On page 1020 of the proposed Health Care Bill, there is a provision that attempts to make it impossible for a FUTURE Congress to repeal the Independent Medicare Advisory Board – the entity that will ration our healthcare.
WHERE IS THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY FOR THIS ACTION?
Even the Articles of the Constitution can be repealed, as there is a well documented ratification process! What makes the U.S. Senate think that they can supersede the Constitution by declaring a law can not be repealed into perpetuity?
This is not ancient Rome, where Caesar can declare decrees that cannot be repealed. Lest anyone forget, we are governed by our own consent.
The perils of the Reid bill are made evident in a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report that focused on the bill's rebate program, which holds that once an insurance company spends more than 10% of its revenues on administrative expenses, its customers are entitled to an indefinite statutory rebate determined by state regulatory authorities subject to oversight by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
WHERE IS THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY FOR THIS ACTION?
Are you willing to extend this same rule to the Trial Lawyers, to the NEA, to ACORN, and other groups and industries? If not, why not?
Senator Specter and Senator Casey, surely you both recognize that these actions are entirely unconstitutional. I call upon you to honor your Oath of Office and oppose this bill.
