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> Shock to NBC This morning.
>If you don't read any other email............please read this.
>This is why they meet behind closed doors!
> An Indianapolis doctor's letter to Sen. Bayh about the Bill (
>Note: Dr. Stephen E. Frazer, MD practices as an anesthesiologist in
>Indianapolis
>, IN )
>Here is a letter I sent to Senator Bayh.. Feel free to copy it and send it
>around
>to all other representatives. -- Stephen Fraser
>July 23, 2009
>Senator Bayh,
>As a practicing physician I have major concerns with the health care 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 health care system that works for
>all. Every
>physician I work with agrees that we need to fix our health care 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 & a 'National ID
>Health
>card' will be issued!
>(Papers please!)
>Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24:
>Govt will have direct access to your bank accounts for elective funds
>transfer.
>(Time for more cash and carry)
>Page 65 Sec 164:
>Is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in unions &
>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 of Benefit Levels for Plans --
> The Govt will ration your health care!
>Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill:
>Govt mandates linguistic appropriate services. (Translation: illegal
>aliens.)
>Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18:
>The Govt will use groups (i.e. ACORN & 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 12 4 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 salary
>you
>can make.
>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. (Employees shouldn't get excited about this as employers
>will
>be forced to reduce its work force, benefits, and wages/salaries to cover
>such
>a huge expense.)
>Page 149 Lines 16-24:
>ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not provide public option
>will
>pay 8% tax on all payroll! (See the last comment in parenthesis.)
>Page 150 Lines 9-13:
>A business with payroll between $251K & $401K who doesn't provide public
>option
>will pay 2-6% tax 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.) (Like always)
>Page 195 HC Bill:
> Officers & employees of the GOVT HC Admin.. will have access to
>ALL Americans' finances and personal records.
>(I guess so they can 'deduct' their fees)
>Page 203 Line 14-15 HC:
>"The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax." (Yes,
>it really
>says that!)
>( a 'fee' instead)
>Page 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill:
>Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors. (Low-income and
>the
>poor are affected.)
>Page 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill: Doctors:
>It doesn't matter what specialty you have trained yourself in -- you will
>all be
>paid the same! (Just TRY to tell me that's not Socialism!)
>Page 253 Line 10-18:
>The Govt sets the value of a doctor's time, profession, judgment, etc.
>(Literally--
>the value of humans.)
>Page 265 Sec 1131: The Govt mandates and controls productivity for
>"private" HC
>industries.
>Page 268 Sec 1141: The federal Govt regulates the rental and purchase 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 the Govt
>deems
>preventable (i.e...re-admissions).
>Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors: If you treat a patient during initial
>admission that
>results in a re-admission -- the Govt
>will
> penalize you.
>Page 317 L 13-20: PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. (The Govt tells
>doctors
>what and how much they can own!)
>Page 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on expansion. (The Govt is
>mandating
>that hospitals cannot expand.)
>Page 321 2-13: Hospitals have the opportunity to apply for exception BUT
>community
>input is required. (Can you say ACORN?)
>Page 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339: The Govt mandates establishment of=2
>outcome-based
>measures. (HC the way they want -- rationing.)
>Page 341 Lines 3-9: The Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance
>Plans,
>HMOs, etc. (Forcing people into the Govt plan)
>Page 354 Sec 1177: The Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of 'special needs
>people!'
>Unbelievable!
>Page 379 Sec 1191: The Govt creates more bureaucracy via a "Tele-Health
>Advisory
>Committee." (Can you say HC by phone?)
>Page 425 Lines 4-12: The Govt mandates "Advance-Care Planning Consult."
>(Think
>senior citizens end-of-life patients.)
>Page 425 Lines 17-19: The Govt will instruct and consult regarding living
>wills,
>durable powers of attorney, etc. (And it's
>mandatory!)
>Page 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: The Govt provides an "approved" list
>of end-of-life
>resources; guiding you in death. (Also called 'assisted suicide.')
>(Sounds like Soylent Green to me.)
>Page 427 Lines 15-24: The Govt mandates a program for orders on
>"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 a patient's health deteriorates.
>Page 429 Lines 10-12: An "advanced care consultation" may include an ORDER
>for
>end-of-life plans.. (AN ORDER TO DIE FROM THE GOVERNMENT?!?)
>Page 429 Lines 13-25: The GOVT will specify which doctors can write an
>end-of-life
>order.. (I wouldn't want to stand before God after getting paid for THAT
>job!)
>Page 430 Lines 11-15: The Govt will decide what level of treatment you
>will have
>at end-of-life! (Again -- no choice!)
>Page 469: Community-Based Home Medical Services = Non-Profit
>Organizations. (Hello?
>ACORN Medical Services here!?!)
>Page 489 Sec 1308: The Govt will cover marriage and family therapy.
>(Which means
>Govt will insert itself into your marriage even.)
>Page 494-498: Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining,
>creating,
>and 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
>Dear Reader,
> I urge you to use the power that you were born with (and the power
>that may
>soon be taken away) and circulate this email to as many people as you can
>reach.
>The Power of the People can stop this from happening to us, our parents,
>our grandparents,
>our children, and to following generations.
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