11 November 09: Health Care Reform Update

The US Senate is gearing up for a vote on their version of Health Care Reform; Liberal Democrats plan on voting yes to anything Reid presents.

The Stupak Amendment (No Federal funding for Abortions) helped the House version pass, but it doesn't apply to the Senate version.  Make sure your legislators know that you expect them to vote against any bill that contains taxpayer funding for:

  • Abortion
  • Illegal Immigrants
  • Unions
  • Community Organizations

According to defendyourhealthcare.us, the U.S. Census Bureau shows that of the 47 million people identified as "uninsured," 14 million are already eligible for government programs such as Medicaid and SCHIP (for children) and simply need to sign up. Another 10 million have household incomes over $75,000. That leaves 23.7 million people who don't have and may need help affording insurance, not 47 million.  Other estimates from news sources indicate that, without counting illegal immigrants, that number is more like 18 million uninsured who are not eligible for existing government programs.

They call us "fear mongers".  They, who have recruited a zombie population to sell their souls to special interest, fiscal devastation for generations to come, rationed health care ( by committee), and end-of-life planning requirements (death panels), because They know how afraid 'we' are of getting sick. They call us "fear mongers". The real fear mongers are telling you what to think and how to feel about it, we're just telling you what pages to read for the truth.  Take a deep breath and then call your legislators and tell them that health care reform done right trumps health care reform done now.

We are NOT saying it's okay for health care to be out of reach for self employed people, small businesses, people with pre-existing conditions, etc.  We ARE saying that special interest, personal agendas,  vote purchasing, and the Reid/Pelosi pinky-and-the-brain approach to world domination are not on our list of priorities and completely fail litmus tests for fiscal responsibility, accountability, and transparency. The CBO has not provided an analysis, however at last tally, this "deficit neutral' bill would cost taxpayers over a trillion dollars with benefits 'phasing in' only after 3 complete years of payment... starting now.

Key Legislator Contacts:

Vote NO! on the Senate Health Care Reform Bill

Reid, Harry - (D - NV)
www.reid.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm

Washington DC: 522 Hart Senate Office Bldg, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-3542
Fax: 202-224-7327
Toll Free for Nevadans: 1-866-SEN-REID (736-7343)

Reno: Bruce R. Thompson Courthouse & Federal Bldg, 400 S. Virginia St, Suite 902, Reno, NV 89501
Phone: 775-686-5750
Fax: 775-686-5757

Carson City: 600 East William St, #302, Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775-882-REID (7343)
Fax: 775-883-1980

Las Vegas: Lloyd D. George Building, 333 Las Vegas Boulevard, South, Suite 8016, Las Vegas, NV 89101
Phone: 702-388-5020
Fax: 702-388-5030

Snowe, Olympia J. - (R - ME) Originally voted yes to the Senate bill out of Committee, but is not pleased with current version.
www.snowe.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorSnowe.Email
Info required for web form submission:  Bangor, Me. 04401   (207) 945-1234

154 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5344
Toll Free: (800) 432-1599
Fax: (202) 224-1946

Lincoln, Blanche L. - (D - AR) : Has refrained from taking a position on the bill until she gets more details.
Helped launch a new moderate Senate Democrats working group (Senate group, House blue-dog style)
www.lincoln.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Info required for web form submission: Little Rock, Ar. 72201 (501) 375-1234

355 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4843
Fax (202) 228-1371

Landrieu, Mary L. - (D - LA):  Made a statement that she's she’s “very skeptical” of a public option, but said she looks forward to “reviewing the specific language of the merged bill and receiving detailed information from the Congressional Budget Office about the legislation’s cost to American taxpayers.”
www.landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Info required for web form submission: Lake Charles, La. 70629  (337) 436-1234

328 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Voice: (202)224-5824
Fax:(202) 224-9735

Nelson, Ben - (D - NE): Said a few days ago he supported a federally backed insurance plan that allowed states to opt in, but was cool to the opt-out idea backed by Reid
www.bennelson.senate.gov/contact-me.cfm
Info required for web form submission: Omaha, Ne. 68114 (402) 391-.

