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| March 22, 2012 |
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 U.S. House Votes to Eliminate ObamaCare Panel
by Karla Dial
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 223-181 today to get rid of a panel of unelected appointees charged with making health care decisions for consumers, authorized by ObamaCare.
Under the federal health care law, the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) would be tasked with keeping Medicare costs down — and that could mean going so far as rationing health care, if the 15 appointed members don’t feel certain treatments or services are warranted.
“Today’s vote scraps the president’s unelected health care rationing board which would hurt seniors by restricting their treatment options and denying access to care,” said House Speaker John Boehner. “The bill also keeps our pledge to curb junk lawsuits and defensive medicine that drive up health care costs. It marks the twenty-sixth vote we’ve taken to fully repeal, defund, or dismantle portions of ObamaCare, which is increasing costs and making it harder for small businesses to hire new workers.” |
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| A series of rallies protesting the ObamaCare mandate forcing all employers to provide contraceptives and drugs that could cause early abortions will be taking place in cities nationwide at noon tomorrow. To take part and make your voice heard on this issue, find the rally nearest you. A list, complete with meeting locations and addresses, is available by clicking the headline above. |
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| “You ask me what Bible I take as the standard of my faith — the Hebrew, the Samaritan, the old English translation, or what? I answer, the Bible containing the Sermon on the Mount — any Bible. … The New Testament I have repeatedly read in the original Greek, in the Latin, in the Geneva Protestant, in Sacy’s Catholic French translations, in Luther’s German translation, in the common English Protestant, and in the Douay Catholic translations. I take any one of them for my standard of faith. … My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ.” |
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