Dorothy ... are we still in America?
In a few days...if the Stimulus Bill reaches the President's desk for signature...you and your doctor will enter the final stages of "individual" health care and decisions tailored specifically to YOUR needs.
Contained deep within the 1500-page Obama-Reid-Pelosi "stimulus" bill H.R. 1 are measure that will allow the federal government to create a health information monopoly. This will make a giant leap toward the nationalized health-care that Hilary and others have tried for years to implement.
Betsh McCaughey's 2/9/09 column, "Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan" details how the vague stimulus bill language will affect all Americans. She confirms the provisions of this health caare strategy are those outlined by the recently disgraced HHS Secretary Nominee Tom Daschle in his 2008 book entitled "Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis."
The "stimulus" health care plan will be fleshed-out by bureaucrats and lobbyists -- people you and I did not elect -- who will decide the "details" that will result 'life or death' consequences for our parents, children, grandchildren -- and for us.
Some "stimulus" bill details taken from a recent alert are:
Rations medical treatments, doctor's appointments, procedures, prescriptions, etc. by setting up a federal database to track and monitor every American's medical records and activity.
Creates a new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, which will monitor all treatments of every American in order to ensure that your medical procedures are deemed "cost effective" to the federal government. The ultimate goal here is to have a single-payer system where medical procedures you elect to have are viewed as a "cost" to the government, since the health care market will ultimately be taxpayer-funded.
Harms senior citizens and the elderly the most. The Federal Council will be granted authority to intervene and prohibit a patient from receiving a particular health service on the basis that it is not "cost effective." This means that the government is more likely to deny an elderly person a service than a younger person, because the younger person will benefit a greater number of years from the medical treatment than the elderly person.
Imposes penalties on hospitals and doctors that are not "meaningful users," meaning that those who do not abide by the mandates will be punished. The stimulus bill does not specify what sort of penalties will apply, and this is intentional. Obama will leave these controversial decisions up to the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research.
Time is short forTaxpayers and citizens to have a voice! The "stimulus" has passed both Houses of Congress and a compromise is being hammered out. Step 1: call, fax or e-mail your Representatives and Senators.
Step 2: It is critical that you contact members of Congress who are medical doctors (MD's). Ask that they go to the floor and clearly explain for the American people what is really going on with this "stimulus". Phone numbers can be found at www.house.gov or www.senate.gov
Senator Tom Coburn, MD (R-OK) Rep. John Fleming, MD (R-LA)
Senator John Barrasso, MD (R-WY) Rep. Paul Broun, MD (R-GA)
Rep. Michael Burgess, MD (R-TX) Rep. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA)
Rep. Phil Gingrey, MD (R-GA) Rep. Parker Griffith, MD (D-AL)
Rep. Ron Paul, MD (R-TX) Rep. Tom Price, MD (R-GA)
Rep. Phil Roe, MD (R-TN)
Help us preserve a free America!
Kathy Wilmot,
Beaver City