Press Release
January 31, 2012
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) today introduced the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012, a bill to repeal a new ObamaCare mandate that violates the religious liberties and conscience rights of faith-based institutions by forcing them to offer employees insurance coverage for contraceptives…
By Julio Gonzalez, M.D.
My friends, the solution to our nation’s health care cannot be found in the acts of politicians or in the visions of experts. It is rather found in the moral compass provided to us by our Creator and in the unyielding pledge that each and everyone of us is committed, as individuals, to a reality that is bigger than ourselves.
It strikes me that this is the vision that will not only fix our health care woes, but restore our nation…
By James M. Sharp
With the close of 2011 and the dawn of 2012, the Obama administration is trying to portray the president as a “warrior for the middle class”.
Traveling with President Obama in Hawaii, Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest was quoted as saying, “We’re going to be doubling down on our commitment and our message in terms of fighting for the middle class.” This sure sounds like a great marketing campaign. But let us take a closer look at…
ObamaCare will effectively end Medicare as we know it. How?
*Cuts in Medicare spending will total $575 billion over the next decade.
*7.5 million members of Medicare Advantage plans will lose their coverage and cause another 7.5 million to face higher premiums and benefit cuts.
*About one in seven facilities — hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospices…
By Julio Gonzalez, M.D.
In a move eerily similar to the events of two years ago, Congress approved a two-month extension of the physician-Medicare reimbursement formula, delaying the implementation of a 27% cut in physician reimbursement.
Physicians throughout the country have reacted with disappointment as they prepare for another year of fiscal uncertainty to their practices.
By Tom Tillison
Either state Senator Thad Altman is completely out of touch with conservative values or he just believes that government really does knows best what’s good for you.
Sen. Altman has filed legislation that would urge parents to give young girls HPV vaccines upon entering the sixth grade. Yes, the very same vaccine that GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry came under fire for a few weeks back for being a good example of government overreach in healthcare decisions.
Florida Political Press
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi addresses reporters’ questions on Florida going to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge the federal health care law.
“This health care law is an affront on Americans’ individual liberty, and we will not allow the federal government to violate our constitutional rights. Our country urgently needs a final ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court…”
By Tom Tillison
It was two years ago today that former Congressman Alan Grayson held his infamous “town hall” on healthcare reform in Orlando. Remember that? My, oh my, how things have changed since then!
I can still recall the electricity that was in the air that night. The tea party was still in it’s infancy back then and no one was quite sure what to make of it.
By Dr. Julio Gonzalez
I am truly blessed in speaking to you on this, the day we give to Ceasar what rightfully does not belong to Ceasar.
My friends, I stand here for the very same reason all of you are here at Centennial Park. And it is not really about taxes. It is not really about the budget, but rather it is because each and every one of us gathered here has an intense, unabashed, and unapologetic love for this country…
By Julio Gonzalez, M.D.
It was a crisp dry morning in Washington D.C. The type of morning where one can almost see Thomas Jefferson walking through the city, taking in the air and collecting his thoughts about the arduous task of running a country.
But the serenity was only to be found outdoors. Inside the halls of Congress and the Senate, a different mood abounded…
By KrisAnne Hall
Our founders deliberately did not establish a democracy, because in that form of government, the majority would always choke to death the desire for Liberty of a minority. Yet another point that Mrs. Ginsberg might be wise to share with Egypt instead of encouraging them to strive “to achieve a general democracy…”
The dichotomy of her praise and criticism of our founders and our Constitution shows that she is greatly misinformed of both…
By Allen Wilson
Good bye Presidential hoopla we’ll see you in August.
But for now, let’s turn our thoughts to more pressing problems for Florida and the nation. Fasten your seat belts folks; it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
This won’t be a Tea Party vs the Establishment event, that’s just so 2010. No, this is a showcase for Agenders, Fair Taxers, Occupiers (well they don’t really vote do they”), and GOOOH’ers…
By Rick Steeby
I am not a fan of this two-party system where your personal beliefs have to be compromised to one party platform or the other based on the lesser of two evils.
I am reminded of my own words of how Congress has become entrenched and regardless of party they are more concerned with the power and the prestige of office then in service to their country.
By Tom Tillison
So after three years of toil by thousands of average everyday citizens who’ve sacrificed far more than they ever cared to, Florida supports John McCain yet again, just in a prettier package.
And just as in 2008, Florida will be the impetus that thrusts this better wrapped version identified as Mitt Romney one step closer to an eventual match up with Barack Obama.
There will be plenty of coverage breaking down the final numbers…
By Allen Wilson
I remember the instant that the mood changed.
As my lens focused beyond the Washington Monument and upon the Capital Dome I recognized that I no longer felt proud of this city. I was embarrassed that under that dome sat men and women who first thought of themselves before they thought of their nation.
