60 Plus Association, the American Association of Senior Citizens, posted the following joint letter with 16 organizations:. To: The Honorable Patty Murray, Chair, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510. The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce U.S. House of Representatives, Washington,.
What They’re Saying About TPPF’s Responsible American Budget
May 27, 2021
a plan for the federal government to limit the out-of-control spending that threatens the prosperity of future generations. The key component of the proposal imposes a successful spending growth formula that has kept the budget in states like Texas from spending more than its taxpayers can afford.
The Responsible American Budget has received high praise from members of Congress, top economists, state policymakers, and experts from across the country:
Dr. Arthur B. Laffe
r, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient: “Government spending is taxation, and we cannot spend and tax our way into prosperity. The Responsible American Budget is a terrific way to rein in this government waste by imposing fiscal limitations on the profligate spenders in Washington.”
President of the Galen Institute U.S. President Biden, out of frame, meets with labor union leaders in the Oval Office on February 17, 2021 in Washington, D.C. to discuss his $1.9 trillion economic stimulus plan. Pete Marovich-Pool / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
Instead of addressing Obamacare’s many flaws and costly mandates, the Democrats’ misguided proposal simply throws more money at insurance companies.
The economic dislocation caused by COVID-19 did not appear to have had a significant adverse effect on health insurance coverage.
Congress should pursue policies that reduce health costs and expand access to care and health care choices by eliminating cost-increasing government mandates.
Grace-Marie Turner is president of the Galen Institute.
The following is an open letter from 68 leaders participating in the Health Policy Consensus Group. The full list of signatories follows the letter.
Democrats in Congress have proposed a COVID-19 relief bill that includes provisions to dramatically increase government subsidies for health care coverage for millions of people who already have insurance while further expanding government control over health care.
The legislation would increase for more than two years government payments to insurance companies via the Affordable Care Act by:
Removing even the de minimis premium payments required of people earning less than 150% of the federal poverty level.
Big Coalition of Anti-Earmark Advocacy Groups Warn Congress Against Return to ‘Business-as-Usual’
A coalition of 18 conservative non-profit advocacy groups that oppose the return of earmarks to congressional spending issued a letter Feb. 22 to all 535 senators and representatives warning them that taxpayers “want an end to business-as-usual.”
The coalition’s warning refers to plans of Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) to restore the practice under a new title of “Member-directed spending.”
Earmarks are obscure provisions in appropriations bills that allow individual congressmen to direct tax dollars, often anonymously, to family members, friends, and campaign donors.