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HT: Checkup Today: Govt Healthcare by Mike Rogers

Feel free to copy it and send it around to your other representatives. Or in this case repost it on your blog if you have one. If you are on Facebook you can repost it as a Facebook note and then tag all of your Facebook Friends.

Stephen Fraser, M.D.
July 23, 2009

Senator Bayh,

As a practicing physician I have major concerns with the healthcare bill before Congress. I actually have read the bill and am shocked by the brazenness of the government’s proposed involvement in the patient physician relationship. The very idea that the government will dictate and ration patient care is dangerous and certainly not helpful in designing a healthcare system that works for all. Every physician I work with agrees that we need to fix our healthcare system, but the proposed bills currently making their way through congress will be a disaster if passed.

I ask you respectfully and as a patriotic American to look at the following troubling lines that I have read in the bill. You cannot possibly believe that these proposals are in the best interests of the country and our fellow citizens.

Page 22 of the HC Bill: Mandates that the Govt will audit books of all employers that self insure!!

Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill: THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get.

Page 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!

Page 42 of HC Bill: The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC Benefits for you. You have no choice!

Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise.

Page 58 HC Bill: Govt will have real-time access to individuals finances and a National ID Health card will be issued!

Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will have direct access to you, your banks accounts for elective funds transfer.

Page 65 Sec 164: is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in Unions and community organizations: (ACORN).

Page 84 Sec 203 HC bill: Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the Exchange.

Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration your Healthcare!

Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill: Govt mandates linguistic appropriate services. Example – Translation: illegal aliens.

Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN and Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan.

Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans. AARP members – your Health care WILL be rationed.

Page 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill: Medicaid Eligible Individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No choice.

Page 124 Lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No “judicial review” against Govt Monopoly.

Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors / American Medical Association – The Govt will tell YOU what you can make! (salary)

Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into public option plan. NO CHOICE!

Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families.

Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k and above who does not provide public option pays 2-6% tax on all payroll.

Page 150 Lines 9-13: Business’s with payroll btw 251k and 401k who doesn’t provide public option pays 2-6% on all payroll.

Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable HC according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of income.

Page 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay)

Page 195 HC Bill: Officers and employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access to ALL Americans finances / personal records.

Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax” Yes, it says that!

Page 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill: Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors, low income and poor are affected.

Page 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill: Doctors, doesn’t matter what specialty you have, you’ll all be paid the same!

Page 253 Line 10-18: Govt sets value of Doctor’s time, profession, judgment, etc. Literally value of humans.

Page 265 Sec 1131: Govt mandates and controls productivity for private HC industries.

Page 268 Sec 1141: Federal Govt regulates rental and purchases of power driven wheelchairs.

Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS – Cancer patients – welcome to rationing!

Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals for whatever Govt deems preventable re-admissions.

Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors, treat a patient during initial admission that results in a readmission – Govt will penalize you.

Page 317 Lines 13-20: PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Doctors what/how much they can own!

Page 317-318 Lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on expansion – Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand.

Page 321 Lines 2-13: Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input is required. Can you say ACORN?!!

Page 335 Lines 16-25 Pg 336-339: Govt mandates establishment of outcome based measures. HC the way they want. Rationing.

Page 341 Lines 3-9: Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing people into Govt plan.

Page 354 Sec 1177: Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs people! Unbelievable!

Page 379 Sec 1191: Govt creates more bureaucracy – Tele-health Advisory Committee. Can you say HC by phone?

Page 425 Lines 4-12: Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life patients.

Page 425 Lines 17-19: Govt will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney. Mandatory!

Page 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3; Govt provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death. (assisted suicide)

Page 427 Lines 15-24: Govt mandates program for orders for end of life. The Govt has a say in how your life ends.

Page 429 Lines 1-9: An “advanced care planning consultant” will be used frequently as patients health deteriorates.

Page 429 Line 10-12: “advanced care consultation” may include an ORDER for end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOVT!

Page 449 Lines 13-25: The Govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.

Page 430 Lines 11-15: The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life!

Page 469: Community Based Home Medical Services = Non profit organizations. Hello, ACORN Medical Services here!!?

Page 472 Lines 14-17: PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORIGINATION. One monthly payment to a community-based organization. Like ACORN?

Page 489 Sec 1308: The Govt will cover Marriage and Family therapy. Which means they will insert Govt into your marriage.

Page 494-498: Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating, rationing those services.

Senator, I guarantee that I personally will do everything possible to inform patients and my fellow physicians about the dangers of the proposed bills you and your colleagues are debating.

Furthermore, If you vote for a bill that enforces socialized medicine on the country and destroys the doctor/patient relationship, I will do everything in my power to make sure you lose your job in the next election.

Respectfully,

Stephen E Fraser MD

Dr. John Batter from Canada spoke at our rally against Socialized Medicine

Attention House Blue Dog Democrats and Senate Gang of Six

Attention NE Senators and Congressman

HT: Domestic Divapalooza: Here’s a letter to Senator Bayh about the Healthcare Bill

I haven’t been here for a while but today I decided to check in and I was amazed at how many people had read my post. I just wanted to update and say that my daughter is doing fine. She is so out going. My husband and I are actually looking forward to having a second child!

I just wanted everyone out there to know that having herpes doesn’t mean you can’t have a family. It is absolutely possible! Being the worried mother that i was, I asked my doctor about this at every visit. He reminds me all the time that the chances of a baby contracting herpes while pregnant are very low and that I should not have to worry much about herpes.