720 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
T: 1-202-224-6551
F: 1-202-228-0012

Lieberman, Joseph I. - (ID - CT) Has already indicated he would  help filibuster Reid's plan after stating to thehill.com that "..his stance on the health overhaul is shaped by his concerns about the federal deficit, not by the health insurance industry, by the way."
www.lieberman.senate.gov/contact/
Info required for web form submission: Hartford, Ct. 06103 (860) 549-

706 Hart Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4041
Fax: (202) 224-9750

Bayh, Evan - (D - IN):  Member of Moderate Dem Working Group
www.bayh.senate.gov/contact/email/
Info required for web form submission: Fort Wayne, In 46802 (260) 426-

131 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5623
(202) 228-1377 fax

Carper, Thomas R. - (D - DE): Member of Moderate Dem Working Group
www.carper.senate.gov/contact/
Info required for web form submission: Dover, De 19904, (302) 674

513 Hart Building, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2441
Fax: (202) 228-2190

Udall, Mark - (D - CO) : Member of Moderate Dem Working Group
www.markudall.senate.gov/?p=contact
Info required for web form submission: Denver, CO 80202, (303)650

317 Hart Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: 202-224-5941
Fax: 202-224-6471

Bennet, Michael F. - (D - CO): Member of Moderate Dem Working Group
www.bennet.senate.gov/contact/
Info required for web form submission: Fort Collins Co. 80524, (970) 224-

702 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5852
Fax: (202) 228-5036

Begich, Mark - (D - AK) : Member of Moderate Dem Working Group
www.begich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=EmailSenator
Info required for web form submission: Fairbanks, Ak. 99701, (907) 456-

144 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
phone. (202) 224-3004
fax. (202) 224-2354

Hagan, Kay R. - (D - NC): Member of Moderate Dem Working Group
www.hagan.senate.gov/?p=contact
Info required for web form submissions: Greensboro, NC 27408, (336) 333-

521 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6342
Fax: 202-228-2563

Kohl, Herb - (D - WI) : Member of Moderate Dem Working Group
www.kohl.senate.gov/contact.cfm
Info required for web form submission: Madison, Wi. 53703, (608) 264-

330 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5653
Fax: (202) 224-9787

McCaskill, Claire - (D - MO): Member of Moderate Dem Working Group
www.mccaskill.senate.gov/contact/
Info required for web form submission: Columbia, Mo. 65201,  (573) 442-

717 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-6154
Fax: (202) 228-6326

Nelson, Bill - (D - FL): Member of Moderate Dem Working Group
www.billnelson.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
Info required for web form submission: Orlando, Fl. 20510,   (202) 224-

716 Senate Hart Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5274
Fax: 202-228-2183

Shaheen, Jeanne - (D - NH): Member of Moderate Dem Working Group
www.shaheen.senate.gov/contact/
Info required for web form submission: Dover, NH 03820 (603) 750-

520 Senate Hart Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-2841

Warner, Mark R. - (D - VA): Member of Moderate Dem Working Group
www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contact
Info required for web form submission: Norfolk, Va. 23510,  (757) 441-

459A Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2023
Fax: 202-224-6295

Class III - Senators Whose Terms of Service Expire in 2011

Class III terms run from the beginning of the 109th Congress on January 3, 2005, to the end of the 111th Congress on January 3, 2011. Senators in Class III were elected to office in the November 2004 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election.

Democrats Republicans
Bayh, Evan (D-IN)
Bennet, Michael F. (D-CO)
Boxer, Barbara (D-CA)
Burris, Roland W. (D-IL)
Dodd, Christopher J. (D-CT)
Dorgan, Byron L. (D-ND)
Feingold, Russell D. (D-WI)
Inouye, Daniel K. (D-HI)
Leahy, Patrick J. (D-VT)
Lincoln, Blanche L. (D-AR)
Mikulski, Barbara A. (D-MD)
Murray, Patty (D-WA)
Reid, Harry (D-NV)
Schumer, Charles E. (D-NY)
Specter, Arlen (D-PA)
Wyden, Ron (D-OR)
Bennett, Robert F. (R-UT)
Bond, Christopher S. (R-MO)
Brownback, Sam (R-KS)
Bunning, Jim (R-KY)
Burr, Richard (R-NC)
Coburn, Tom (R-OK)
Crapo, Mike (R-ID)
DeMint, Jim (R-SC)
Grassley, Chuck (R-IA)
Gregg, Judd (R-NH)
Isakson, Johnny (R-GA)
LeMieux, George S. (R-FL)
McCain, John (R-AZ)
Murkowski, Lisa (R-AK)
Shelby, Richard C. (R-AL)
Thune, John (R-SD)
Vitter, David (R-LA)
Voinovich, George V. (R-OH)

