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HT: Checkup Today: Govt Healthcare by Mike Rogers

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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

Listed below are some of the regulations/laws inside the Obama Healthcare Bill that are not widely known and which adds to why this is a very bad bill that will hurt us all!

I’m sure there are many others. I strongly recommend that you read each one as the “devil is in the details.”

If you don’t believe me then I have included the site where you can download the actual Healthcare Bill for reference:

Obama’s Healthcare Bill

To add insult to injury, Congress has exempted themselves from the bill!

But most of all, remember that this is a Democrat bill.

Here they are:

Pg 22 of the HC bill MANDATES the Government will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!!

Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill – YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!!

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

Pg 42 of HC bill – The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC Benefits for you. You have no choice!

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

Pg 58 HC bill – government will have real-time access to individuals finances & a National ID Health card will be issued!

Pg 59 HC bill – lines 21-24 government will have direct access to your banks accounts for electronic funds transfer.

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

Pg 72 Lines 8-14 government is creating an HC Exchange to bring private HC plans under government control.

PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill – government mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the Exchange.

Pg 95 HC bill Lines 8-18 The government will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for government HC plan.

PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC bill – Medicaid Eligible Individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No choice.

pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue GOVT on price fixing.

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

Pg 146 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families.

Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Employer with payroll 400k & above who does not provide public option pays 8% tax on all payroll.

pg 150 Lines 9-13 Businesses with payroll between 251k & 400k who don’t provide public option pays 2-6% tax on all payroll.

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

Pg 170 Lines 1-3 Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes.

Pg 195 HC bill – Officers and employees of HC Administration will have access individuals finance, papers and records.

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

PG 253 Line 10-18 government sets value of Dr’s time, professional judgment, etc.

PG 265 Sec 1131 government mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries.

PG 268 Sec 1141 Fed government regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs.

Page 280 Sec 1151 The government will penalize hospitals for what government deems preventable readmissions.

Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Doctors who treat a patient during initial admission that results in a readmission will be penalized.

Pg 317 L 13-20 government will determine what Drs. and how much ownership/investment they can own.

Pg 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3 government is mandating hospitals cannot expand pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have option to apply for exception but community input required.

Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 – government sets and mandates establishment of outcome based measures the way they want.

Pg 341 Lines 3-9 government has authority to disqualify Medicare Adv Plans, HMOs, etc.

Pg 354 Sec 1177 – government will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs patients!

PG 425 Lines 4-12 government mandates Advance Care Planning Consultation- Senior Citizens end of life.

Pg 425 Lines 17-19 government will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of atty. Mandatory!

PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 government provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death.

PG 427 Lines 15-24 government mandates program for orders for end of life.

Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An “advance care planning consult” will be used frequently as patients health deteriorates.

PG 429 Lines 10-12 “advance care consultation” may include an ORDER 4 end of life plans.

Pg 429 Lines 13-25 – The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.

PG 430 Lines 11-15 The government will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life.

Pg 494-498 government will define covered Mental Health services.

Hat Tip: Domestic Divapalooza: The Devil is in the Details

If you’d like to leave a comment you can do so over on the original post via Domestic Divapalooza.

I’m making my rounds through the blogosphere and posting what I stumble upon pertaining to healthcare. If this Universal Healthcare plan gets passed and the 1,018 page monstrosity is shoved down our throats without a 2nd glance, we are surely in trouble. Leave it to our government to mess it all up. I don’t understand what the rush is to be honest. I would prefer if they are going to offer up a plan that it would be something that was carefully thought out. Seriously, our lives hang in the balance and so does our beloved country. I’ll start with this political cartoon and come back to add more. You’ll want to check back often to see what new links I’ve added.

Hat Tip: GetLiberty.org – All politicians should be the first to be enrolled into the new government healthcare plan against their will. They should not get to keep their current plan. They should be expected to set the example and show the country that it’s not just about doing what they say we should do.

Here are some of the posts I’ve had on Healthcare this week:

Sotomayor and Healthcare
How’s that hope n’ change you voted for working out?
About government healthcare in Canada
Tell congress to vote no on government-run healthcare
Hands off my healthcare
This is what Obamacare will be

Out there in Blog-Land, this is what I found:

The Hidden Cost of Obamacare
ALG in the News: Iowa Politics
Massive, Growth-Killing Tax Hikes in House Dem Health Care Bill
Tax Increases in House Dem Health Bill
Read the House Dems’ Health Bill

Read the Healthcare Bill for yourself here because you know Congress will not have time to. That’s just how it is… ya know?

