Herrera votes to expand Insurance Commissioner's arbitrary powers.

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In keeping with a political philosophy that makes her a "friend to organized labor," Jaime Herrera voted to expand the Insurance Commissioner's powers, working to enable him to arbitrarily set health care insurance rates.

Here's what Kreidler has to say about a bill increasing his authority at a time when we need LESS government authority and power... not more... particularly when that commissioner is infested with Bush Derangement Syndrome.

“Consumers who purchase their own health insurance can rest easier today knowing someone is watching over the shoulder of the health plans,” said Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. “For eight years, anyone who purchased their own health insurance had to take the word of the health insurers on blind faith. Under the new law, consumers will know that someone took a careful look and made sure that the rate they’re charged is justified.”

How can Herrera support this expansion of government powers? How can Herrera weaken the private sector even more, while letting government bureaucrats interfere in the free market that is SUPPOSED to be the hallmark of conservatism?

If she will take such a vote here, why wouldn't she vote like this at the federal level?  How would she stand up to Pelosi's socialist health care agenda?

Given her support of ACORN/SEIU bills in the recent past, does anyone think that she represents the people and the true values of the 3rd Congressional District?

FINAL BILL REPORT    ESSB 5261   C 303 L 08

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description: Granting the insurance commissioner the authority to review individual health benefit plan rates.

Summary: The Insurance Commissioner may disapprove rates for the individual market if the rates are unreasonable in relation to the benefits provided.

(Guess who decides if they are 'unreasonable' rates? Doesn't this sound a lot like the authority Congress is trying to take over insurers?) Link to bill report:

Cross posted at Jaime Herrera Watch.
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From the "No Lie Empty Suit Obama" won't tell file: AP sources: Obama OKs taxing high-end health plans

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You remember it, don't you?



So, now, what is our empty-suited, hypocritical, anti-American racist bigor ACORN in Chief going to do?

AP sources: Obama OKs taxing high-end health plans

By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer Erica Werner, Associated Press Writer – Wed Jan 6, 6:52 pm ET

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signaled to House Democratic leaders Wednesday that they'll have to drop their opposition to taxing high-end health insurance plans to pay for health coverage for millions of uninsured Americans.

In a meeting at the White House, Obama expressed his preference for the insurance tax contained in the Senate's health overhaul bill, but largely opposed by House Democrats and organized labor, Democratic aides said. The aides spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting was private.

House Democrats want to raise income taxes on high-income individuals instead and are reluctant to abandon that approach, while recognizing that they will have to bend on that and other issues so that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., can maintain his fragile 60-vote majority support for the bill.

Pelosi and four committee chairmen met with the president Wednesday as they scrambled to resolve differences between sweeping bills passed by the House and Senate. The aim is to finalize legislation revamping the nation's health care system in time for Obama's State of the Union address early last month.

Despite the dispute over the payment approach, Pelosi, D-Calif., emerged from the meeting expressing optimism.

"We've had a very intense couple of days," Pelosi said. "After our leadership meeting this morning, our staff engaged with the Senate and the administration staff to review the legislation, suggest legislative language. I think we're very close to reconciliation."

Congressional staff members stayed at the White House into the evening to continue work and a conference call of the full House Democratic caucus was scheduled for Thursday.

Barack Obama. He puts the "diss" into "Dishonorable."
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Seen the Health Care negotiations on CSPAN that Candidate Obama promised us?

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Neither have I.

And that's the problem when you elect a liar as your leader.

The empty-suited, anti-American racist bigot we elected to the most powerful office on the planet is also a pathological liar.

Just today, for example, Obama's chief liar, Robert Gibbs, told the assembled press corps that "The CSPAN standard for health care transparency has been met."

Well, lemmee remind Bobby "Goebbels" Gibbs of what that lying punk he works for actually said:




These kinds of obvious lies and frauds by at the behest of a dull-normal moron, no more prepared or able as president to run the country than he is to perform brain surgery, are at the heart of how he's turned this Nation into a shambles.

Just one of many problems I have with this waste of skin is his minus credibility quotient.

We should not have to parse what our leader says. We should not have to process his words for lies and truths. Every word he utters should be the same as God's Own Truth.

When you figure out your leader is a liar, then you have no leader.

And when we're in our NEXT crisis (which will, under his incompetence, be here soon) we'll be thinking of his lies when he tells us what's happened; who's responsible; and what, if anything, he intends to do about it.

Led by scum. Will we survive it?

HT to Brietbart for the vid.

In my view Jan 2: More of the usual Columbian idiocy

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As the largest left wing publication in SW Washington, I get the blind, Kool Aid drinking obedience to the empty suit's ideas; the lack of critical thinking about his socialist tenets and the dogged determination to portray this disaster as successful... no matter what.

