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WITH TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY APPROACHING, THE CONSEQUENCES OF BILL NELSON’S HEALTHCARE LAW When liberal U.S. Senator Bill Nelson made President Barack Obama’s intrusive healthcare bill the law of the land, we knew it would force every Floridian to purchase health insurance, but now we are learning that it will give 15 unelected bureaucrats the power to decide which healthcare decisions are best for Floridians.    In fact, the American Hospital Association, along with over 70 medical groups warned Nelson and his fellow Democrats that the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) could limit seniors’ access to Medicare and even the infrastructure for the entire healthcare system.  Additionally, it’s been reported that the IPAB’s true end game is to arbitrarily control the price of healthcare and decide what type of medical treatments patients in Florida can receive.  As the Wall Street Journal reports: Public opposition to the Affordable Care Act has grown in…

Bill Nelson’s Healthcare Law Is Killing Jobs In Florida  When liberal U.S. Senator Bill Nelson cast the 60th and deciding vote for President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, it didn’t just cut $550 billion from Medicare but also included a slew of job-killing taxes that are crushing small businesses across the Sunshine State.  In North Florida, small business owners have said that government-run healthcare is driving up their premiums.  Meanwhile, small business owners in Jacksonville have said the taxes in ObamaCare could force them to sell their business.  Additionally, in Melbourne, medical device companies have stated that the medical device tax is stifling innovation.  Notably, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has stated the healthcare law will kill 800,000 jobs nationwide. QUESTION: “In your estimation, the health care law would reduce employment by 800,000…” DOUGLAS ELMENDORF, CBO Director: “Yes… there would be a reduction of 800,000 workers.” (U.S. House Of Representatives, Budget…

Premiums Have Increased Bill Nelson Claimed ObamaCare Would Lower Premiums When liberal U.S. Senator Bill Nelson cast the 60th and deciding vote for President Barack Obama’s job-killing healthcare law, he specifically promised the legislation would lower premiums, but nearly two years later families are now paying more money for their health insurance.  FactCheck.org has found that ObamaCare has made healthcare slightly less affordable and it’s causing premiums to go up – not down, as Nelson and his fellow Democrats have claimed it would.  Additionally, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that in 2011 the average healthcare premium climbed from $13,770 to $15,073, which amounts to a 9 percent increase. As the New York Times reports:  “The cost of health insurance for many Americans this year climbed more sharply than in previous years, outstripping any growth in workers’ wages and adding more uncertainty about the pace of rising medical costs.   A new…

Healthcare Costs Will Increase Bill Nelson Claimed ObamaCare Would Lower The Cost Of Healthcare When liberal U.S. Senator Bill Nelson cast one of the deciding votes for Barack Obama’s job-killing healthcare law, he promised the legislation would lower healthcare costs for families in Florida, but instead these costs have skyrocketed.    Since this legislation has been signed into law, healthcare costs have risen by 9 percent and the average Floridian is now paying $132 more for health insurance.  Additionally, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently found that the healthcare law will now cost $2.6 trillion, twice as much as what Nelson and his fellow Democrats promised it would cost.  “Bill Nelson promised that ObamaCare would lower healthcare costs, but due to his burdensome law, Floridians are now paying an additional $132 for health insurance,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox.  “This is another reminder that Nelson…

ObamaCare Cut Over $500 Billion From Medicare, Including $200 Billion From Medicare Advantage Over two years ago, after admitting to Floridians that ObamaCare would slash $550 billion from Medicare – including $200 billion from Medicare Advantage – liberal United States Senator Bill Nelson provided President Barack Obama with a crucial vote for his job-killing healthcare bill. Now a new report confirms that seniors in Florida could soon lose their Medicare Advantage benefits due to this burdensome, job-killing healthcare law. As The Hill reports: “Seniors in a number of states risk losing their Medicare Advantage benefits because of cuts in President Obama’s healthcare reform law, according to a new report from Avalere.  The law contains about $200 billion in direct and indirect cuts to private Medicare plans through 2017.” (Julian Pecquet, Report: Healthcare law cuts put Medicare Advantage benefits at risk in some states, The Hill, 03/12/12) “Just as even Bill…

