B-CS Chamber Votes To Pass Resolution Opposing National Healthcare Plan

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Updated: 10:49 AM Jul 21, 2009 B-CS Chamber Votes To Pass Resolution Opposing National Healthcare Plan The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce has unamimously voted to pass a resolution that opposes National Healthcare in the U-S. Posted: 12:42 PM Jul 17, 2009 Reporter: Mike George & Sylvia Villarreal Email Address: news@kbtx.com

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The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce has unanimously voted to pass a resolution that opposes National Healthcare in the U-S.

The Texas Associating of Business (TAB) is urging local Chambers to approve a resolution opposing legislation that would pass National Healthcare in the U-S.

Here's what the resolution states:

Be it resolved that the Board of Directors of the Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce express its opposition to any legislation that develops National Healthcare in the United States, and

Whereas, the health care plan as proposed creates huge inequities among all hard-working wage earners in America, and

Whereas, this proposal will require huge tax increases in order to subsidize the planned program, and

Whereas, the Federal Government should not be in the business of controlling and manipulating the health care system, and

Whereas, the enactment of a government-run, health care insurance program is not sustainable. No confidence exists in the Federal Government's ability to deliver the cost containment's necessary to expand coverage of the uninsured, and

Whereas, the private health care insurance industry has the existing tools to contain costs and the incentives necessary to improve quality and affordability for their customers, and

Whereas, under the health care reform bill, access to health care will become unreasonable to the highest degree. The rationing of health care in countries with socialized medicine has led to patients dying because they were forced to wait too long to receive treatment, and

Whereas, the solution in health care reform lies in improving the quality and affordability of health care through market-based changes, and

Whereas, the focus on health care reforms should be directed in finding ways to make private health care coverage more affordable and to provide fair and adequate reimbursements for care.

Therefore, be it resolved that: The Board of Directors of the Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce representing 1400 businesses in our community states through this resolution its strong opposition to the proposed changes in our country’s health system through government interference and control that negatively impacts businesses, and

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded immediately to our elected representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.

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Posted by: Guenter Location: Bryan on Jul 27, 2009 at 08:31 AM

To Kyle-AG 03: Underground? Are you unhappy that caring Democrats raise their voice? Name calling and slander? In the contrary, RM will be as happy as he can be to be called a right winger! He is proud of that! Indefensible? What is there to defend when we want to take care of 50 million of uninsured who were left in the dust by the profit hungry private sector? YOU need to defend why you're in favor of their suffering and dying. ONE NATION UNDER GOD! Obviously not for you.
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Posted by: Guenter Location: Bryan on Jul 27, 2009 at 08:01 AM

MD, you're missing the core idea of an insurance,of any insurance:The premium paid by those less ill pays for the costs of those unfortunates that are more ill. Plus you pay for the profit of the insurance company. You pay for your house insurance for probably 50 years and will never have an incident. But those "unfortunates" who do have a burglary or a fire benefit from your payments. If you don't like that, get rid of ALL insurance companies. About your reference to the Bible don't we say we are ONE NATION UNDER GOD? Doesn't God, the Father and the Son tell you on more than one occasion to take care of our brothers and sisters? If the private sector couldn't do it for decades, it's time for the government of this NATION UNDER GOD to step in. If you don't like it, get rid of the government all together. What the new health care plan displays is "social responsibility", NOT socialism. For all you ignorant who are echoing other ignorant on socialism you may want to study the difference
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Posted by: Anonymous on Jul 23, 2009 at 04:47 PM

Scissor me Timbers!!!!
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