Peg Luksik: Social Values Took a Backseat … Again

Peg Luksik, who is seeking the Republican nomination to run for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania, issued the following reaction today to the House's passage of President Obama's health care reform package:

"This is what happens when our social values take a back seat to fiscal issues. This is about the responsibility of individuals and the family to take care of one another, not rely on the government," Luksik said. "The federal government has descended even farther into fantasy land, deciding that you now have a right to have someone else pay for your health insurance. The problem is, 'someone else' just doesn't exist...it's you. Where is the story of the 75 year old widow who worked her whole life, raised a family, and just got a letter from her doctor that he can no long accept Medicare because of its low reimbursement rate? Where were the stories of uninsured individuals who qualify for Medicaid but have been on the waiting list for a year or more because the states can't afford the coverage?"

Luksik explained that the government takeover of health care is at it's core a social issue rather than a fiscal one. While applauding House Republican efforts to kill the bill, Luksik pointed to last night's debate as a prime example of the necessity for her candidacy.

"Nights like last night are precisely why I'm running for US Senate," Peg explained. "We need individuals with strong social values in Congress. We need people in Washington that understand what is at stake for American families, not just in terms of how much they pay in taxes, but what they pay in dignity and liberty. We can't even begin to fix the taxing and spending problems in Washington until we understand that it is a culture of dependence that drives those issues. It is our social problems that are driving the fiscal problems. I want to go to Washington and be a voice that understands that the change starts at home. Freedom begins at home."

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