David Su on the passage of the Health Care Bill

42nd Congressional candidate David Su has released a statement on the passage of the Health Care bill. We previously posted a short statement he posted on his facebook page last Friday.

Su and Rep. Gary Miller are the only 42nd Congressional candidates that have currently issued statements on the passage of the Health Care bill.

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My take on this healthcare Bill, House Resolution 3962. I must say I was absolutely shocked, enraged, angry, and speechless by what I saw last night.

In the history of the United States, for the first time, I did not see democracy, I saw dictatorship in the so called, "Land of the Free." More than 60% of the American people did not want this bill to pass. I always thought America was suppose to be a nation where the will of the people dictated the outcome of everything, but I guess that changed last night. I am aganist the Healthcare Bill because of several reasons.

1.) It does not guarantee coverage for all Americans. It only covers 96% of America and President Obama stated that he was going to cover everyone since the beginning of this Presidency. So another broken promise, but this time to the 4% of Americans who will not have health insurance, that's 13.2 million people out of a population of approximately 330 million Americans.

2.) This bill will decrease the access to quality healthcare. Doctors and hospitals will be more overwhelmed, more over exerted, and the ratio of physicians to patients will double if not triple. As if there isn't a long enough wait time in our emergency rooms all across the nation, this will cause more and more complexity.

3.) What scares me the most, is the provisional clause called, "Individual Mandate" which I will break it down in a simple summarization. This clause clearly states, if you are an individual and you do not purchase health insurance based off the standards that the US Government sets, you will pay a fine of 1% of your annual gross income or $95.00 which ever is greater. If you don't pay that, you will succumb to a 2.5% tax penalty based off your annual gross income. If you don't pay that you can face prison time. So, if 13.2 million people who live in this country cannot afford health insurance, can they afford to pay these penalities? Are we going to put over 13 million people, if not more in federal prison because they cannot afford health insurance? This is not democracy, but dictatorship.

4.) The right to choose your physician and the decision whether you live or die will now be in the hands of the US Government. I know this may seem harsh, but this is reality. They will decide whether or not you will fight aganist a disease based off of putting a price tag on human life. Example 1, if your chances of surviving a treatment or to fight aganist a chronic ailment is low, the government can deny you treatment just like a private insurance can because that individual will cost too much money. But who is the government to tell people that they don't have the right to fight aganist a disease and do everything they can to live.

5.) $940 Billion dollars and in the next ten years, $1.5 trillion dollars in spending. Americans right now cannot simply afford this bill. This is not the solution to solve America's imperfect healthcare system. The taxes will skyrocket and hurt middle income class families. The economic consequences will be greatly negative.

I have the solution to reduce the cost of healthcare which I will post on a later date on my website. I know this is on everyone's minds and I have been thinking about this for the longest time as well. The moment the bill passed, I looked at my parents, my uncles and aunts as they will be greatly affected by this since they are part of the baby boomer generation. Billions of dollars being cut from medicaid and medicare.

Final Note: I am pro-life and a firm believer in protecting the sanctity of life not because I am a Republican, but because I am a servant of Christ. God states in the bible that abortion is murder and that it is a sin. President Barack Obama stated he is going to sign an executive order to make the language regarding not federally funding abortion stronger. I don't believe the president at this moment because he has broken too many promises and has gone back on too many deals. I feel he will overturn this and somehow, someway he will make abortion legal and open to being funded by the federal government.

This is a sad day in America and I feel that there will be more of this to come. I am urging all Americans to stand with me and pray. Pray that God will give the current leaders in this country some wisdom and make them realize what they are doing is going to cause more future human suffering and poverty.

Please stand with me, please pray with me and I know together we can make this country great again. I know I cannot do this alone. This is the very reason why I am running, to restore America, to give it back to the people, to come up with better solutions and improve the quality of life for all Americans.

With respect and humility,
David S. Su
Candidate of US Congress, 42nd CD, GOP

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