2010 REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR US CONGRESS
Opposes Costello’s Vote For Government Takeover Of Health Care

November 8, 2009 - Theresa Kormos, the 2010 conservative Republican challenger for Jerry Costello’s congressional seat said she is disappointed but not surprised by the congressman’s vote in support of passing the HR 3962, “The Affordable Health Care for America Act.”  “Jerry Costello did not vote in the interest of the people of southwest Illinois. We have already been burdened enough by the debt that incurred from the stimulus package and bailouts while the unemployment rate continues to climb. This health care bill will add additional debt to our children and grandchildren as well as transform health care as we know it.”

Ms. Kormos, a Registered Nurse with over 31 years of experience in healthcare, said that while a crisis exists for the US citizens who are uninsured, a crisis is not a time to change the best health care system in the world. “When any crisis exists, the task is to stabilize the problem through using those methods that have proven to be effective in the past. It is not a time to experiment or use methods that have failed. In other countries, socialized medicine has indeed shown to have already failed.”

Some problem areas in the bill Ms. Kormos points out: (1) while the bill does not go into effect until 2013, tax increases will be immediate; (2) tax on businesses may result in additional job-loss; (3) the individual purchase of private insurance will be prohibited in 2013, forcing individuals to purchase insurance from the federal government; (3) 1.5 billion dollars will be taken out of Medicare Advantage plans placing senior citizens at risk for losing coverage; and (4) the establishment of a Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research may be used to ration life saving treatments based on cost.

The candidate believes this massive 1900 page bill has nothing to do with health care but everything to do about intruding into individual liberties and the free enterprise market. “If the White House really cared about our health care, they should have asked the physicians that work in congress to write the bill instead of the politicians who know nothing about health care”, stated Ms. Kormos.  The candidate supports the Republican plan that includes tort reform, allowing private insurance companies to compete across state lines, and allowing pre-existing conditions.