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In advance of President Barack Obama’s address before Congress on Wednesday about health care reform, Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Murfreesboro) issued the following statement about what he hopes to hear:

“The President has a tremendous opportunity to refocus the debate on health care reform. To date, there has been considerable partisanship and most of the discussion has been about things we don’t like in the various health care reform proposals, not what we do want.

“I recently held nine different public events in an effort to hear from as many of my constituents as possible. In doing so, it became clear to me that there are a lot of commonsense reforms to our health care system that people agree on and would like to see happen.

“People agree that health insurance should be portable – if you leave or lose your job, your health insurance should stay intact. Insurance companies should be prohibited from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, and they shouldn’t be able to cut off coverage when a person gets sick. Reform should reduce the rapidly increasing cost of health care and health insurance and make it easier for both people to obtain and small businesses to provide affordable coverage. State lines shouldn’t get in the way of insurance companies offering coverage – allowing this will increase options, create competition, and ultimately lower costs. Illegal immigrants should not be able to get taxpayer-funded health insurance. Medicare should be strengthened and improved, which includes eliminating the donut hole. And, any reform proposal should be deficit neutral.

“There is agreement on these issues, as well as others. I hope the President uses his opportunity on Wednesday to propose a more modest plan built around things on which Republicans and Democrats agree. This issue is too important to rush or push through. A reframed, bipartisan approach can bring about many of the reforms our health care system needs.”
 
 
 
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Member Opinions:
By: SocEtTuem on 9/5/09
Bart has certainly changed his tune from the first three letters I got from him in support of HR 3200 and his yes vote to move it out of committee.

Love those big Pharma "thank Bart commercials". Makes you wonder who Bart is actually working for.

By: diddlede on 9/5/09
To get re-elected politicians have to listen to the voters. I think Bart heard his constituents during the townhall meetings and telephone calls. Now it is time for him to show some backbone when he gets back to Washington.

I do agree there should be something done about high insurance cost and those that actually cannot afford high insurance premiums. The bills that are being pursued now will only cost everyone more in the long run and the majority of citizens in the US do not want anymore mandatory government control. There are only about 3 good things I can see in the way it stands now. There is no magic wand here folks.

By: ebbabc on 9/5/09
I do not have much, if any, use for politicians and Gordon is no different that the rest, he speaks out of both sides of his mouth depending which way the wind is blowing at the time he speaks.

He's been there too long, time to elect someone else and watch them change into a self-serving 'servant of the people'. What a joke!

By: barrettbear on 9/5/09
I expect we will see new nominees on the ballot at election time.

This comes from the negative ridicule and offended constituents of Bart Gordon.

The professional manner in which some address personal opposition leads me to believe hope and change is on the way.

The vision of future politicians. No hope at all and with very little change.






By: publius on 9/5/09
I think that all Americans should stop listening to politicians, and start getting to the truth of the matter. Politicians take money for companies, people, unions and so on.How can they not be swayed one way or the other. This week the California nurses association presented information about insurance co in CA.. 44% of claims denied! people died waiting for approval. That sounds like a death panel to me!

By: Dave42 on 9/6/09
You're right publius, and that is the crux of the matter, it isn't the healthcare industry but the healtcare insurance industry that is flawed. There should be insurance reform, but it should be at the state level and not the federal level. The feds just need to change their regulation on interstate selling of health insurance.

By: spanky on 9/7/09
What scares me is the day after the next elections. If the same tired old poll's get re elected they will pass Nancy's bill in a heartbeat. Time for the good ol boy's and girl's to go.
I think this is all our faults for letting this crap go on for as long as it has - mine included.


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