Archive for Healthcare

The True Costs of Healthcare

As we move closer to the demise of this awful healthcare bill President Obama and other Democratic leadership are pushing harder and harder to publicize their fear mongering and play off our emotions as opposed to using fact.  There seems to be no burden of proof needed to fight for a $1.2 trillion healthcare bill.  [...]

NRCC – CODE RED

It’s time we set aside the primary and elections for a short moment and take the time to make even more positive change by telling our Congressional Representatives to vote “NO” on healthcare.  Pelosi is having trouble mustering the votes needed to pass the Reid’s Christmas Eve healthcare bill the Senate passed completely aware of [...]

The Market Based Solution to Healthcare Costs

Healthcare reform has been the Democrat’s frontline issue for quite some time now.  As we have all seen the debating via the media as Republicans have opposed the bill and Democrats bribed for passage there is one distinct thing that neither is willing to discuss.  High deductible healthcare plans.
Anyone that has heard my stump speech [...]

Boswell Doesn’t Like Healthcare Sweetheart Deals, But…

By Steve Schultz, OperationRedState.com
According to an article posted at WHOTV.com Rep.  Boswell was quoted saying “I don’t like it to be honest about it,” regarding healthcare bill sweetheart deals.  Well thanks for being honest.  A brief review from Politico.com:
“Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), took credit for $10 billion in new funding for community health centers… He [...]

The Cost of Bureaucracy

By Steve Schultz, OperationRedState.com
With the health bill that passed the Senate in a last minute desperate attempt to say they “did something”, there were changes that will take months to cover.  One of which, of course, is the fee you’re going to have to pay if you are uninsured.  You will be penalized for choosing [...]

Pro-Monopoly, Anti-Competition Healthcare Bill Lacks Common Sense

While we’ve all known for a while now that common sense has long since from fled the various healthcare bills proposed by the Democrats in Congress.  Not only do the Democrats in Congress see fit to waste tax-payer money passing a useless healthcare bill to be able to say “we did it,”  but they actually [...]

Broader Healthcare Definition Increases Your Costs & Endangers Your Care

By Dave Funk, Candidate, Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District.
An article came out on December 6th in the LATimes and other media outlets about our very own, Senator Tom Harkin’s support for an expanded definition of healthcare.  You and I are already aware that even without this expanded definition; Obamacare will cause foreseeable financial distress on our [...]

Healthcare, wellness and personal responsibility

By Dave Funk, Candidate for Congress in Iowa’s 3rd District
I spent most of October 1st at the Healthy Iowa event on wellness at the Hy Vee Conference Center in West Des Moines at the invitation of one of my supporters, Doug Reichardt, President of Holmes Murphy . It was a real education in the fine [...]

Dave Funk on Health Care

Most people have insurance and more than three quarters of us are happy with our insurance.  Anytime the government gets involved in something, quality and availability drop and cost is going to rise.  Do we want the government running our healthcare system that is intrusive in every part of our daily lives?  Or follow the [...]