Obamacare will reduce your choices
Health Rations and You!
Small business owners react to Obamacare
America’s healthcare is better than Europe’s
National health is national suicide
Healthcare plan is not about health or caring
Obama begs senate: we must pass my disastrous healthcare bill ASAP
Putting a face on the casualties of obamacare
Inside the monstrous Obamacare bureaucracy
Video: Health Rations and You
Socialized Healthcare and the Death of Choice
Congress should be required to enroll in Obamacare

Hat Tip: RedState

Senate Health Overhaul Bill Lays the Trillion-Dollar Groundwork for a Government Takeover of Health Care
IBD: House Dems Bill will make Individual Health Insurance Illegal
Bad Economy to Get Worse With Obamacare
Um, Free Healthcare?
We MUST Stop the Socialized Healthcare Bill
By The Way, Abortion Isn’t Healthcare
Punishing Success to Pay for Obamacare
What do you think of this?

Summer of My Discontent – I don’t blame her! I totally understand where she is coming from.

Late Breaking … people are seriously ticked off and PROTESTING.

Today: Nationwide protest against socialized medicine & cap-and-tax

Hat Tip: Domestic Divapalooza: TGIF Government-Run Healthcare Roundup

There were two posts in May and June that were the most interesting on Sexual Health Buzz. These two had the most views AND the most comments.

Obamacare: What number will you be?

Talk About Telling – My opinion, when I found out I had H in 2001, I continued to date men that did not have it…

Congress, with the passing of “Cap & Trade”, has openly declared war against the will and needs of the American people. I mean, who in their right mind believes we should be DOUBLING our electricity and gas bills in this economy?

I’ll be discussing the rest over on Domestic Divapalooza.

June 23: President Obama gestures as he answers a question during a news conference at the White House in Washington (AP).

Before I dive into this I want to let y’all know that I’ll be cross posting my thoughts in a few places that I contribute to on the net. So if you see this post repeated then now you know why. I’m a contributor for two other blogs: BlogMommas.com and Plains Feeder.

This is where the whole rationing of healthcare comes into play. If you really stop to consider what Obama is trying to do it’s downright scary.

Obama: Health Care Reform Will ‘Absolutely’ Be Passed By End of Year

The other thing I don’t like about this healthcare mess is that he’s trying to rush it as if it’s going to turn into a pumpkin by the end of the year. Let’s talk about this healthcare overhaul and see if both sides can work together to come up with a plan that’s going to benefit everybody.

“I’m going to wait and see what ideas they come up with. I suspect that when they start seeing what the options are, they might end up concluding that the options we’re presenting are the best ones,” he said, adding that he would prefer to reduce tax deductions for the wealthiest to pay for the overhaul.

Why are we picking on the tax payers? Why are we picking on the people that employ our citizens? Why are we penalizing people for their success? Why should the wealthiest people of our country be responsible for this healthcare overhaul?

Obama also said he’s changed his mind on the issue of whether individuals can purchase health care — an idea he was resistant to during his presidential campaign.

“This is an area where people have made compelling arguments to me, that if we want to have system that drives down cost for everyone, we have to have healthy people not opt out of the system,” Obama told ABC.

So basically Obama lied to us when he said that we could keep our current healthcare plan if that is what we choose to do. Remember when he said that? He said that we could keep our doctors. We could stay on the health insurance plans that the companies we work for provide us with if we are happy with the care we are getting. Do you see what a LIAR Obama is? He has the audacity to tell me that I have to subscribe to the nation’s new government healthcare program. It’s not my choice any more.

The United States is the only developed nation that does not have a comprehensive national health care plan for all its citizens.

About 50 million of America’s 300 million people are without health insurance. The government provides coverage for the poor, disabled and elderly, but most Americans rely on private insurance, usually received through their employers. However, not all employers provide insurance and not everyone can afford to buy it on their own. With unemployment rising, many Americans are losing their health insurance when they lose their jobs.

The government can not be all things to all people in this country. The government is not the savior of it’s people. It’s the people that can figure this out and NOT the government. What the article forgot to mention is that while the government provides for the poor, disabled and the elderly… it doesn’t mention the poor quality of what the government has made available to these people. Also, our government is breaking the law and providing for people that are not here in this country legally.

I am not a mean person. I don’t want to see innocent children suffering at the hands of their parents and the decisions their parents made. I understand that many came from other countries that do not offer much hope or promise. But at the same time these people are breaking the law. The laws in this country are not being upheld and the American People are expected to bailout out the poor decisions of others.

We have an immigration problem in this country. If our current healthcare system is so flawed then why do people from other countries flock to the United States to receive that healthcare? Think about that for a half a millisecond.

If you are working for a company that doesn’t provide a healthcare plan then find another job. If you live in a state where the unemployment rate is high then move to Nebraska. I heard on the radio the other day that the employment rate here in Nebraska is the best in the nation and that unemployment is only at 4.4%

This administration is going to take what little quality of healthcare we have left and squash it like a bug. You kind folks out there that do not know what it’s like to be on government care have no idea what you are buying into when you listen to ever single word Obama has to say about it. I grew up on government healthcare and let me tell you, it SUCKS.

