One of the major themes of Sarah Palin's speech Tuesday night at an Atlanta-area fundraiser for developmentally disabled children was health care. The first woman to be the vice presidential candidate of the Republican Party told her audience that ObamaCare will limit contributions to health savings accounts and cause the price of medical insurance to increase for Americans, including those with special needs:
She warned that new rules aiming to raise $13 billion by limiting contributions to flexible spending accounts amount to a "hefty tax hike" for families of special needs children struggling with health care costs. And she said families will wind up with fewer care options.Gov. Palin is donating her speakers fee to the ministry.
"Our insurance and our care choices will be diminished by this new program," she said to an audience of several thousand at a suburban Atlanta arena. "The government's taking over one-sixth of our economy and we expect the government's going to do a better job than the private sector?"
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The event was billed as a nonpolitical benefit hosted by the Gwinnett County ministry Zachariah's Way, which helps churches serve disabled and special needs parishioners. But Palin couldn't resist a few knocks on the Obama administration.
She said she would work to encourage Americans to treat special needs children with respect and that she was disappointed that one of Obama's aides used the word "retarded." White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel apologized earlier this year for using the word to describe liberal activists whose tactics on health care he questioned.
"America's too good for that," she said to applause. "We're too good to have to put with that."
Related: The AJC has a gallery of some photos from the event here.
- JP
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