United for Missouri and our members are grateful to the general assembly for standing with the people of Missouri by saying NO to Obamacare. Sadly, last Wednesday on the senate floor I witnessed a missed opportunity to bring more transparency to the healthcare system.
The republican majorities have been very consistent in their opposition not to expand Medicaid or establish a state exchange. These are the two main pillars of Obamacare.
The leaders in both the house and the senate have also been consistent in their desire to fix a broken Medicaid system through reforms that would benefit those who receive their healthcare and those who pay for it.
Back to last Wednesday and the senate floor. Senator Kiki Curls brought to the body her bill on reforms to Tele-medicine in the morning session. Senator Rob Schaaf offered a reform amendment that would have prohibited the practice of insurance companies putting gag orders on doctors and providers from revealing the retail prices of treatments and services to their patients. This amendment is all about transparency and good old fashion common sense.
Who buys a product or a service not knowing the cost? Only in our current healthcare system do free market principles not apply.
Senator Schaaf has been trying to bring common sense reforms to Missouri laws for over 12 years that are market based and will bring competition resulting in lower prices for the consumer.
Because of Schaaf’s amendment the bill was laid over to be brought up in the afternoon session. Between the morning and afternoon sessions the special interest went to work on the other senators.
Once again, the special interest prevailed! The Hospital Association and the insurance companies’ lobbyist turned up the heat on senators on both sides of the aisle. In the end this common sense reform was defeated. No transparency today in healthcare today.
The vote was 12 yeas to 22 no. We encourage all UFM members to contact the yes votes on this amendment and thank the senators that stood up to the powerful special interest in an effort to promote good government reform.
We would also encourage our members to contact the no votes and let them know how disappointed you are that they voted for the status quo which is failing both the people who use the system and those who pay for the system.
Let them know you are watching their votes and will not stand for anymore missed opportunities.
Jim Lembke
I was very disdapointed when this monstrosity of a bill was passed fropm behind Closed doors with out one Rpublican allowed to participate in the Process, 70% of Missouri Citizens said we did not want any part of this thing yet here we are and who knows how much worse it is going to get.
Obamscare should be totally Repealed and contrary to the Senate and House, we do not need nor do we want them to fix it, or attempt to make it better.
I recall when the Central Government took over Control of a Vegas Ranch (Legalized Whorehouse) where all that was sold was Booze and Women and could not make it work and ended up shutting it down, so here is my point if they can not make that work under no circumstances do I want them trying to conduct my health care in any way.
anyone who has looked into state run healt care from russia to britain to canada knows it doesn’t work.
I am not buying insurance or anything else I do not want!
I find your t.v. commercials very distasteful and misleading. I am ashamed of the tactics political parties use today, they pick at every little imperfection they can exploit to their advantage when we as citizens need these parties working together to solve problems not the kind of negative crap you try and scare us with. Please do not send me any of your propaganda.
Interesting that you posted this comment on a topic unrelated to the commercials.
If you bothered to go to the website and checked the links you would find the commericials are not misleading. I do find it interesting that comments like yours are not backed up by facts. We provide information as to what is happening and why it is a volation.
This was a correspondence to Humana only. Nothing to do with Insurance Companies at all. So this information is bias and misleading as early stipulated in the responses. So wake up and expand your knowledge and don’t allow blogs and bs websites to expound lies and deceit.
To dispel the inaccuracy in your comment, there was nothing concerning Humana in this post.
Americans are in fact waking up to the fact that their government especially state and federal are exceeding their authority and disrescting their citizens.