27 July 09: HR 3200: Health Care Reform Bill

  • We oppose this bill.
  • HR 3200 includes payoffs to "Community Organizations" for all aspects of the government run health care program:
    • Enrollment, changes, hospital expansion, and fully funds the organizations' health care from taxpayer money
  • HR 3200 includes a provision with fully funds unions health care from taxpayer money
  • HR 3200 federally funds abortions both in and outside of the United States: This is not an issue of Roe v. Wade or a debate on it's merits or moral implications.  Taxpayers simply should not be responsible for funding this program.
  • HR 3200 uses the word "transparency" in statements like "programs to improve..", "improved..", "requirements to improve..", etc. :  We have no indication from the House version, the amendments, or the mystery Senate bill that, as convoluted as the provisions are in their current form, this will change in the future.  No improved "Transparency" program is outlined in writing, implied or otherwise.
  • HR 3200 incurs a tax for businesses maintaining any kind of private health care option, the more the company makes, the more they pay.  It also includes mandatory yearly audits of companies that opt not to participate in government run health care.  Employees opting not to participate in the plan will still pay taxes for the government plan.
  • HR 3200 states that all non-us citizens are exempt from any kind of tax, penalty, or fees for participating in the government run health care program.  This will mean a tax increase for all US Citizens for the benefit of few.
  • Some of the misinformation you've heard on the news is actual information, I encourage you to read the bill and analysis. While it does not say you can't keep your current health care, the criterion for keeping it and the events, changes, and occurrences that require a change to the government program are outlined in the first 10 pages of the bill.  It will be practically impossible to maintain private health care options. This bill contains more special interest pork and payoffs than it does "health", "care", or "reform". We recommend reading the Healthy Americans Act and asking your federal representative to consider it as a viable reform option.

Bunning Transparency Amendment Rejected By Finance Committee Democrats

Washington, DC
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

U.S. Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) today issued the following statement after Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee rejected his Transparency Amendment to the "America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009."Senator Bunning’s amendment would have required that the legislative language and a final and complete cost analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) be made publicly available on the Finance Committee’s website for at least 72 hours before the Finance Committee could vote on final passage of the bill.

"For a bill this big and important I don’t think we should be relying on ‘concepts’ and ‘preliminary cost estimates’ when we vote on the bill in committee," said Bunning. "Contrary to what the Democrats have argued, legislative language is important. The way the language is written will determine how the provisions of the bill will be implemented and how much they will actually cost. We need to have all the facts before we rush to a vote on this legislation. How can we possibly vote on a bill that hasn’t even been written yet? It defies common sense.  This bill will affect every American and I think it is our duty to provide full disclosure of all the facts.  I don’t see anything wrong with the committee taking a few extra weeks to ensure we get this right and so that all members of Congress and the public are given the opportunity to read the language and know what the true cost is."

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Silence is Consent.

HR 3200 fails the litmus test for Transparency, Accountability, and Fiscal Responsibility.  It would be cheaper by 1/5th to open a group plan at any major health insurance provider to include every single uninsured taxpayer in the United States for full medical, dental and vision coverage than to pass this bill loaded with special interest, pork, and payoffs.  This bill resembles neither "health" nor "care" nor "reform".  No.

Action Alert: Reno/ Health Care Reform Bill Protest at the Federal Building

Come out and voice your concerns! Daily Health Care Reform Bill protest:

Where: The Bruce R. Thompson Federal Building, 400 S. Virginia Street, Reno
When: Daily until August 19th, from 4:30pm - 7:30pm

Thank you to America Is Watching for this comprehensive dissection of HR 3200, the Health Care Reform Bill.

