Barrett Wants Congress To Try Its Own Medicine
U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett wants Washington to try some of its own medicine … literally.
The fourth-term Congressman – and S.C. gubernatorial candidate – has sponsored an amendment to health care legislation in the U.S. House that would require members of Congress and senior White House officials to enroll themselves in President Barack Obama’s new government-run health care program.
“If it is good enough for American families, then it’s more than good enough for Washington bureaucrats,” Barrett said in a statement released from his campaign organization … err, Washington Office.
Sorry, it’s tough to tell the difference between those two entities sometimes …
Obviously, we’ve been less-than-impressed with Barrett since he began his gubernatorial quest – and we’re not the only ones.
Yet while this proposed “legislation” is clearly more about generating headlines than it is about getting good policy passed, it does raise an interesting point.
Why shouldn’t the Obama administration and members of Congress have to subject themselves to the same “care” they’re trying to push on the American people?
Comments
By EM on July 25th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
I would like the White House, and Congress to have a trial run..say 4 years with the “government Plan”, then do an evalutaion…They should be required to use the plan.
By Ralph Hightower on July 25th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
I think that’s an excellent idea! Of course, Joe Wilson would balk because he wouldn’t want to give up his cushy health care plan.
By K Trane on July 25th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Because if and when they get cancer, they won’t be able to see a specialist without getting put at the end of a one-year long waiting list. Socialized medicine = genius! -sigh-
By Liberty for me on July 25th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
OOOH ..isnt he all rightious now.He has showed his true colors.This is just a look good ploy.Run this RHINO out of town
By T4 on July 25th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
We’re already socialized. When fee schedules and insurance companies dictate care, it is called socialized medicine. Oh, and that precious “group policy” that you enjoy through your employer, also socialized medicine…I know, shocker. Notwithstanding, most private insurance companies base 80 percent of their fee schedules on Medicare’s already. If well regulated and restricted, a more socialized form of medicine will likely force other insurance companies to loosen up on premiums. Obviously, socialized medicine requires parameters, use your brain, and stop f*ckin’ watching Fox News.
By Michael on July 25th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
To the D-bag Wilson hater up there:
Joe Wilson had the original amendment, which was adopted in his committee last week, addressing this issue.
Loser.
By medicine on July 26th, 2009 at 1:33 am
Of course its a great idea,congress has the capability to try its own medicine.
By Cooter Brown on July 26th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Great idear, but it’s too little too late, Mista Barrett. I hopes ye get yer little bill passed (yea, rite!), but yer gobner big wuz ober as soon as ye voted to pass dat stem-u-lust bill. Ober!
By madcock on July 26th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Gresham Barrett and Joe Wilson seem to want to give Mark Sanford a run for the money in the Hypocrite of the Year Award.
They and every other Republican crying that a government health insurance policy is “socialized medicine” all have taxpayer-funded government health insurance themself.
If only the Dems had the cajones to sponsor a bill that would eliminate government health insurance for Congress if they refuse to allow the option of it for the public.
Like Sanford whining about govt. spending while sticking SC taxpayers with the tab for his first-class flighs to cheat on his wife, Barrett and Wilson love to suck the public dry for their government health insurance while mounting a cheap, phony ploy to avoid giving the public the option we pay for them to have.
By Ron on July 26th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
“Obviously, we’ve been less-than-impressed with Barrett since he began his gubernatorial quest – and we’re not the only ones.”
Afternoon Michael,
Point of clarification. Conservatives do not hate Joe Wilson. We’re very simply disappointed with the RINO Repulican congressmen from SC including Wilson, Brown, Barret and Inglis who went along with Bush’s big spending, IE: No child left behind, sr prescription drugs and the Tarp bailout of AIG and Citicorp just to name a few in addition to the unbridled spending on the war in IRAQ and Afganistan etc. Now when Obama takes over, unbridled spending is all of a sudden wrong! LOL
By Ron on July 26th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
By the way, we should vote these RINO REPUBLICAN BUMS OUT OF OFFICE IN 2010. They’ve been of for and by the special interests rather than the taxpayers of SC. Barret’s out due to his run for Gov which will be unsuccessful. Inglis is out according to the polls in the upstate, and Henry Brown will be ousted by Katherine Jenerette or Tumpy Campbell because they’ve all been OF FOR AND BY THE SPECIAL INTEREST RATHER THAN THE TAXPAYERS OF SC. On the Senate side, Jim Demint has a 95% conservative voting record according to the NTU while Shamnesty Graham has a 52%. We’ve got to put up with Graham another 5 years unfortunately.
By Randy on July 26th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
For someone who is about to be unemployed come November, I would think that Bailout Barrett would be all about some free health care.