Rep. Tom Price Speaks Out Against the Special Health Care Deals Made in the Senate

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Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) says the sweetheart deals made in the Senate is not the way the legislative process should work nor does it work toward positive solutions in health care reform. (December 22, 2009)

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  • Obama promised repeatedly that ALL negotiations for a healthcare plan would be broadcast on C-SPAN, but like so many of his promises, it was all a LIE. (Nancy Pelosi and her cronies even laughed at a reporter's suggestion that they should stick to Obama's campaign promises). From the "Cash for Cloture" deals in the Senate, to these backroom deals in the House, the liberal leadership has been exposed for its duplicity.

  • "The C-SPAN networks will commit the necessary resources to covering all of the sessions LIVE and in their entirety," Lamb wrote. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared to object to the premise behind the request. Sen. Barack Obama first pledged opening up legislative negotiations to C-SPAN cameras during a Democratic presidential primary debate with Sen. Hillary Clinton in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, 2008.

  • The word is getting out about these OUTRIGHT BRIBES for votes. Even the Democrats themselves are starting to complain about this obvious "Cash for Cloture" bribing going on. When Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) couldn't get past the reporters swarming Ben Nelson on her way to the cloture vote, she quipped, "I know I'm not as important as Senator Nelson. I didn't get the money for my state. I was too stupid."

  • Three states -- Pennsylvania, New York and Florida -- all got protections for their Medicare Advantage beneficiaries at a time when the program is facing cuts nationwide...

  • The Senators from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming will get the "Frontier Freebie" -- they'll see an increase in Medicare payments to hospitals and doctors, because "at least 50 percent of their counties are frontier counties,' defined as those having a population density less than six people per square mile."

  • Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate health committee, got a provision inserted to increase Medicare payments to certain "low-volume hospitals" in Grinnell, Keokuk and Spirit Lake, treating limited numbers of Medicare patients...

  • Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) was "persuaded" to drop his concerns after Senator Harry Reid offered his state a $10 billion grant for "community health centers" -- money that could easily be funneled to facilities that perform abortions...

  • Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) got a promise from Harry Reid to support his plan to expand eligibility for health insurance...

  • Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) got a kickback -- including a $100 million bonus for the University of Connecticut to do with whatever they want...

  • Before a close vote last month, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) got a large break for her state -- an estimated $300 million in extra spending, in a move now derisively called the "Louisiana Purchase."

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