  • Sec. 113, Pg 21-22 of the Healthcare (HC) Bill MANDATES a government audit of the books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure in order to "ensure that the law does not provide incentives for small and mid-size employers to self-insure"!
  • Sec. 122, Pg 29, lines 4-16 - YOUR HEALTHCARE WILL BE RATIONED!
  • Sec. 123, Pg 30 - THERE WILL BE A GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE deciding what treatments and benefits you get.
  • Sec. 142, Pg 42 - The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your benefits for you. You have no choice!
  • Sec. 152, Pg 50-51 - Healthcare will be provided to ALL NON-US citizens.
  • Sec. 163, Pg 58-59 beginning at line 5 - government will have real-time access to individual's finances & a National ID Health care card will be issued!
  • Sec. 163, Pg 59, lines 21-24 - government will have direct access to your banks accounts for electronic funds transfer.
  • Sec. 164, Pg 65 is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in unions & community organizations.
  • Sec. 201, Pg 72, Lines 8-14 - government is creating an Healthcare Exchange to bring private plans under government control.
  • Sec. 203, Pg 84 - government mandates ALL benefit packages for private Health Care plans in the exchange.
  • Sec. 203, Pg 85, Line 7 - Specifications of benefit levels for plans means that the government will define your Healthcare plan and has the ability to ration your Healthcare!
  • Sec. 205, Pg 95, Lines 8-18 - The government will use groups to "inform and educate" (sign up) individuals for government plan.
  • Sec. 205, Pg 102, Lines 12-18 - Medicaid eligible individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No freedom to choose.
  • Sec. 223, Pg 124, Lines 24-25 - No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No "administrative of judicial review" against a government monopoly.
  • Sec. 225, Pg 127, Lines 1-16 - Doctors and the government will tell YOU what you can make. "The Secretary shall provide for the annual participation of physicians under the public health insurance option, for which payment may be made for services furnished during the year."
  • Sec. 312, Pg 145, Line 15-17 - Employers MUST auto-enroll employees into public option plan.
  • Sec. 313, Pg 149, Lines 16-2 - ANY Employer with payroll $400,000 and above who does not provide public option pays 8% tax on all payroll.
  • Sec. 313, Pg 150, Lines 9-13 - Businesses with payroll between $251,000 and $400,000 who do not provide public option pay 2-6% tax on all payroll.
  • Sec. 401.59B, Pg 167, Lines 18-23 - ANY individual who does not have acceptable care, according to government, will be taxed 2.5% of income.
  • Sec.59B, Pg 170 Lines, 1 - Any NONRESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay for their Healthcare.)
  • Sec. 431, Pg 195, Lines 1-3 - Officers and employees of Healthcare Administration (government) will have access to ALL Americans' financial and personal records.
  • Sec. 441, Pg 203, Lines 14-15 - "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" Yes, it says that.
  • Sec. 1121, Pg 239, Line 14-24 - The government will limit and reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors, low income and poor are the ones affected
  • Sec. 1121, Pg 241, Line 6-8 - Doctors, it does not matter what specialty you have; you'll all be paid the same. "Service categories established under this paragraph shall apply without regard to the specialty of the physician furnishing the service."
  • Sec. 1122, Pg 253, Line 10-18 - The government "validates relative value unit's" (sets value of doctor's) time, professional judgment, methods etc. (defining the value of humans).
  • Sec. 1131, Pg 265 - Government mandates and controls productivity for private Healthcare Industries. "Incorporating Productivity Improvements into Market Basket Updates that Do Not Already Incorporate Such Improvements."
  • Sec. 1141, Pg 268 - The government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.
  • Sec. 1145, Pg 272 - Treatment of certain cancer hospitals: Does this mean that cancer patients and their treatment are open to rationing?
  • Sec. 1151, Page 280 - The government will penalize hospitals for what government deems preventable re-admission. (Incentives for hospital to not treat and release.)
  • Sec. 1151, Pg 298, Lines 9-11 - Doctors, treat a patient during initial admission that results in a readmission and the government will penalize you for that action.
  • Sec. 1156, Pg 317, Line 13-20 - "PROHIBITION on physician ownership or Investment." government tells doctors what/how much they can own.
  • Sec. 1156, Pg 317-318, Lines 21-25, 1-3 - "PROHIBITION on Expansion of Facility Capacity." The government will mandate that hospitals cannot expand ("number of operating rooms or beds").
  • Sec. 1156, Pg 321, Lines 2-13-Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input required.
  • Sec. 1162, Pg 335-339, Lines 16-25 - The government mandates establishment of outcome based measures. Rationing.
  • Sec. 1162, Pg 341, Lines 3-9 - The government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans (Part B), HMOs, etc. This will force people into a government plan.
    "The Secretary may determine not to identify a Medicare Advantage plan if the Secretary has identified deficiencies in the plan's compliance with rules for such plans under this part."
  • Sec. 1177, Pg 354 - Government will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs people! "Extension of Authority of Special Needs Plans to Restrict Enrollment."
  • Sec. 1191, Pg 379 - Government creates more bureaucracy - "Telehealth Advisory Committee." Healthcare by phone or the Internet - (dial 1 for your Healthcare advice?)
