget the free ride they’ve had for years.
See your just as petty as me, I knew you couldn’t resist trying to get the last word in, your so easy to play. Just like oneforchange, what a coincidence that is something else you “two” have in common.
The only real problem with health care is the bums that are to lazy to go out and get a job so they can afford health care so hard working citizens like myself have to pick up the slack. That is what’s wrong with health care. If they’d just let the bums die and quit helping them continue to be bums then we’d have a stronger society. People would quit depending on the gov’t for a handout and get a job.
So you gonna continue this argument with a 12 year old?? My bet is yes, your like a drug addict you have to keep coming back for more.
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Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Please keep retardo one, in your prayers, he’s old and senile and needs help. Sing your song some more retardo, you know the one. It goes republicans are the devil and BCBS is a whore blah blah blah blah blah. Boy you sure love that song don’t ya retardo.
Now your bringing God into your crazy ramblings, there is just no low to low for you is there retardo.
Well I hope you don’t choke on that donated turkey.
Oh I almost forgot the silent one oneforchange(don), please don’t eat to much and bust a gut oneforchange, I’d hate not being able to read your crazy talk, it makes me laugh.