I am against the health care bill as well. Also,
parts of this message, may not be applicable as the bill keeps changing.
earlier, Pat Ferguson, wrote:
>> 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.
>
>John
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