usable because some area hospitals don t even accept some of the insurance that s being offered. and one of them is very, very low and very affordable, but the area hospital doesn t even accept it. that s an issue there. it s an hmo. en in the other one is a well known one but it s an hmo and it s a pathway, so some area offices aren t taking that. so people would have to leave from their doctors now, obtain another doctor, and that creates another expense of, you ve got to go back for testing and see what s going on. so just bottom line, when all is said and done, what is your biggest fear as congress prepares to repeal obamacare. that they discontinue it
what republicans are saying in their defense right now is they are trying to find a balance. a balance they thought became skewed with this independent entity. it s worth noting the republicans who stood up in the closed door meeting and defended this proposal are republicans who at one point or another had been under investigation. obviously, they had a reason to do this at this point. when you look through the amendment text line by line by line, it s difficult to make the argument this is in any way going to increase kind of tougher ethical requirements on capitol hill. republicans, though, are going to have to defend that going forward. just by the way, you know, the ethics commission as it stands now did have some successes, right? representatives william jefferson, bob mai, duke cunningham. they were all investigated and convicted of bribery charges and all of them served jailtime. so it s not like it s done nothing, right? look, i think that s an important point to note. the