In yet another "Duh!" moment, the erstwhile rag produces this vacuous effort:

Jeers: To America’s broken health care system. Fresh evidence emerged this week when state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler released new figures showing 43,000 Clark County residents lacked basic health insurance in 2008, and the number will rise to 63,000 next year. That would be 14 percent of all county residents. Statewide, the number of uninsured soon will reach 1 million.

The problem affects more than those unlucky uninsured. Those of us with health plans — and those of us who pay taxes — get stuck paying the bills of those who cannot. At Southwest Washington Medical Center, for example, the cost of charity care went from $3.7 million in 2003 to $26.3 million in 2008. Uncollected medical debt accounted for another $29.7 million in 2008.

It’s not likely that congressional Democrats will deliver the perfect health care reform bill, and many doubt they’ll deliver a bill that is even good enough. What’s undeniable is that our health care system needs to be reformed quickly.

The problem with the words of this "jeer" is this: while a respectable amount of verbiage, they say.... nothing.

First of all, they provide no link to this "report" where, oddly, an insurance commissioner provides a series of numbers that could be as random a stream of consciousness as the nonsensical 8% unemployment ceiling the White House moron assured us of if the porkulous only would pass.

And how did that work for us?

Second, precisely who ARE these "43,000?" Do they include those who don't' WANT "health care insurance?" Does that number include those who are illegally here, and therefore are not ENTITLED to "health care insurance?"

Thirdly, (and here's a bulletin to you from the Columbian who crawl all over my humble effort here on a daily basis) this moronic observation:

The problem affects more than those unlucky uninsured. Those of us with health plans — and those of us who pay taxes — get stuck paying the bills of those who cannot.

I'm sorry... but who is it that is going to get "stuck" paying the bill under the democrat's socialist plans.... HHHhmmmmmm?

WE GET STUCK EITHER WAY. ONLY THE MORON'S PLAN THAT YOU'RE SO RABID ABOUT WILL COST US HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE.

And finally, whoever wrote this garbage offers nothing in the way of addressing this issue. Nothing good... nothing bad.... just, well, nothing.

Anyone can stand on the sidelines and complain. Where this kind of thing matters is where the rubber meets the road: HOW do we address these issues.

For example, why not support the idea that we can buy health care across state lines, like we do car insurance? What about getting out in front of a movement to implement the so-called cafe plans, where the consumer can tailor health care insurance to their specific needs or wants? Cut costs by getting rid of the 50 or so mandates this state shackles it's consumers with and allow US to decide what WE need.

What we have here is yet another in the unending series of "figures don't lie, but liars figure" articles our cancer on the community provides in support of their agenda.

Today's treat was, like so many leftists, long on verbiage and short on substance. And we've grown to expect no less from our local waste of trees.
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I can't wait to be arrested because I refuse to buy socialist health care.

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In a scam that will effectively end democrat party participation in government starting in 2010, the next step in the temporary socialization of the United States will take place shortly in the US Senate.

I say "temporary" because all of this will go away in January 2011, when the new GOP majorities in Congress disassemble it... piece by piece and brick by brick.

In a tin-eared performance guaranteed to drive congressional disgruntlement levels to new lows, Harry "The Stiff" Reid and Nancy "The Belle of Botox" Pelosi will jam this garbage heap down our throats in ways that will assist every GOP'er running for anything anywhere to get elected.

For my part, I will not comply with any of it. I will not pay; I will not buy, I will not allow one dime of my money to be dumped into this massive redistribution plan that scumbag in the White House is forcing us to accept in the face of massive and overwhelming public opposition when there are so many other options available.

Here I am. Come and get me.
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Here's your bumper sticker: Obama Care....

....bend over and cough.

The bigotry of faux racist victims: "You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man."

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It's a shame that for the most part, the black community of the United States is led by racebaiters and scum like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

One has to wonder: is equality their motivation? Or is it more a matter of dollars and cents?

After all, under any other circumstances, a lying little bitch like Al "Tawana Brawley makes a great ad for Glad Bags" Sharpton and a sleazeball like Jesse "Hymie Town - adultery is my middle name" Jackson wouldn't be allowed to run an elevator, let alone be given the national spotlight on demand.

I have frequently wondered why anyone would give a crap what either of these two scum think, see, want, desire or care about. Continued racist division, fostered by these two (among others) is a growth industry keeping them in expensive suits, first class restaurants and the national spotlight. Why is it in their best interests to actually strive to unify when working so hard to divide pays so well?

And for a scumbag to play the race card for anyone black and smart enough to vote against this moronic socialization of healthcare is part of the reason that I despise scum like this... and ANY race-based consideration of anything.

Jesse Jackson: 'You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man'

By Mike Soraghan - 11/18/09 05:42 PM ET

The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill.

“We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill,” Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.”

The remark stirred a murmur at the reception, held by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Foundation as part of a series of events revolving around the 25th anniversary of Jackson’s run for president. Several CBC members were in attendance, including Chairwoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), who’d introduced Jackson.

Davis, who is running for governor, is the only black member of Congress from Alabama.