  • Sec. 1233, Pg 425, Lines 4-12 - Government mandates Advance (Death) Care Planning consultation. Some sick or elderly are NOT COMFORTABLE discussing "end of life," so why MANDATE IT??  SOME IN THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED RATIONING HEALTH CARE FOR THE ELDERLY.
  • Sec. 1233, Pg 425, Lines 17-19 - Government WILL instruct and consult regarding living wills and durable powers of attorney. (Mandatory end-of-life planning again, which many people and their families are not comfortable discussing.)
  • Sec. 1233, Pg 425-426, Lines 22-25, 1-3 - Government provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death.
  • Sec. 1233, Pg 427, Lines 15-24 - Government mandates program for orders for life-sustaining treatment (i.e. end of life). The government has a say in how your life ends.
  • Sec. 1233, Pg 429, Lines 1-9 - An "advanced care planning consult" will be used as patient's health deteriorates.
  • Sec. 1233, Pg 429, Lines 10-12 - "Advanced Care Consultation" may include an ORDER for end of life plans - from the government.
  • Sec. 1233, Pg 429, Lines 13-25 - The government will specify which Doctors (professional authority under state law includes Nurse Practitioners or Physician's Assistants) can write an end of life order.
  • Sec. 1233, Pg 430, Lines 11-15 - The government will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life according to pre-set methods (not individually decided).
  • Sec. 1302, Pg 468, Lines 16-21 - "Community Based Home Medical Services means a non-profit community-based of state-based organization."
  • Sec. 1302, Pg 472, Lines 14-17 - PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION: One monthly payment to a community-based organization.
  • Sec. 1308, Pg 489 - The government will cover Marriage and Family therapy. This will involve government control of your marriage.
  • Sec. 1308, Pg 494-498 - The government will cover Mental Health Services including: defining, creating and rationing those services.
  • Sec. 1401, Pg. 502 - Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research Established. Big Brother is watching how your treatment works.
  • Sec. 1401, Pg 503, Lines 13-19 - The government will build registries and data networks from YOUR electronic medical records. "The Center may secure directly from any department or agency of the United States information necessary to enable it to carry out this section."
  • Sec. 1401, Pg 503, Lines 21-25 - The government may secure data directly from any department or agency of the US including your data.
  • Sec. 1401, Pg 503, Lines 21-25 - The "Center" will collect data both "published and unpublished" (that means public & your private information).
  • Sec. 1401, Pg 506, Lines 19-21 - An "Appointed Clinical Perspective Advisory Panel" will advise The Center and recommend policies that would allow for public access of data.
  • Sec. 1401, Pg 518, Lines 21-25 - The Commission will have input from Healthcare consumer representatives.
  • Sec. 1411, Pg 524, Lines 18-22 - Establishes the "Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund." More taxes for ALL.
  • Sec. 1441, Pg 621, Lines 20-25 - The government will define "NEW Quality" measures in Healthcare.
  • Sec. 1442, Pg 622, Lines 2-9 - To pay for the Quality Standards, government will transfer money from "qualified entities" (government Trust Funds) to other government Trust Funds. More Taxes.
  • Sec. 1442, Pg. 624, Lines 19-23 - Qualified Entities: "The Secretary shall ensure that the entity is a public, nonprofit or academic institution with technical expertise in the area of health quality measurement."
  • Sec. 1442, Pg 623, Lines 5-10 - "Quality" measures shall be designed to assess outcomes and functional status of patients
  • Sec. 1442, Pg 623, Lines 15-17 - "Quality" measures shall be designed to profile you including race, age, gender, place of residence, etc.
  • Sec. 1443, Pg 628 The government will give "Multi-Stake Holders" pre-rulemaking input into selection of "quality" measures.
  • Sec. 1443, Pg 630-31. Lines 9-24, 1-9-Those Multi-Stake Holder groups include. Unions and groups like ACORN deciding what constitutes quality.
  • Sec. 1444, Pg 632, Lines 14-25 - The government may implement any "Quality measure" of Healthcare services as that bureaucrats see fit.
  • Sec. 1444, Pg 632-333, 14-25, 1-9 - The Secretary may issue non-endorsed "Quality Measures" for physician and dialysis services.
  • Sec. 1251 (beginning), Pg 634 to 652 - "Physician Payments Sunshine Provision" - government wants to shine sunlight on Doctors but not government. "Reports on financial relationships between manufacturers and distributors . . . and between physicians and other health care entities."
  • Sec. 1501 (beginning), Pg 659-670 - Doctors in Residency - government will tell you where your residency will be, thus where you'll live.
  • Sec. 1503 (beginning), Pg 675-685 - government will regulate hospitals in EVERY aspect of residency programs, including teaching hospitals.
  • Sec. 1601 (beginning), Pg 685-699 - Increased funding to fight waste, fraud, and abuse. (Like the government with an $18 million website?)
  • Sec. 1619, Pgs 700-703 - If your part of Healthcare plan isn't in the government's Healthcare Exchange, but you qualify for federal aid, you don't have to pay.
  • Sec. 1128G, Pg 704-708 - If the Secretary determines there is a "significant risk of fraudulent activity," on Healthcare provider or supplier, the government can do a background check.
  • Sec. 1632, Pg 710, Lines 8-14 - The Secretary has broad powers to deny Healthcare providers and suppliers admittance into Healthcare Exchange. Your doctor could be thrown out of business.
  • Sec. 1637, Pg 718-719 - ANY Doctor who orders durable medical equipment or home medical services are REQUIRED to be enrolled in, or eligible for, Medicare.
