On Monday, August 31, 2009, in Richardson, Texas four North Texas Congressmen met for a Town Hall meeting in front of 2000+ enthusiastic citizens, most of whom came to show their disgust for the proposed Government Run Health Care plan of the Democrats.
The four Congressmen included Sam Johnson, Joe Barton, Jeb Hensarling and Pete Sessions. With these four Congressmen on the same stage were four people from different walks of life and different companies, all with solution ideas for our Health Care problems. Each one had their own experiences, including a true “Co-op” medical group, up and running; a leader physician of a full scale multi-physician practice that delivers high quality care at a lower cost; the CEO of Baylor Health Care System; and, a County Judge using a free discount prescription card. Their ideas offered solutions for rising costs, quality of Health Care, Access to Health Care and issues related to insurability.
There was no doubt that all four Congressmen are against the Health Insurance Reform Bill as proposed or in any form that it may take. Joe Barton pointed out that the version that left the Energy & Commerce committee, of which he is the ranking minority member, is not 1000 to 1100 pages, but instead, it is 1,500 pages – and they are not done yet. Yes, 1,500 pages! Joe went on to point out that, in his opinion, within seven years, private health insurance will not exist, no matter what Barack Obama says.
Make no mistake, the purpose of Obamacare is to move us to full-scale Government Run Health Care.
Below is a video window showing the first part of the meeting. You can also click here to view all parts of the Richardson Congressional town hall meeting in succession.
You have a typo in the description of the Health Care Forum — it took place on Monday, August 31st not the 8th.
Nice catch, Carolyn. Thanks! We have corrected the error.