Stopping the Government Healthcare Plan

President Obama wants to spend $1,000,000,000,000 on a new health care system that not a single supporter has been able to show will actually reduce costs. Yes, that's a lot of zeroes, folks. I do not believe this is a good idea, and I hope you will agree to help us defeat this ill-conceived plan.

Regardless of your feelings about Mr. Obama, do you really want the government running health care? He says he wants to reduce costs - but the simplest way to reduce costs, which will cost the government and taxpayers nothing, is to put a cap on malpractice judgements. Yet, he has openly opposed any cap such as this, so what are we to believe?

We have experienced socialized medicine first hand, and here in the UK it is not a pretty sight. It takes weeks to get tests that would be considered essential to us in the US, and often people are denied treatment based on broad guidelines set by a government committee. But this bill goes even further, calling for counselling of seniors on steps that could be taken to shorten their lives to get them out of the system and save money!

If you want to be subject to these kinds of regulations, with the costs that inevitably will continue to grow along with them, then you can simply ignore this issue. But if you have any question in your mind as to if we should spend a trillion dollars on this proposal, then call your congressional representatives today and urge them to defeat HR 3200. Too much is at stake to allow such a questionable proposal become law!

*** Major Points in this Bill ***

House Bill 3200 will:

1. Create a government run insurance program that likely will add over 100 million people onto the backs of taxpayers (Lewin Group).

2. Mandate that everyone buy over-priced health insurance that is created by politicians and lobbyists - a huge profit gain for insurance companies. It is estimated that insurance costs will GO UP by up to 95%. This plan has failed in Massachusetts where there are still 2.6% uninsured, premiums have gone up at rates higher than the rest of the country and the state is now spending an additional $1.5 billion in taxpayer money on health care!

3. Create government rationing that will allow insurance company profits to grow and allow government to avoid paying benefits (Campaign for Liberty).

4. Create government committees that will tell doctors what medical tests and treatments they CAN and CANNOT order and punish them financially if they don't "comply" (See: www.doctorsforpatientfreedom.com).

5. Prevent you from buying private insurance that is not "government-approved" after 2013 (On page 16 of bill - See: http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/00351)

6. Create a massive bureacracy that will interfere in the relationship you have with your doctors.

7. Add to the national debt and increase government spending by at least $1.5 trillion over ten years!

8. Cut spending for Medicare patients by $400 billion over ten years!

9. Force seniors to attend "counseling sessions" about alternatives for "end of life care", or more often if they get sick (House bill, p. 425-430).