  • Sec. 1639, Pg 721 - Government MANDATES that Doctors must have face to face with patient to certify patient for home health services.
  • Sec. 1639, Pg 723-24, Lines 23-25, 1-5-The same government certifications will apply to Medicaid and CHIP (Children's health plan: Your kids).
  • Sec. 1640, Pg 723, Lines 16-22 - The government reserves right to apply face to face certification for patient to ANY other Healthcare service.
  • Sec. 1651, Pg 734, Lines 16-25 - Proposes, for law enforcement sake, that the Secretary of HHS will give Attorney General access to ALL medical data.
  • Sec. 1701 (beginning), Pg 739-756 - The government sets guidelines for subsidizing the uninsured (and you have to pay for them).
  • Sec. 1704, Pg 756-761 - The government will shift burden of payments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) to states (your taxes).
  • Sec. 1711, Pg 764 The government will require preventative services - including vaccinations (no choice).
  • Sec. 1713, Pg 768 - Government-determined Nurse Home Visitation Services (Hello union paybacks).
  • Sec. 1713, Pg 768, Lines 3-5-Nurse Home Visit Services - Service #1: "Improving maternal or child health and pregnancy outcomes or increasing birth intervals between pregnancies." (Compulsory ABORTIONS?)
  • Sec. 1713, Pg 768, Lines 11-14 - Nurse Home Visit Services include determinations of economic self-sufficiency, employment advancement and school-readiness.
  • Sec. 1714, Pg 769 - Federal government mandates eligibility for State Family Planning Services. Abortion and government control intertwined.
  • Sec. 1733, Pg 788-798 - government will set and mandate drug prices, therefore controlling which drugs are brought to market. (Goodbye innovation and private research.)
  • Sec. 1744, Pgs 796-799 - Establishes PAYMENTS for graduate medical education. The government will now control your doctor's education.
  • Sec.1751, Pg 800 Sec 1751 - The government will decide which Health Care conditions will be paid. Say "RATION!"
  • Sec. 1759, Pg 809 - Billing Agents, clearinghouses, or other alternate payees are required to register. The government takes over private payment systems too.
  • Sec. 1801, Pg 819-823 - The Government will identify individuals "likely to be ineligible" for subsidies. Will access all personal financial information.
  • Sec. 1802, Pg 823-828 - Government sets up Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund. Another bottomless tax pit.
  • Sec. 4375, Pg 828-832, Lines 12-16 - Government will impose a fee on ALL private health insurance plans including self-insured to pay for Trust Fund!
  • Sec. 4377, Pg 835, Lines 11-13 - Fees imposed by government for Trust Fund shall be treated as if they were taxes.
  • Sec. 440, Pg 837-839 - The government will design and implement Home Visitation Program for families with young kids and families that are expecting children.
  • Sec. 1904, Pg 843-844-This Home Visitation Program includes the government coming into your house and teaching/telling you how to parent!
  • Sec. 2002, Pg 858 - The government will establish a Public Health Fund at a cost of $88,800,000,000 (That's Billions).
  • Sec. 2201, Pg 864 - The government will MANDATE the establishment of a National Health Service Corps.
    • Sec. 2201 - "Fulfillment of Obligated Service Requirement"
    • Sec. 2201, Pg 864-875 - The NHS Corps is a program where Doctors perform mandatory Healthcare for 2 years for partial loan
      repayment.
  • Sec. 2212, Pg 875-891 - The government takes over the education of Medical students and Doctors through education and loans.
  • Sec. 340L, Pg 897 - The government will establish a Public Health Workforce Corps to ensure an adequate supply of public health professionals.
  • Sec. 340L, Pg 897 - The Public Health Workforce Corps shall consist of civilian employees of the United States as Secretary deems necessary.
  • Sec. 340L, Pg 897 - The Public Health Workforce Corps shall consist of officers of Regular and Reserve Corps of Service.
  • Sec. 340M, Pg 899 - The Public Health Workforce Corps includes veterinarians. Will animals have heath care, too?
  • Sec.2233, Pg 909 - The government will develop, build and run Public Health Training Centers.
  • Sec. 2241, Pg 912-913 - Government starts a Healthcare affirmative action program under the guise of diversity scholarships.
  • Sec. 2251, Pg 915 - Government MANDATES cultural and linguistic competency training for Healthcare professionals.
  • Sec. 3111, Pg 931 - The government will establish a Preventative and Wellness Trust fund, with initial cost of $30,800,000,000 (Billions more).
  • Sec. 3121, Pg 934, Lines 21-22 - Government will identify specific goals and objectives for prevention and wellness activities. More control of your life.
  • Sec. 3121, Pg 935, Line 1-2 The government will develop "Healthy People & National Public Health Performance Standards." They will tell us what to eat?
  • Sec. 3131, Pg 942, Lines 22-25 - "Task Force on Community Preventive Services," More government? Under the Offices of Surgeon
    General, Public Health Services, Minority Health and Women's Health.
  • Sec. 3141, Pg 949-979 - BIG GOVERNMENT core public health infrastructure includes workforce capacity, lab systems, health information systems, etc.
  • Sec. 2511, Pg 992 - Government will establish school based "health" clinics. Your children will be indoctrinated and your grandchildren may be aborted!
  • Sec. 399Z-1, Pg 993 - School Based Health Clinics will be integrated into the school environment. More government brainwashing in school.
  • Sec. 2521, Pg 1000 - The government will establish a National Medical Device Registry. Will you be tracked?

