PLEASE READ - VERY IMPORTANT that you act now:

I thought that you all might find this interesting. Below is an E-mail that was forwarded to me from “Organizing for America” (Move-on.org, Obama) by a neighbor and my response to him is on the next post. Listed is information about the content of HR 3200 America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (Health care Reform Bill). The facts prove that this bill is neither affordable or offers any choices to Americans. The House of Reps. might be voting on HR3200 this Friday. Please look at the details of this bill and note how they will affect you and your family members and if it concerns you please sign the petition and call your Representative to vote NO on HR3200 (link to the bill, petition and Representatives contact info. at the bottom of page). Also ask them to co-sponsor and vote yes on H Res. 615 (Congress taking their own medicine) see the details below. Even if you have already contacted them, please do it again!!

Friend –
Last week, Republican Senator Jim DeMint made it pretty clear why the opponents of health care reform are fighting so hard. As he told a special interest attack group, “If we’re able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. It will break him.” Here’s how the President responded:
Think about that. This isn’t about me. This isn’t about politics. This is about a health care system that is breaking America’s families, breaking America’s businesses and breaking America’s economy. And we can’t afford the politics of delay and defeat when it comes to health care. Not this time, not now. There are too many lives and livelihoods at stake.
With Congress only days away from finalizing their plans for reform, it’s time to stand with the President and fight back against this disastrous brand of old-style politics. So we need as many people as possible to publicly support the President’s principles for health care reform and call on Congress to act.

Before the first full votes in Congress, we’ll publish the signatures in newspaper ads across the nation, to make sure your voice is heard.

Watch President Obama’s full response, then add your name to support reform. Or if you’ve already signed, please forward this message to all your friends and neighbors so they can join you.

The President is more dedicated than ever to passing health care reform that satisfies the three requirements he’s been talking about for months: Health care reform must reduce costs, guarantee choice – including the choice of a strong public insurance option – and ensure all Americans have quality, affordable health care.

If we do not reform our broken health care system this year, we will shackle future generations with spiraling costs and deteriorating care. The cost of inaction is simply more than this country can afford.

But the special interests who profit from the status quo won’t go down without a fight. The ads, the smears, and the attacks – targeting both President Obama and members of Congress who support reform – will only get worse. So it’s crucial that we show huge backing before Congress finalizes their plans this month.
Stand with President Obama on health care reform:
Thanks for standing up for change,
Mitch
Mitch Stewart
Director
Organizing for America
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

My Response (the facts about some of the content of this bill):
We as citizens of the United States have the best health care in the world and the freedom to make our own decisions and choices. Right now there is Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP Insurance for Children, Free Health Clinics and ERs for those who can’t afford coverage. Do people flock to Canada and England for specialized health care in a timely manner with cutting edge technologies? NO. They come to the United States. Not only citizens, but Heads of State and the richest in the world travel great distances from other countries to access what we have here. Do you really want to throw that away? If not, please sign the online petition below and contact your House Representative to vote NO on HR3200 and yes on H Res. 615 (see below).

Of course all Americans want health care/insurance reform, but HR 3200 is not the answer. Fighting this health care bill has nothing to do with like or dislike for the President. It has everything to do with the content of the bill and the following items. This bill is expensive, does not insure all of the uninsured and will take away freedom of choice and reduce quantity and quality of your health care. If passed, it will only succeed in making the government larger (controlling 18.4% of our economy) and add bureaucracy to your families health care. This bill is detrimental to American citizens and these Congressmen know it. Do you really want to depend on the people that manage the DMV to manage all your health care?

Any opposition to the President is not a personal attack it is just an attempt to slow down the massive spending spree going on in Washington. Some just want time for Americans and Congress to read, research and discuss this 1,000 plus page bill to make an informed decision before voting. This is what I would like and I hope that you would expect of your Representatives. You should take a look at this bill (link below) to see how it will affect you and your families’ future health care, if passed. I find it interesting that “Organizing for America” does not ask you to do that, they just ask you to listen to the President and blindly support it. What is the rush to push through a program that will fundamentally change the face of America as we know it?

Obama states that health care reform must reduce costs, guarantee choice and include the choice of a strong public insurance option. The only one of these goals that this bill will achieve is the public insurance option (and the option part won’t last for long). It will not reduce costs , the CBO states that the 47 million more people forced onto the system will increase them. Since when has the government ever been able to do anything cheaper than the private sector? It will not guarantee choice, it will take it away. You have choice now!!
http://www.cbo.gov/do...

Did you know The CBO report states that this plan will result in a net cost of approximately $1 Trillion over the 2010-2019 period. http://www.heritage.o...

Did you know that some including the President say that only the rich will pay for this plan!! This is exactly what the government said back in 1913 when the American people voted yes on the 16th amendment (income taxes). Are only the wealthy paying taxes today?

