Once again I want to give a loud "shout out" to Chris Komuves for his help in calling attention to this post. Since I followed his advice this post has remained number one on my stat counter since Nov. 22nd. "The Steady Drip" is always enriched by the readers.
I have gotten two emails from obvious liberals who say information in this email is inaccurate. My postion is that government involvement in health is a dangerous mistake, nevermind the details.
If you compare the list, page by page, line by line, to the Health Care Bill posted on the government web site, you can see if they are accurate or not. Have you wondered if the health care reform bill will take away our freedoms? Find out for yourself.
Visit http://docs.house.gov/edlabor/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf
Stephen E. Fraser, MD
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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 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill:
YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!
Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill:
THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get.
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:
Gov’t will have real-time access to individuals' finances & a 'National ID Health card' will be issued!
Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24:
Gov’t will have direct access to your bank accounts for elective funds transfer.
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:
Gov’t mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the 'Exchange.'
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill:
Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans -- The Gov’t will ration your health care!
Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill:
Gov’t mandates linguistic appropriate services. (Translation: illegal aliens.)
Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18:
The Gov’t will use groups (i.e. ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Gov’t 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 be enrolled in Medicaid. (No choice.)
Page 124 Lines 24-25 HC:
No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Gov’t monopoly.
Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill:
Doctors/American Medical Association - The Gov’t 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 Gov’t 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 & employees of the GOVT HC Admin… will have access to ALL Americans' finances and personal records.
Page 203 Line 14-15 HC:
"The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax." (Yes, it really says that!)
Page 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill:
Gov’t will reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors. (Low-income and the poor are affected.)
Page241 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 Gov’t 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 Lines 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 can or cannot expand.)
Page 321 Lines 2-13:
Hospitals have the opportunity to apply for exception, BUT community input is required. (Can you say ACORN?)
Pg 336-339:
The Govt mandates establishment of 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.')
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 !?!)
Page 489 Sec 1308:
The Govt will cover marriage and family therapy. (Which means Govt will even insert itself into your marriage.)
Page 494-498:
Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating, and rationing those services.
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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 destroy 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
12 hours ago
7 comments:
OMG, how can you post a bunch of misinformation and lies like this? Shame on you! Read the actual Bill (http://help.senate.gov/BAI09A84_xml.pdf).
For example, you say, ""Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non-US citizens, illegal or otherwise""
and the bill actually says (it's actually page 111 of section 152, not page 50): "‘(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible individual’ means an individual who is— (A) a citizen or national of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence or an alien lawfully present in the United States;".
That explicitly EXCLUDE illegal aliens or anyone else who is not in the US legally!
If your only retort to the bill is to spread lies about it, then there must not be much to legitimately argue about.
Chris
Dr. Fraser's contact information is posted. Take it up with him.
My main reason for opposition to the bill does not have to do with the particulars.
I see government involvement in health care as encroaching socialism and I am against it no matter what the details.
"Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an earned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others."-Ayn Rand
Chtis,
Thanks for the tip. The traffic to this post more than doubled after I took your suggestion and edited the post!
Are you for real? You didn't have the courage to approve my last comment to be displayed on your blog, or address any of the actual issues, but instead only linked to another site that basically just repeats the same empty rhetoric! And the link it provides is to an outdated version of the House bill, not even the senate bill that is what is being discussed.
I guess the 9th commandment doesn't seem very important to you?
Btw, I emailed Dr. Fraser to ask him about his letter. I strongly suspect that only the first two paragraphs are his, as those are actually reasonable arguments against the bill, and consistent with what a person of his stature is likely to say.
And was I one of the liberals you referred to? If so, my friends will get a big kick out of me being referred to as a liberal!
Chris
Chris,
I don't operate a forum. This is a blog.
I am not "fair and balanced". I am an advocate. I am not about to publish that which does not support what I advocate
I made it clear that I don't care what the provisions of any government health bill might be. I am opposed to it.
So, I am not about to argue about the jot and tittle of a misbegotten piece of legislation that should have been aborted long ago.
However, if you get confirmation that Dr. Fraser is not the author I will remove the post from my blog.
But I do thank you for helping drive traffic to my blog. Who knows, you may just be the crucial influence that helps save America from socialism.
Chris,
Congress has admitted that there will be no mandatory ID or immigration status check for an individual to get health care. So the "eligible individual" language is meaningless.
Even if it is not meaningless, there is a multitude of Constitutional case law that will strike it down. The precedent says you cannot withhold social services to individuals physically present in the U.S., regardless of their immigration status. Congress knows that and knows illegals will get healthcare.
Stacey
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