Ivey asks candidates to oppose ‘Obamacare’
By Bob Howell – WSFA 12 News – Montgomery, AL
Republican Kay Ivey asks fellow candidates to join in opposing the Obama administration’s healthcare legislation. Here’s her release:
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(MONTGOMERY, AL – MARCH 12, 2010)
“Nancy Pelosi and her gang are pulling out all the stops to ram this bill down the throats of the American people,” Ivey said. “President Obama is even delaying a planned trip overseas a few days so he can pressure House Democrats into voting his way.
“The hour of decision has arrived, and it‟s time all Republican candidates for governor to set aside our differences and let Washington know that Alabama says ‘No!‟ to ‘Obamacare‟ in a loud, decisive voice.”
Ivey said she participated in a strategy-planning conference call this morning for Republican gubernatorial candidates around the nation that was sponsored by the Republican Governors Association and hosted by Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour.
“Governor Barbour urged all candidates to do everything they can to oppose this bill,” Ivey explained. “It’s bad for our country‟s health care system, it’s bad for the American people, it’s bad for business, and it’s bad for Alabama.”
Ivey is sending the following statement to rivals Robert Bentley, Bradley Byrne, Tim James, Bill Johnson, Roy Moore and James Potts:
State Treasurer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Kay Ivey today invited her GOP rivals to unite in a statement opposing the Obama Administration‟s health care reform bill. National news reports said Democratic House leaders are poised to push for a vote in the House, possibly within a few days.
We, the undersigned Republican candidates for Governor of Alabama, hereby announce our united opposition to the current proposed health care reform legislation (H.R. 3590) before Congress, commonly known as “Obamacare.”
We are opposed to this bill because it raises costs for medical services which will require new, additional federal spending; it raises individual health insurance premiums by an average of $2,100 for every family; it includes far too many secret deals made to “buy” votes for support; it will result in dropped coverage for potentially millions of individuals who already have health insurance; it is a job killer at a time when the economy is bleeding jobs already; it creates severe financial distress on our states by placing even more “unfunded mandates” upon them; it utilizes “smoke and mirrors” accounting as budgetary gimmicks with no guarantee for future solvency; and it creates even more unwanted government bureaucracy that would impose price controls and micro-manage health insurance premiums.
We encourage the citizens of this great state to immediately contact our Congressional Delegation and elected officials of ALL parties and tell them to vote “NO!” to this disastrous takeover of our healthcare system.
Ivey says the statement will be sent to all members of Alabama’s congressional delegation to register the gubernatorial candidates’ fierce opposition to the bill as soon as she has received a reply from all of her rivals.
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