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Like most Republicans across the country, GOP candidates Senator Sam Brownback and Derek Schmidt announced Monday that if elected would work together to “protect the Kansas Economy and Kansas jobs from President Obama’s health care plan.”
During a join press conference Monday, Brownback, who is running for governor, said that when fully enacted, the health care legislation passed by Congress this spring would be detrimental to Kansas residents and families of all ages.
Among the points made Monday, Brownback pointed out that about 1 million Kansas households making less than $200,000 a year will pay higher taxes, based on estimated by the Joint Committee on Taxation and Kansans in the individual health insurance market will see premium rate increases of up to 49 percent based on a Blue Cross/Blue Shield study.
He also noted substantial decreases in benefits for residents enrolled in Medicare Advantage and about $200 million in new Medicaid costs for the state will impact the state’s ability to fund other programs.
Lt. Governor candidate Dr. Jeff Colyer said the state is the best governing body to determine the state and residents’ needs for health care. State law makers have and will continue to enact reforms to improve the health care industry in Kansas.
If elected to attorney general, Schmidt said he would work at the national level to protect the state’s interests including challenging the health care legislation in court.
"This power grab by the federal government is unprecedented in American legal history. Today the issue is health care," Schmidt said. "But if this precedent is established, it will permanently expand the reach, cost and scoop of the federal government. For those who care about individual liberty and limited government, this is a constitutional fight worth fighting."
Brownback nor Schmidt provided more details on their pledge to fight Obamacare. Both have included the pledge in much of their campaign platforms and rhetoric as residents continue to question the constitutionality and cost-effectiveness of the legislation.
In other politics news:
Congressman Jerry Moran has introduced two new pieces of legislation. The first, H.R. 6367, Restore American Jobs Act, would reduce the tax and regulatory burden on business and promote trade with other countries and repeal the damaging health care law. Details of the bill include:
-Extending the additional first-year depreciation deduction for property acquired and placed in service during 2010 and 2011
-Increase the deduction for trade or business start-up expenditures from $5,000 to $20,000 between 2009 and 2012
Repeal the estate tax, which would also reduce capital gains taxes
–Repeal the health care legislation approved by Congress earlier this year
-Promote trade with Colombia, Panama and South Korea, which are all major markets for agriculture
The bill encompasses many of the objectives and actions Moran has been backing for months, including approving more trade agreements and eliminating the estate or death tax.
The bill has been referred to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Moran also co-sponsored H.R. 6476 with Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-ND, which would amend recent action introduced by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which would require a physician to be present during the delivery of outpatient therapeutic services. In a press release Monday, Moran said the measure would force rural hospitals to limit services to patients because of limitations in staffing. Moran’s legislation would allow non-physician practitioners to provide outpatient therapeutic services under a physician’s order. It does provide an exception for high-risk procedures.
The Hays Republican said he believes all hospitals in the 1st Congressional District would be adversely affected by CMS’s new rule. As Chairman of the House Rural Health Care Coalition, Moran has also offered a bipartisan letter to the organization requesting a reevaluation of the policy.
The bill was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee.
Like most Republicans across the country, GOP candidates Senator Sam Brownback and Derek Schmidt announced Monday that if elected would work together to “protect the Kansas Economy and Kansas jobs from President Obama’s health care plan.”
During a join press conference Monday, Brownback, who is running for governor, said that when fully enacted, the health care legislation passed by Congress this spring would be detrimental to Kansas residents and families of all ages.
Among the points made Monday, Brownback pointed out that about 1 million Kansas households making less than $200,000 a year will pay higher taxes, based on estimated by the Joint Committee on Taxation and Kansans in the individual health insurance market will see premium rate increases of up to 49 percent based on a Blue Cross/Blue Shield study.
He also noted substantial decreases in benefits for residents enrolled in Medicare Advantage and about $200 million in new Medicaid costs for the state will impact the state’s ability to fund other programs.
Lt. Governor candidate Dr. Jeff Colyer said the state is the best governing body to determine the state and residents’ needs for health care. State law makers have and will continue to enact reforms to improve the health care industry in Kansas.
If elected to attorney general, Schmidt said he would work at the national level to protect the state’s interests including challenging the health care legislation in court.
"This power grab by the federal government is unprecedented in American legal history. Today the issue is health care," Schmidt said. "But if this precedent is established, it will permanently expand the reach, cost and scoop of the federal government. For those who care about individual liberty and limited government, this is a constitutional fight worth fighting."
Brownback nor Schmidt provided more details on their pledge to fight Obamacare. Both have included the pledge in much of their campaign platforms and rhetoric as residents continue to question the constitutionality and cost-effectiveness of the legislation.
In other politics news:
Congressman Jerry Moran has introduced two new pieces of legislation. The first, H.R. 6367, Restore American Jobs Act, would reduce the tax and regulatory burden on business and promote trade with other countries and repeal the damaging health care law. Details of the bill include:
-Extending the additional first-year depreciation deduction for property acquired and placed in service during 2010 and 2011
-Increase the deduction for trade or business start-up expenditures from $5,000 to $20,000 between 2009 and 2012
Repeal the estate tax, which would also reduce capital gains taxes
–Repeal the health care legislation approved by Congress earlier this year
-Promote trade with Colombia, Panama and South Korea, which are all major markets for agriculture
The bill encompasses many of the objectives and actions Moran has been backing for months, including approving more trade agreements and eliminating the estate or death tax.
The bill has been referred to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Moran also co-sponsored H.R. 6476 with Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-ND, which would amend recent action introduced by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which would require a physician to be present during the delivery of outpatient therapeutic services. In a press release Monday, Moran said the measure would force rural hospitals to limit services to patients because of limitations in staffing. Moran’s legislation would allow non-physician practitioners to provide outpatient therapeutic services under a physician’s order. It does provide an exception for high-risk procedures.
The Hays Republican said he believes all hospitals in the 1st Congressional District would be adversely affected by CMS’s new rule. As Chairman of the House Rural Health Care Coalition, Moran has also offered a bipartisan letter to the organization requesting a reevaluation of the policy.
The bill was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee.
