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HR 3590 Repeal. Reversing Government Takeover of US Healthcare?


HR 3590 Repeal. A "Long Shot" but Possible

HR 3590 - Big Government's Healthcare Reform - Just What the Doctor Ordered to Once Again Unite Americans for a Cause?

Most in news media are celebrating along with the Democratic majority residing in Washington after the historic passing of HR 3590, the Healthcare reform/Healthcare takeover bill. While pundits and conservatives talk of repeal, they all seem to concede that HR 3590 repeal could not occur over the guaranteed Presidential veto until January 2013.

They are all incorrect. If the American people focus and unite, the bill can actually be repealed in 2011.

Will this happen? Probably not because

  • We are all lazier than our 1770s predecessors
  • We are all somewhat frightened by what our government has become (something like a sixteen-headed snake striking out at all who dissent)

HR 3590 repeal success in the near term lies in part with the reaction of physicians over the next 2-3 months.

A significant percentage of physicians would have to demonstrate to the public and to recipients of entitlements what will happen and become permanent/irreversible over the next 5 years if HR 3590 takes hold.


Repealing HR 3590:

  • Large numbers of Physicians shorten their workday by one hour and give scheduling priority to non-medicaid and non-medicare patients. The action of forcing people to wait longer for care runs counter to the empathetic nature of physicians but, obviously, creating a temporary difficulty in obtaining healthcare would be vastly superior to the permanent government-created difficulty guaranteed in 5 years.

  • Item one would enable large numbers of entitlement-recieving populations to realize that current policies are not in their best interest. The enlightenment would be starkly apparent at the polls.

  • The Senate is the major hurdle in obtaining 2/3 majorities for HR 3590 repeal in both houses in 2011. The Senate only has 18 of their 59 Democrat Senators up for re-election in 2010. Four of those (VT, OR, HI, MD) will certainly remain Democratic due to the strong liberal lean in those states. Assuming that citizen patriots turn out to shift the other 14 toward repeal candidates, the total for repeal in the Senate will only be 55 rather than the 67 needed to override a veto.

  • The final action in protecting America's healthcare system requires extraordinary citizen involvement not seen since the 1770s. Recalls must be orchestrated in those states with Democrat Senators (Healthcare takeover Senators) that allow recalls of Congressmen.


Recall requirements by state necessary for HR 3590 repeal obtained from ncsl.org.

AK - Begich: Must obtain signatures from 25% of the total number of votes that propelled Senator Begich into office. (Replacement is appointed rather than elected in AK, but since the governor is a Republican, chances are good for an appointment supporting repeal)

CA - Feinstein: Must obtain signatures from 20% of the total number of votes that propelled Senator Feinstein into office

CO - Udall: Must obtain signatures from 25% of the total number of votes that propelled Senator Udall into office

LA - Landrieu: Nearly impossible. Must obtain signatures of 40% of eligible voters. Would not suggest LA even bother trying. Obtaining signatures from 40% of the electorate would be impossible unless the petition were included in census forms.

MI - Stabenow: Must obtain signatures from 25% of the total number of votes that propelled Senator Stabenow into office

MI - Levin: Must obtain signatures from 25% of the total number of votes that propelled Senator Levin into office

MN - Franken: Must obtain signatures from 25% of the total number of votes cast for senate (all candidates) in the last election

MN - Klobuchar: Must obtain signatures from 25% of the total number of votes cast for senate (all candidates) in the last election

MT - Baucus: Must obtain signatures from 15% of eligible voters.

MT - Tester: Must obtain signatures from 15% of eligible voters.

NJ - Menendez: Must obtain signatures from 25% of registered voters

NJ - Lautenburg: Must obtain signatures from 25% of registered voters

WI - Kohl: Must obtain signatures from 25% of the total number of votes in the last Presidential election

WA - Cantwell: WA allows for recalls but since the successor is appointed instead of elected, and the governor is liberal; recall efforts would be wasted.

The list contains 12 additional Senators (after eliminating the impossible LA and the "why bother" WA) which would bring the total to 67, precisely the number needed for HR 3590 repeal. Of course, there is always the possibility that residents of MD, HI, OR, and/or VT could also come to their senses by November 2010, bringing the total as high as 71.


HR 3590 Repeal before 2013 is possible… Difficult, but certainly possible if Americans decide to stand up for themselves, their rights, and their country against the Washington machine.


Fixing Healthcare without Sabotaging Quality and Innovation

  • Repeal the Big-Government/Poor-Care Plan
  • Replace With Reform to Lower Costs (Tort Reform, Bureauacratic Streamlining, Reduced Government Interference, etc)