Before tackling a new program that could bankrupt the nation, why don’t they first fix what’s broken? The nearly bankrupt Medicare and Social Security programs which are about to encounter the Baby Boomer generation would be a good place to start and would keep them busy for a while. The Congressional Budget Office report on the Baby Boomer generation states that 75 million will retire in the next 25 years at the estimated cost of $53 Trillion.

Did you know that according to the US Census Bureau that out of 306 million Americans there is actually only between 8.2 and 13.9 million that truly cannot afford health insurance (the rest of the governments 46.5 million uninsured estimate are either voluntarily uninsured or illegal aliens). So for this small percentage, we should throw the baby out with the bath water and ruin and ration all Americans care? They should tweak the system not reinvent the wheel!! To cover the 8.2 to 13.9 million uninsured supply catastrophic coverage which would stop anyone from losing everything that they have if they get very ill and would prevent abuse of the system.
http://www.mrc.org/pr...
Did you know that all residents of the United States will be covered; they do not specify in the bill that you have to be an American citizen to receive free health care. They pay for their own now, you will pay if this passes. Would this really cut costs?

This Health bill (HR 3200) includes funding for two new departments: Health Civil Rights Office and the Minority Health Office. What do you suppose these are for? Is someone going to get preference under this plan that you will be paying for? Also, Medical Schools that accept students based on minority status (not qualification) will get more funding. This is the health version of “Affirmative Action ”.
http://www.americanth...

Did you know that in this bill Congress and the Administration would be exempt from the care that you will be forced to have. If you think that Congress and the Administration should have the same plan as Americans will be forced into please ask your Representative to support H Res. 615. This resolution states that any Congress member that votes for the Health bill will opt out of their Congressional health plan and will join us in our plan. Sounds fair, they can take some of their own medicine!!
H Res. 615, the resolution: http://thomas.loc.gov... OR
http://www.govtrack.u...

Obama says that he will guarantee choice. If so, why will there be a “Health Benefits Advisory Board” (which include labor Union members) that will decide what treatments are allowed for you and your family based on age specifications and cost factors for the various treatments. Since “End of Life” care is deemed most expensive, under a government run health care plan chances are expensive procedures will be denied for the elderly. Do you really want a bureaucratic board in Washington deciding what care will be available to you?

Contiunued.....

Obama mentions that you can keep your own private insurance plan. But this bill states that at the time the bill is passed, if you do not have private coverage, it will no longer be an option. If you do have private coverage you will not be allowed to make any changes to the plan, you can only opt to the public plan. After a while the private sector will not be able to compete. How long do you think that individuals and businesses will want to pay taxes for others public coverage plus pay for their own private coverage. The government makes the laws which will favor the public plan and the government run program does not need to make a profit, they have the taxpayer to pay the bill. Canada started their government run health program just like this private/public and the private was crowded out. The Lewin Group Study estimates that eventually 83.4 million will end up losing their private coverage. The same study mentions that private coverage could go up as much as $460. per person per year as a result of increased cost shifting.

Did you know that you will have to give up Patient / Doctor Confidentiality, because all your medical records will be on a data base in Washington DC and anyone in the government will have access? No freedom of choice here?

Did you know that as the bill is written it does not exclude Abortion so, whether you believe in the right to an Abortion or not you will be paying for it (the taxpayer). No choice here either?

Did you know that according to the this health reform bill you as an individual or an employer will be required to purchase health care and if you do not, you will be fined . Where is the choice here?

Did you know that according to Steven Crowder (video link below) in Canada the average wait is 2-10 hours in the ER and citizens have no Clinic access unless they have a doctor. There is a wait list of two to three years for new patients to get a doctor. Some people have actually lost limbs or have died waiting for procedures. Would you like to experience this? A good amount of Canadians with serious illnesses come to the States for treatment. Where could you go for help, if the US adopts government run health care?

According to the US Health and Human Services the health care industry will be 18.4% of our economy by 2013; if this bill passes the government will control it. The government already controls banks, AIG, GM and Chrysler; if you add the health care industry and they pass the Cap & Trade Energy bill (Energy is 20 % of our GDP- according to USC data) this administration and Congress will be in control of over half of the US Economy. Do you really think that this is a good idea?
http://aspe.hhs.gov/h...

In closing, this bill has no cost cutting measures and no guaranteed choice; it will increase the already bloated national debt which according to the National Debt Clock is now at $11.6 Trillion (increasing at an average of $3.90 billion per day). You and each of your family members already owe $37,836.43 for the Federal debt before any health care reform or cap & trade legislation is passed. The HR 3200 America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 Bill if passed is a lose, lose situation. Loss of freedom and loss of income for all Americans. If you do not believe this information, look for yourself. After reading the bill, if you agree with me, please sign the petition to fight it and call your representative, the House could vote next Friday.

After you contact your Representative in the House, you might want to bug your Senators also, they vote on the Health Reform Issue when they get back in September.
Senator Sherrod Brown - 202-224-2315 / 1-888-896-OHIO (6446) / Columbus (614) 469-2083 / http://brown.senate.g...
Senator Voinovich - 202-224-3353 / Columbus (614) 469-6697
http://voinovich.sena...