Which brings me to another thing, please find a supportive doctor because they make all the difference. I wish all those who are expecting the best! ~ D

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SeekingAsianMan wrote in with a subject line that stated the following:

Trying to find an Asian or Native American male with H is hard

SeekingAsianMan had this to say:

I’m single 23 mature and living in northern california.

I responded with this bit of advice:

You know this isn’t a dating site, right? Here’s a list of herpes dating sites as well as regular every day dating sites:

http://yoshi2me.com/herpes-dating.html

Some are free and others… not so much.

Good luck with your search.

Numb Nuts (SeekingAsianMan) had the nerve to write me back with the following:

Guess I’m done then. Those sites have hardly anyone on them. U have been on them all. Suicide is my best bet.

You know what SeekingAsianMan?

I feel sorry for you. You have resorted to scrounging around for a man on a yahoo group that was geared for support NOT online dating. Are you THAT desperate that you’ve created a screen name called “Seeking Asian Man” OR is that the best you can do?

Why don’t you stop begging to be in a relationship and concentrate on the parts of life that will get you out of your particular frame of mind? I am not on all the yahoo groups.

The only yahoo groups I am on are the following: Picking Up the Pieces, South Florida H Friends, Life After H, and Oklahoma H Club. None of which are online dating sites.

Perhaps if you got your head out of your ass and stopped being so rude you might find a date, or two, or three. And since you seem to have all the answers stop writing to people like me who don’t really have the time to spend on people like you.

Is it possible to get hiv if u have herpes? How?

That was the question sent to me a few days ago.

Usually when people ask this question they are meaning to ask if the Herpes Virus can turn into HIV? The answer to that question is no, the Herpes Virus does not magically turn into the HIV virus.

The Herpes Virus and the HIV Virus are two completely and totally separate sexually transmittable diseases.

Now… if you do have Herpes it does make it easier to contract the HIV virus but that’s only because having an outbreak or asymptomatic shedding on the surface of the skin would make it easier for the HIV virus to enter your body.

Make sense so far?

So no, the herpes virus doesn’t turn into the HIV virus because they are two completely different STDS.

And yes, having the herpes virus can make it easier to contract the HIV virus.

I hope that answers your question. Let me know, ok?

Planned Parenthood Challenges Alaska Pro-Life Law

An Alaska school teacher and Planned Parenthood have filed suit seeking to block a ballot initiative that would mandate parental involvement with teens seeking abortions.

Anchorage high school teacher Susan Wingrove opposes the pro-life effort.

“I feel like the initiative isn’t clear about penalties for doctors and other issues and is overwhelming for many teens,” she said.

The Alaska Family Council is backing the initiative that says a parent must either be notified or give permission for the abortion. President Jim Minnery said he expected the opposition.

“It’s a tactic that they’ve taken across the country,” he said. “In every one of the 40 states where we now have parental consent or notification, they’ve stepped forward.”

The pro-family organization has to collect nearly 33,000 signatures to put the initiative on the August 2010 ballot. —Steve Jordahl

I have never been a fan of Planned Parenthood going against the family. Parents have a right to raise their kids and should be notified if their kids are trying to get birth control or to get an abortion. I think parents should be able to sign off on these things and really be there for their kids when they are discovering them in these very scary and and confusing situations.

In Nebraska a 17 year old can walk into their local Walgreens pharmacy and buy Plan B without parental consent too. I don’t think that’s right. I think parents need to be aware of what is going on with their kids. If you think your kids are not being tempted or participating in these sorts of activities then you are blinded by the reality that surrounds us in this world.

Some will say that many kids are being abused. Well, if that is the case then why isn’t Planned Parenthood notifying the authorities and getting child protective services involved?

These are the posts that you guys were most interested in last month.

Free Communication Weekend Starts Today – So what do you guys really think about eHarmony? Is it a dating site that you’ve tried? Did you have success with it OR not so much?

I was booted from MPWH – Were you booted from that dating site? If you were booted from that site… tell us why. I’d love to know. I get e-mails from people all the time complaining about the rigid rules of this particular online dating site. Let’s expose it for what it is. Good or Bad I would love to read your input.

MPWH the New Big Brother – If you are not happy with that dating site then why do you give them your money? Why not try some of the other dating sites out there? Remember, you don’t have to limit yourself to dating only those that have herpes.

Those are the posts that you guys were interested in the most in the month of July 2009.

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I like to rearrange the inside of my medicine cabinet according to who is visiting me. When my coworkers come over for a dinner party I hide my generic products and replace them with my designer perfumes and makeup. If I decide to scare off my date, I pull out my herpes medication and “display” it. My favorite is to “accidently” forget to hide my sex toys when mom drops by.

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I would like to thank you for having the courage to be honest about living with HSV and HPV. I suffer from both, finding out the latter just today, and it makes me feel better just to read about someone, anyone struggling with the same emotions that with the diagnosis.

I have had HSV for over a year and have found that each day and each month it becomes less painful, and I am not even talking about the physical pain. Anyway, I can only hope that I will be able to take care of my HPV with as much dignity and grace I can find, which, again, brings me to thanking you, because I feel that in light of any STD, emotional support and understanding is the fastest way to healing. So thank you. – Caitlyn

Your site gave me courage to tell the guy I was dating about my ’situation’. Despite it still haunting me (I’ve had it for less than a year), I like to think that I have mostly come to terms with it. I had feared telling him, had cried a lot over it, but he was accepting when I told him. So, in short, I would like to thank you. Thank you for your informative and real site. It has helped me a lot. – Anna

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