After Lobbying From White House, Nelson Gives Obama Key Vote To Help Kill Keystone Pipeline Construction Further burnishing his record as one of President Obama’s most loyal supporters, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson today helped the President continue to block construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline which even top labor unions say would create thousands of new American jobs. “If there was ever an example of Senator Nelson’s willingness to put his loyalty to President Obama, and his failed energy agenda, ahead of what’s best for Florida and American jobs, it was this vote,” National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Brian Walsh said today.  “The Keystone pipeline would not only create thousands of new jobs, but it would help reduce our country’s dependence on Middle East oil.  Unfortunately, given the choice between President Obama and jobs, Bill Nelson again stood with President Obama.” Notably, even 11 Democratic Senators joined with…

ObamaCare Gave The Federal Government The Power To Decide What’s Best For Floridians Over two years ago, liberal U.S. Senator Bill Nelson supported Barack Obama’s job-killing healthcare bill, which gave the federal government the power to decide what type of healthcare services that employers, including religious institutions in Florida, had to pay for, even if it violated their own personal moral beliefs. This intrusive healthcare law is a clear violation of religious freedom as it forces religious institutions and individuals to choose between violating the law and violating their faith.  “Liberal U.S. Senator Bill Nelson cast one of the deciding votes for Barack Obama’s healthcare bill, which not only forces every Floridian to buy health insurance, but also mandates that they violate their personal religious beliefs,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox.  “This is just another example of how Obama’s job-killing healthcare law gives the federal government…

Obama & Nelson Have Consistently Ignored Common Sense Energy Solutions  With the average price of gasoline at $3.61 a gallon, President Barack Obama – who will be joined by his liberal ally U.S. Senator Bill Nelson – is coming to Miami where they will use the looming energy crisis to campaign for their failed energy policy agenda. Obama will undoubtedly call for energy independence but it will just be empty campaign rhetoric because while in Washington, he and Senator Nelson have been focused on job-killing energy initiatives like cap-and-trade, instead of common sense solutions that will increase our domestic supply of energy. Notably, under Barack Obama’s watch, Floridians are now paying an additional $30 to fill up their gas tanks. “Under the failed economic leadership of Barack Obama and Bill Nelson, Floridians have seen their gas prices rise by $1.78 a gallon in just the last three years,” said National…

NRSC Launches New Video Highlighting The Failed Promises & Economic Agenda Of Washington Democrats Three years ago today and despite an already skyrocketing federal debt, President Barack Obama, with the help of liberal U.S. Senator Bill Nelson rammed their $825 billion stimulus spending bill into law promising Americans that it would create millions of news jobs In fact, Nelson specifically promised that the stimulus would ‘create or save’ 206,000 Florida jobs, but since the legislation was signed into law, Florida has lost over 27,000 jobs because the Obama Administration was determined to spend their way out of this economic crisis instead of targeting the legislation to assist small business owners who are the true job creators of this country. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO Notably, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report just yesterday that found that the rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded…

Republicans Point To Mile-Wide Gap Between Nelson’s 2006 Rhetoric Versus 2012 Record Despite campaigning on the promise of fiscal responsibility, President Obama and Senate Democrats including Florida’s Bill Nelson, have added an additional $4.7 trillion to the national debt in just the last three years – bringing America’s total debt to over $15.3 trillion.  Yet, instead of reversing course on their failed economic policies, President Obama and Bill Nelson are doubling-down on their call for higher taxes, more Washington spending and an even bigger federal debt. The President today introduced his annual budget which includes $1.5 trillion in new taxes, much of which has previously been endorsed by Senator Nelson, while ensuring a fourth straight year of trillion-dollar-plus deficits.  What’s worse – Senator Nelson and his fellow Senate Democrats have said they do not even intend to pass a budget for the third straight year, clearly recognizing the political peril…