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I have a very hard time believing that my brother actually wrote this e-mail. While he is smart enough to become an oral surgeon, and is chock full of conservative vitriol, it just doesn't seem like him to follow through with something this long.
He told me a few weeks ago that it's time for him to find another career, because once health care reform passes he will no longer be able to provide for his family. Should have thought of that before having SIX kids between two wives, and one hell of an alimony to pay off his first wife!
Anyone else seen this? It must be a form letter from some RW talk show nutjob.
I'm even going to get into everything that's wrong with it, just shaking my head thinking of his very liberal teenage daughters' reaction when they get this.
Oh, and "May God Bless the Republic of the United States of America!" :rofl:
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Subject: URGENT! - Health Care Reform
In the next couple of weeks, our Government will vote on Heath Care Reform, eventually railroading all of us into a single payer, government sponsored system. We already have government sponsored healthcare in this country in the form of Medicare, Medicaid, The Veterans Administration, and Indian Health Services. I have worked in/for/ around these systems for the past 21 years, and I will tell you that these are among the most inefficient systems that I deal with on a daily basis. If you hate your current private insurance carrier, dealing with them will feel like a day at the park compared to dealing with a government sponsored system.
I only know a few things about this Bill that have leaked out, but these few things are nauseating enough to make me take a Patriotic stand against it. The things that I know that are FACT are:
1) You are told that if you like your current healthcare, you can keep it. That is true to a point - that point being until your coverage changes or your company goes out of business. At that point, you will not be able to get on another paln. You will be forced to join the government plan! If you get married or have a child, you will not be able to add them to your plan! They will be forced onto the government plan. This will eventually eliminate the private healthcare system altogether. I thought we were trying to create jobs in this economy, not destroy entire industries.
2) Seniors will be required to undergo "End of Life Counseling" to discuss options other than life prolonging care with such items as life sustaining nutrition and antibiotics. The only option that I am aware of other than life prolonging care is DEATH! So our hard earned tax dollars will be used to pay someone to tell us when we need to die in order to save money!
3) During committie hearings in Congress, there was an opportunity to exclude coverage for illegal immigrants and this opportunity was not taken! So we will be funding a health plan that gives us the same coverage as illegal immigrants! If illegal immigrants are granted full healthcare benefits, this will break the financial backbone of this country! Additionally, House and Senate members as well as Federal employees will not be required to sign up for this plan. If this plan is to be so great, why don't they want it?
4) There is a provision in this bill to cease construction of of Doctor-owned Surgery centers and call for the halt of expansion of existing Surgery Centers. Surgery Centers were designed to provide lower cost healthcare more efficiently, and as an added bonus - they make a profit! The only possible motivation that I can imagine for this provision is to limit the income of Doctors. They have already limited income for bank and financial executives, auto executives, and now they are after the Doctors. YOUR INDUSTRY MAY BE NEXT!
5) In order to fund this program, taxes in some states are predicted to go as high as 57%! Some of us will lose our homes with tax rates this high, all in order to replace a system that we already enjoy with a less efficient system that will tell us when we are costing too much money to continue living!
6) Medicare and Medicaid funding are being cut at a time when their reimbursement levels are so low that it make acces to care for these patients nearly impossible.
I have a simple solution to this problem:
1) Leave the private sector alone! We have the best healthcare system in the world! The reason it is so expensive is because we are able to do so much, so rapidly!
2) Increase the funding for Medicare and Medicaid to make their reimbursement levels competitive enough that doctors want to see these patients. Increased funding can be attained from tax deductible contributions from a private investment group comprised of George Soros, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Oprah Winfrey, and all of the other Hollywood Elitist Liberals who have campaigned so hard in favor of this program for all Americans (except, of course, for them). The profits can be used to pick up the shortfall of the programs.It is time for these Elitists to put their money where their mouth is.
3) Increase the funding for public healthcare clinics for preventative care with profits from #2 above. Welfare recipient's paychecks must be tied to bringing their children to these public healthcare clinics for preventative care as well as the submission for drug testing which can be performed at the same clinic. If you don't bring your children in for preventative care and you don't pass a drug test, you don't get a paycheck. Welfare recipients must be held accontable for something - at least for the care of their own children.
4) If an uninsured American citizen suffers a life threatening illness or accident that results in financially crippling healthcare bills, he or she may apply for govenrnment aid for that treatment of that condition only (not for a lifetime). This can be funded by #2 above.
5) I'm sorry but it must be said - no free healthcare for illegal immigrants. If we stop giving them free healthcare, they will stop coming for free healthcare.
It is imperative that we stop this Administration's action NOW! Please call of e-mail your Congressman or Senator and express your sentiments today! Click on the links below to contact your Senators and Representatives:
www.senate.gov or www.house.gov
If you disagree with this e-mail, I apologize for wasting your time. Don't bother contacting me for a rhetorical discussion as I am too busy working to support my own family and to pay my taxes.
If you agree, pass this on to anyone who you believe is Patriotic enough to fight for their Liberties and Freedom!
"May God Bless the Republic of the United States of America!"
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