Patient's Bill of Rights, Economic Recovery in Indiana and DISCLOSE Act -- June 25, 2010
Thank you for reading another edition of my e-newsletter, the Carson Courier. For additional information on these and other topics, please visit my website at https://www.carson.house.gov.
In this week's Carson Courier:
Patient's Bill of Rights
Economic Recovery in Indiana
DISCLOSE Act
Patient's Bill of Rights
Earlier this week, the guidelines for the Patient's Bill of Rights were unveiled by President Obama. This Patient's Bill of Rights fulfills the core promises of health reform which are to protect patients and put Americans and their doctors - not insurance companies - in charge of medical care. Under these protections children with pre-existing conditions will no longer be denied care and insurance companies cannot arbitrarily drop people who get sick from their coverage.
This is an important announcement for American families.
For more information on the Patient's Bill of Rights, click here.
Economic Recovery in Indiana
This week in the Indianapolis Star there was an article that said that the majority of economists believe the worst of the recession is over in Indiana. There is still a great deal of work to be done, but the Star notes some of the real signs of economic recovery in the Hoosier state:
Tax collections have increased.
Indiana leads the nation in job creation
Manufacturing Payrolls are predicted to surge in 2011
This news is a testament to the fact that the Recovery Act is working in Indiana. It is my hope that our state will continue our economic momentum and maintain our status as a job-creating leader.
To read the article, click here.
DISCLOSE Act
Aiming to strengthen the transparency and disclosure in federal campaigns, the House voted to approve the DISCLOSE Act this week. Because of the recent Citizens United Supreme Court decision, which opened the door for special interests and foreign corporations to have undue influence on our elections, we needed to take action. The DISCLOSE Act puts the American people at the center of our Democracy and our elections, not big corporations and special interests.
The DISCLOSE Act requires corporations, organizations and special interest groups to stand by their political advertising just like a candidate for office does. CEOs will need to identify themselves in their advertisements, and corporations and organizations will be required to disclose their political expenditures. 
Voters have the right to know who is behind the ads they are seeing on television, and this legislation is significant in ensuring we have that necessary accountability.
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