Scroll back up and click on the link I provided up there and read the article for yourself. If you are in the healthcare field I invite you to comment with your experience about what you know. You can comment anonymously if you’d like.

The scenario that comes to my mind when I think of healthcare being rationed is the pregnant mom due any day… she goes into labor… she’s at the hospital and the pain is excruciating and the doctor tells her how sorry she is that they can’t offer her an epidural because they are trying to cut costs. That’s just one example! I’m sure there are more examples out there. I’d like to read about those so if you have one please share it.

Originally posted on Domestic Divapalooza where Great minds think out loud.

Dear Friend,

It is now clear that Congress and the president’s top priority for 2009 is health care reform.  Since the collapse of Hillary-Care in 1994, Democrats have been working to re-plan and re-package a government takeover of your health insurance.

This year, they’re hoping to get their chance.  Last month, Senator Ted Kennedy offered a glimpse of what they have in mind when called for the creation an optional, “public health insurance plan, where coverage is provided in the public interest.”

That may sound nice, but in one sentence, it describes everything that is wrong with a government take-over of American health care.

Health care, by definition, can’t be provided in the public interest because no doctor has ever seen “the public.”  Doctors see patients: one at a time, providing personal care in the patient’s interest only.

Now, if you listen to the ongoing debate about health care reform, you hear a common theme, especially from those who favor a government take-over.

They talk a lot more about costs than they do about care.  Only here’s the thing: the government is the reason that costs are spiraling out of control now.  Government now covers 100 million Americans, and costs are exploding.  Under the proposed takeover, 130 million more will be added to government health programs.  How can they expect to get costs under control by doubling the government’s role in health care?

The answer is by rationing care.  If government wants to cover 230 million Americans and bring down costs, the only way it can possibly do it is denying care to people whose health care is deemed – you guessed it – not in the public interest.

Under similar schemes in Canada and Great Britain, people wait weeks to see their doctors, months to see specialists, and years to get routine procedures and treatments.  High-tech tests and breakthrough medicines are off-limits because the government decides – in the public interest – that they are too expensive.

When the late actress Natasha Richardson suffered her skiing accident in Canada this spring, the hospital didn’t have an MRI machine.  The doctors never knew her injuries were life-threatening… until it was too late.

That’s how a government take-over of your health care will try to get costs under control: cheap, outdated treatments, long waiting lists, and low-tech hospitals.  It won’t take long before families realize the true costs of such a plan aren’t counted in dollars and sense.

Instead of the government-controlled “public option,” we should move toward a “personal option,” where we help individuals and families buy and own their own health insurance plan that no government can ever take-over or take away.

Health care is personal and private.  It should be administered by doctors and nurses in their patient’s interest, not the interests of politicians and bureaucrats in Washington.

Because never forget: any law that empowers government to provide health care in the public interest implicitly empowers government to deny it for the same reason.

I plan to play a big part in the health care debate this summer, and my website will be a clearinghouse for information about the issue as it develops.  Feel free to check in often, as new content will be added every week.  And to help you stay informed, I’ll be in touch frequently as the health care and other debates move forward.

Thanks very much, and God bless.

Jim DeMint
U.S. Senator, South Carolina

Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin

Good afternoon,

You are receiving this email because you signed up at WhiteHouse.gov. My staff and I plan to use these messages as a way to directly communicate about important issues and opportunities, and today I have some encouraging updates about health care reform.

The Vice President and I just met with leaders from the House of Representatives and received their commitment to pass a comprehensive health care reform bill by July 31.

We also have an unprecedented commitment from health care industry leaders, many of whom opposed health reform in the past. Monday, I met with some of these health care stakeholders, and they pledged to do their part to reduce the health care spending growth rate, saving more than two trillion dollars over the next ten years — around $2,500 for each American family. Then on Tuesday, leaders from some of America’s top companies came to the White House to showcase innovative ways to reduce health care costs by improving the health of their workers.

Now the House and Senate are beginning a critical debate that will determine the health of our nation’s economy and its families. This process should be transparent and inclusive and its product must drive down costs, assure quality and affordable health care for everyone, and guarantee all of us a choice of doctors and plans.

Reforming health care should also involve you. Think of other people who may want to stay up to date on health care reform and other national issues and tell them to join us here:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ — Email Updates

Health care reform can’t come soon enough. We spend more on health care than any country, but families continue to struggle with skyrocketing premiums and nearly 46 million are without insurance entirely. It is a priority for the American people and a pillar of the new foundation we are seeking to build for our economy.

We’ll continue to keep you posted about this and other important issues.

Thank you,
Barack Obama

P.S. If you’d like to get more in-depth information about health reform and how you can participate, be sure to visit http://www.HealthReform.gov.