Hands of my Health Care Petition:
http://joinpatientsfi...

To read the House Bill, HR 3200 America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
http://thomas.loc.gov... OR http://www.govtrack.u...

The Heritage Foundation: Summary Obama Health Care Costs and Coverage:
http://www.heritage.o...

CBO (Congressional Budget Office) Cost Report for HR 3200:
http://www.cbo.gov/do...

CBO report on the Baby Boomer Generation:
http://www.cbo.gov/ft...

Universal Nightmare Video:
http://video.aol.com/...

Steven Crowder Investigates Canada Care Video:
http://www.pjtv.com/v...
http://patientsunited...

Senator DeMint’s book “Saving Freedom” A Must read for all Americans !
http://savingfreedomb...
http://www.amazon.com...

Specific unappealing parts of the bill HR 3200 (Government Run Health Care Bill) with page numbers for convenience:
• Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure!
• Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed!
• Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and benefits you get (and, unlike an insurer, there will be no appeals process)
• Page 42: The “Health Choices Commissioner” will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. None.
• Page 50: All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free healthcare services.
• Page 58: Every person will be issued a National ID Healthcard.
• Page 59: The federal government will have direct, real-time access to all individual bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.
• Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community organizer health plans (read: SEIU, UAW and ACORN)
• Page 72: All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange.
• Page 84: All private healthcare plans must participate in the Healthcare Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans)
• Page 91: Government mandates linguistic infrastructure for services; translation: illegal aliens
• Page 95: The Government will pay ACORN and Americorps to sign up individuals for Government-run Health Care plan.
• Page 102: Those eligible for Medicaid will be automatically enrolled: you have no choice in the matter.
• Page 124: No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No “judicial review” is permitted against the government monopoly. Put simply, private insurers will be crushed.
• Page 127: The AMA sold doctors out: the government will set wages.
• Page 145: An employer MUST auto-enroll employees into the government-run public plan. No alternatives.
• Page 126: Employers MUST pay healthcare bills for part-time employees AND their families.
• Page 149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll
• Page 150: Any employer with a payroll of $250K-400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll
• Page 167: Any individual who doesn't’ have acceptable healthcare (according to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income.
• Page 170: Any NON-RESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes (Americans will pay for them).
• Page 195: Officers and employees of Government Healthcare Bureaucracy will have access to ALL American financial and personal records.
• Page 203: “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax.” Yes, it really says that.• Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors and the poor most affected.”
• Page 241: Doctors: no matter what speciality you have, you’ll all be paid the same (thanks, AMA!)
• Page 253: Government sets value of doctors’ time, their professional judgment, etc.
• Page 265: Government mandates and controls productivity for private healthcare industries.
• Page 268: Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.
• Page 272: Cancer patients: welcome to the wonderful world of rationing!
• Page 280: Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems preventable re-admissions.
• Page 298: Doctors: if you treat a patient during an initial admission that results in a readmission, you will be penalized by the government.
• Page 317: Doctors: you are now prohibited for owning and investing in healthcare companies!
• Page 318: Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand without government approval.
• Page 321: Hospital expansion hinges on “community” input: in other words, yet another payoff for ACORN.
• Page 335: Government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures: i.e., rationing.
• Page 341: Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, HMOs, etc.
• Page 354: Government will restrict enrollment of SPECIAL NEEDS individuals.
• Page 379: More bureaucracy: Telehealth Advisory Committee (healthcare by phone).
• Page 425: More bureaucracy: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior Citizens, assisted suicide, euthanasia?
• Page 425: Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. Mandatory. Appears to lock in estate taxes ahead of time.
• Page 425: Government provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.
• Page 427: Government mandates program that orders end-of-life treatment; government dictates how your life ends.
• Page 429: Advance Care Planning Consult will be used to dictate treatment as patient’s health deteriorates. This can include an ORDER for end-of-life plans. An ORDER from the GOVERNMENT.
• Page 430: Government will decide what level of treatments you may have at end-of-life.
• Page 469: Community-based Home Medical Services: more payoffs for ACORN.
• Page 472: Payments to Community-based organizations: more payoffs for ACORN.
• Page 489: Government will cover marriage and family therapy. Government intervenes in your marriage.
• Page 494: Government will cover mental health services: defining, creating and rationing those services.
A tip of my hat to my friend, Ben Cerruti, for providing this look at the bill HR 3200 (Government Run Healthcare). Write, email, fax or call your Senators and your Representative and tell them to vote NO!

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The HR 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (Ha Ha ) Bill
http://thomas.loc.gov...
http://www.govtrack.u...

Yowza!

This is incredible. Thanks. Did you write this? May I copy and paste it into an e-mail and send to all my friends, too?

Christine

Please do!! I am hoping that everyone will pass this along!!