Whatever health insurance bill is passed in Congress MUST apply to members of Congress and other federal employees.
No Exceptions. If it isn't good enough for them, it isn't good enough for us.
To vote on a bill, elected representatives must first read the bill.
No Health Care Reform should contain payments, allowances, or exceptions to any individual, organization, or demographic, period.

Contact Info:
The White House
202-456-1414

U.S. Congress
202-224-3121

Dr. David Blumenthal
Department of Health and Human Services
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Dr. Blumenthal has been given the responsibility of developing a nation-wide medical monitoring system, which will "oversee" the choices your doctor makes when it comes to your health. Diagnoses, treatments, and recommendations will all be recorded in this system and analyzed by the government. If you doctor refuses to be a "meaningful user" of the system, he or she can expect to be penalized starting in 2014.
Contact Information
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave. SW
Suite 729-D
Washington, DC 20201
Phone: 202-690-7151
Fax: 202-690-6079
Email: onc.request@hhs.gov

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel
Head of the Department of Bioethics
The Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health
Dr. Emanuel, the brother of white house chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has written extensively of the benefits of "comparative effectiveness research." This concept is keystone in socialized health care policies, such as those in Canada and the UK. In essence, comparative effectiveness research promotes devoting health care resources to those who have the most time left to benefit from them. To put it another way, those who are considered too old or too sick to truly reap the benefits from expensive treatments would be denied such care. Can this be where medicine is heading?
Contact Information
Department of Bioethics
National Institutes of Health
10 Center Drive, Building 10, Room 1C118
Bethesda, MD 20892-1156
Phone: 301.496.2429
Fax: 301.496.0760
Email: bioethics-inquiries@mail.nih.gov
For information on the Health Care Bill, click HERE to download the full text of one of the drafts available to the public.

Email Contact Information for Health Care Reform Bill

Vote NO! on the Health Care Reform Bill!
Keep it up, we're making a difference!

If  Energy and Commerce does not vote the bill out of Committee, then it will force the bill to the floor of the House without the Committee's approval.

Contact these representatives:

Tier 1: Conservative to Moderate Democrats who are on Energy and Commerce in the House

  1. Rep. Boucher of VA
    Chief of Staff: Becky Coleman email: rebecca.coleman@mail.house.gov
  2. Rep. Sutton of OH
    Chief of Staff: Nichole Reynolds email: nichole.reynolds@mail.house.gov
  3. Rep. Stupak of MI
    Chief of Staff: Scott Schloegel email: scott.schloegel@mail.house.gov
  4. Rep. Braley of Iowa
    Chief of Staff: Sarah Benzing email: sarah.benzing@mail.house.gov
  5. Rep.  Mike Ross of AR
    Chief of Staff: Drew Goesl email: drew.goesl@mail.house.gov
  6. Rep.  Baron Hill of IN
    Chief of Staff: John Zody email: john.zody@mail.house.gov
  7. Rep.  John Barrow of GA
    Chief of Staff: Ashley Jones email: ashley.jones@mail.house.gov
  8. Rep.  Charlie Melancon of LA Chief
    of Staff: Joe Bonfiglio email: joe.bonfiglio@mail.house.gov
  9. Rep.  Bart Gordon of TN
    Chief of Staff: Donna Pignatelli email: donna.pignatelli@mail.house.gov
  10. Rep.  Jim Matheson of UT
    Chief of Staff: Stacey Alexander email: stacey.alexander@mail.house.gov
  11. Rep.  Zack Space of OH
    Chief of Staff: Stuart Chapman email: stuart.chapman@mail.house.gov

