Republican congressional candidate, Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist and current BP stockholder, has been very vocal about his intentions to work to repeal the health care law. Stivers, who has received contributions from the Texas Freedom Fund, Joe "I Apologize" Barton's leadership PAC, wants to take away the benefits that people will already start having with the new law. According to USA Today, many services that are preventive will be free:
....Among the services that qualify: Breast and colon cancer screenings, diabetes screenings, cholesterol and blood pressure tests, tobacco cessation and tetanus shots. For children, the change will apply to regular pediatrician visits, vision and hearing screening, developmental assessments, immunizations and screening for obesity.
That is a lot to take away. Stivers probably has been told by his lobbyist and banking friends that giving free health screenings and immunizations to people is just downright bad business.
By the way, we still haven't heard a comment from Steve Stivers about his opinion of the gulf oil spill. I guess he doesn't want to say anything that would offend his oil company contributors. If Stivers wins, he won't be working for people. He'll be taking orders from just lobbyists, bankers, insurance companies, oil companies, and their PACS.