Congressional candidate Larry Bucshon, a southwest Indiana physician, called on Congressman Brad Ellsworth to take a public position opposing the pending health care bill, saying the bill is dangerous to the physical and fiscal health of Hoosiers.

“Even though he is waiting for the Democratic Party’s approval from Indianapolis to run for the U.S. Senate, Rep. Brad Ellsworth remains southwestern Indiana’s representative in the U.S. House. As such, he should vote against this monstrosity,” said Bucshon, who is running for public office for the first time.

“As a physician, I actually know what’s in this bill and know how bad it is for your health — physically and financially,” he added.

Bucshon also called on Trent Van Haaften, a state legislator from Posey County who is part of the Democrat leadership in the Indiana House in Indianapolis, to also renounce his earlier public support for this measure. “Rep. Van Haaften says he wants to provide leadership for Southwest Indiana in Washington – but leading us down this path is the wrong direction for America,” he said. “This is just more of the same misguided policies out of Washington and the Indiana House that are hurting Hoosiers and crippling our economy.”

While there are many major problems with this legislation, Bucshon cited five significant flaws in underscoring his own opposition and calling on the incumbents to take a pro-taxpayer position:

• The bill takes $500 billion from Medicare, making medical rationing for senior citizens far more likely.
  The bill is filled with special provisions that amount to taxpayer-funded bribes, such as the Cornhusker kickback for U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, the Louisiana Purchase for US Sen. Mary Landrieu, and $100 million for US Sen. Chris Dodd for a Connecticut hospital as his retirement gift.
• The bill will subsidize abortion with tax dollars for the first time since Congress first approved the Hyde Amendment in the mid-1970s.
• It places nearly one-fifth of the American economy under the federal government’s control.
• The bill is filled with new boards, commissions and procedures that will take a medical marvel — the American health care system – and render it a bureaucracy with neither compassion nor efficiency.

Larry Bucshon lives in Warrick County with his wife, Kathryn, who is also a physician, and their four children. A former Naval Reserve officer, Bucshon is a surgeon who has performed hundreds of life-saving heart surgeries. In 2007, Bucshon was named St. Mary’s Physician of the Year.

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