He is also the only member of the CBC to have voted against the healthcare bill earlier this month.

Davis referred to Jackson’s 1988 run for president in a statement, issued through his office, that said he would not engage Jackson on his criticism.

“One of the reasons that I like and admire Rev. Jesse Jackson is that 21 years ago he inspired the idea that a black politician would not be judged simply as a black leader,” Davis’s statement said. “The best way to honor Rev. Jackson’s legacy is to decline to engage in an argument with him that begins and ends with race.”

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Joseph Cao, Congressman from Louisiana and "Republican."

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Cao is the guy who replaced democrat former Congressman William "Cold Hard Cash" Jefferson, who, after 18 years in Congress, is best known for $90,000 in his freezer.

Typical democrat. Is it any wonder our banking system was in such tough shape? The corrupt democrats hurt the system every time they don't deposit their money into the banks!

That said, Cao was the sacrificial lamb the GOP tossed up to get flattened by Jefferson, since typically, democrats will vote for a pedophile if they've got a "D" after their name (See Rep. Gary Studds.)

At least one blogger here locally observes that Cao, the poorest member of Congress, is more "progressive" than our own Cowardman, Brian Baird, since Baird was a "no" vote on the Obama Health Care Corruption Plan. No one should confuse "progressive" with "pragmatic."

Even thought Baird voted against his caucus, there's no way a leftist would vote for anyone else, even after Baird pooped on the leftist Iraq position.

Cao's district is overwhelmingly leftist. He voted that way.

Baird is a coward. He lacks the ability to vote his beliefs when that might risk his political future. Having attended his dog and pony show, post made-up allegations of death threats, there can be ZERO doubt that he would have voted "yes" for this crap pile if he could have found a way to sell it here.

He WANTED to vote yes so badly he could taste it.

Add that to his self-imposed violations of his so-called 72 hour rule for the Porkulus and the cap and swindle bill... or even this bill which ALSO violated the 72 hour rule.... and he would have been politically deader next election then he already is... and even now he's without a pulse.

In this instance, "progressive" didn't trump "pragmatic."

"Progressive," of course, is the term used to replace the political version of herpes known as "liberal."

That said, Baird voted "no" as part of his ongoing rehab program. It's his effort to stave off his impending defeat. Had his vote been the deciding vote, as it very nearly was, one can only begin to speculate what the outcome would have been then.

It won't work.

Cao, on the other hand, is voting a district arguably 70% or more democrat. Because he's so poor, we can expect him to be "appointed" to something in return for his vote, a not altogether uncommon ploy to buy votes, frequently practiced by the party in power. Even if Cao were to switch parties, a particularly viable option given the racism and hatred he's experienced since his vote on the Obama Health Care Corruption plan, I couldn't blame him.

To that end, I can't fault him for being a yes on this vote.

Cao is not going to be re-elected. Had Jefferson not been indicted for his obvious corruption, there is no way that Cao would have been elected in the first place. Cao is a product of the "right place, right time" school; a guy who had no more expectation of winning the election then he did winning the lottery.

He wasn't put up to be a serious candidate: he was put up because no one else wanted the job of Jefferson road kill... he didn't even have a primary. But face it, the democrats could run a dead man and he'd win if he's black and has a "D" after his name.

That said, as much as it sucks that this guy voted FOR this bill, the 2 things I keep in mind is that this vote was not decisive; that is, it didn't make the difference between winning and losing and second, Cao has nothing to lose in that he was, no doubt, voting the majority view of his district and that he, Cao, isn't going to be back anyway.

To the GOP'ers engaging in racist comments and remarks in their hatred of Cao, I say I'm not surprised.

That it feeds the perception of so many that the GOP is a white bread, racist outfit is part and parcel of the GOP's frequent efforts to shoot itself in both feet.

The Health Care Scam, passed by those who exempted themselves from its tenets, and championed by the empty-suited, hypocritical Anti-American racist bigot in the White House will likely not see the light of day in the Senate.

As for the leftists in the House, I have never seen such a large group of political lemmings so bound and determined to run off the cliff and drown.

The blood bath of 1994 may be but a mere fender-bender when compared to the "8-killed-in-the-intersection" car wreck of 2010.
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For our fringe nutter leftist brethren, riddle me this: If the Obama HC Plan is all that and a bag of chips...

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... then why are you clowns criminalizing it?

If, when I tell your sort to F@#K OFF, why am I looking at 5 years and a $250,000 fine?

I mean, if it's all that, you'd think that people would line up a million deep to sign up for this turdfest. So why are you making the decision to tell you to kiss my ass an offense punishable by 5 years in prison?

Huh? Huh?

I'm just sayin'

And, BTW? Get my cell ready now, because I ain't buyin' a MO#$%#&**&ING thing, and I ain't paying a MO#$%#&**&ING DIME IN FINES OR PENALTIES, EITHER.

Scum.
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