Posted by
Bill Patchett on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 8:18:03 PM
We have read several articles of how good the
Government health care system would be for all Americans. I have read
several articles from newspapers and TV news programs, some local by
the way, with them giving their spin on how good this government run
health care program would be. The problem is they are not giving you
all the facts. If you read the whole proposed package then you will be
shocked as I was. There is no way that this could possibly be in the
best plan for the American people as the news reports. Please get a
copy of this Proposed government health insurance and decide for
yourself if this is what the country needs. I have listed below some of
the things that really bother me and there is much more. Government
does not need to have control over your personal needs. This is control
pure and simple. I clearly get from what I read that the federal
government will be in complete control of your health care. Don't
listen to what you hear read it for yourself.
PG 29, Lines 4-16:
Directly rations health care for the elderly.
PG 30, Sec 123: Establishes a government committee that decides what treatments/benefits you get.
PG 42: The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your benefits for you.
PG 50, Section 152:
Extends benefits and coverage to illegal immigrants.
PG 58: The
creation of a national ID health card and a comprehensive federal
database containing streaming data on every American's personal
financial records.
PG 59:
The federal government accesses your bank accounts for mandatory funds transfers.
PG 29, Lines 4-16:
Directly rations health care for the elderly.
PG 30, Sec 123: Establishes a government committee that decides what treatments/benefits you get.
PG 42: The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your benefits for you.
PG 50, Section 152:
Extends benefits and coverage to illegal immigrants.
PG 58: The
creation of a national ID health card and a comprehensive federal
database containing streaming data on every American's personal
financial records.
PG 59:
The federal government accesses your bank accounts for mandatory funds transfers.
PG 65, Sec 164: Creates special, federally-subsidized coverage for Unions and "Community Organizing" groups.
PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill - Dictates the benefits packages of all private health insurance plans.
PG 85, Line 7:
Limits what private insurers can offer (rationed care)....
Pg 95, Lines 8-18: The mandatory use of ACORN and Americorps for signing up Americans to government insurance.
PG 85, Line 7:
Imposes more limits on coverage (rationing).
PG 102, Lines 12-18: Mandates Medicare for all who fit criteria (removes all choice).
PG 124, Lines 24-25:
Bans
companies from suing the federal government, bans the entire judicial
system from hearing any cases on the legitimacy of this blatantly
unconstitutional socialist health care takeover (no judicial review
allowed whatsoever).
PG 127, Lines 1-16: Instructs doctors/AMA on what salaries they are allowed to make.
PG 145, Line 15-17: Requires all employers to enroll all new employees in the government system (no choice whatsoever).
PG 126, Lines 22-25: Requires employers to independently provide insurance for part-time workers, whether they can afford it or not (no choice).
PG 149, Lines 16-24:
Imposes an 8% payroll tax penalty for any employer (making over $400k)
who fails to force his employees onto government insurance....
PG 167, Lines 18-23:
Imposes 2.5% income tax penalty on any privately-insured individual who fails to get "adequate" private insurance.
PG 170, Lines 1-3: Stipulates that all non-resident aliens pay nothing (we foot the bill).
PG 195: Federal officers will have full access to every citizen's most private records....
Pg 241, Line 6-8: Mandates that all doctors be paid the same, regardless of specialty.
PG 253, Line 10-18: Imposes federally-determined price tag for the worth of every doctor's time and services.
PG 265, Sec 1131: Imposes controls on productivity for private health care companies....
PG 272, Sec. 1145: Cancer treatment rationing.
PG 280, Sec 1151: Imposes penalties and fines on private hospitals for "preventable" visits.
PG 298, Lines 9-11:
Imposes penalties and fines on private hospitals for readmissions after
initial treatment (fix it on the first try or suffer the
consequences)....
PG 321, Line 2-13: Pretends to give hospitals the choice to go fully-federal, but only if local "community" groups (ACORN) approve.
PG 335, Line 16-25, Pg 336-339: Imposes more rationing of services.
PG 341, Lines 3-9: Creates the federal power to arbitrarily disqualify HMOs, forcing people onto government care at random.
PG 354, Sec 1177 - Rationing of care for special needs people.
PG 379, Sec 1191:
Creates new Tele health bureaucracy (nanny state health care by phone).
PG 425, Lines 4-12: Creates mandatory end of life consultation.
PG 425, Lines 17-19:
Mandatory government instruction and consultation on living wills, durable power of attorney, etc.
PG 429, Lines 10-12: Empowers the federal government to order end-of-life plans through something called, "advanced care consultation."...
PG 430, Lines 11-15:
Puts the federal government in complete control of what care you receive at the end of your life