Tier 2: Conservative to Moderate Democrats in House not on Energy and Commerce

  1. Rep.  Frank Kratovil of MD
    Chief of Staff: Tim McCann email: tim.mccann@mail.house.gov
  2. Rep.  Bobby Bright of AL
    Chief of Staff: Meg Joseph email: meg.joseph@mail.house.gov
  3. Rep.  Walt Minnick of ID
    Chief of Staff: Kare Haas email: kate.haas@mail.house.gov
  4. Rep.  Parker Griffith of AL
    Chief of Staff: Sharon Wheeler email: sharon.wheeler@mail.house.gov
  5. Rep.  Mike Arcuri of NY
    Chief of Staff: Sam Marchio email: sam.marchio@mail.house.gov
  6. Rep.  Glenn Nye of VA
    Chief of Staff: Angela Kouters email: angela.kouters@mail.house.gov
  7. Rep.  Travis Childers of MS
    Chief of Staff: Brad Morris email: brad.morris@mail.house.gov
  8. Rep.  Gabrielle Giffords of AZ
    Chief of Staff: Pia Carusone email: pia.carusone@mail.house.gov
  9. Rep.  Leonard Boswell of IA
    Chief of Staff: Susan McAvoy email: susan.mcavoy@mail.house.gov
  10. Rep.  Dennis Moore of KS
    Chief of Staff: Howard Bauleke email: howard.bauleke@mail.house.gov
  11. Rep.  Jason Altmire of PA
    Chief of Staff: Matt Walker  email: matt.walker@mail.house.gov
  12. Rep.  Christoper Carney of PA
    Chief of Staff: April Metwalli email: april.metwali@mail.house.gov
  13. Rep.  Patrick Murphy of PA
    Chief of Staff: Scott Fairchild email: scott.fairchild@mail.house.gov
  14. Rep.  Lincoln Davis of TN
    Chief of Staff: Beecher Fraiser email: beecher.frasier@mail.house.gov
  15. Rep.  Melissa Bean of IL
    Chief of Staff: Elizabeth Hart email: elizabeth.hart@mail.house.gov
  16. Rep.  John Salazar of CO
    Chief of Staff: Ronnie Carleton email: ron.carleton@mail.house.gov
  17. Rep.  Allen Boyd of FL
    Chief of Staff: Melanie Morris email: melanie.morris@mail.house.gov
  18. Rep.  Heath  Shuler of NC
    Chief of Staff: Hayden Rogers email: hayden.rogers@mail.house.gov
  19. Rep.  Earl Pomeroy of ND
    Chief of Staff: Bob Siggins email: bob.siggins@mail.house.gov
  20. Rep.  Charlie Wilson of OH
    Chief of Staff: Candace Abbey email: candace.abbey@mail.house.gov
  21. Rep.  Tim Holden of PA
    Chief of Staff: Trish Reilly email: trish.reilly@mail.house.gov
  22. Rep.  Brad Ellsworth of IN
    Chief of Staff: Cori Smith email: cori.smith@mail.house.gov
  23. Rep.  Ben Chandler of KY
    Chief of Staff: Denis Fleming email: denis.fleming@mail.house.gov
  24. Rep.  Jim Cooper of TN
    Chief of Staff: Lisa Quigley email: lisa.quigley@mail.house.gov
  25. Rep.  Joe Donnelly of IN
    Chief of Staff: Joel Elliot email: joel.elliot@mail.house.gov
  26. Rep.  Mike Michaud of ME
    Chief of Staff: Pete Chandler email: peter.chandler@mail.house.gov
  27. Rep.  Mike Thompson of CA
    Chief of Staff: Charles Jefferson email: charles.jefferson@mail.house.gov
  28. Rep.  Stephanie Herseth Sandlin of SD
    Chief of Staff: Tessa Gould email: tessa.gould@mail.house.gov
  29. Rep.  Adam Schiff of CA
    Chief of Staff: Timothy Bergreen email: timothy.bergreen@mail.house.gov
  30. Rep.  Jane Harman of CA
    Chief of Staff: John Hess email: john.hess@mail.house.gov
  31. Rep.  Joe Baca of CA
    Chief of Staff: Linda Macias email: linda.macias@mail.house.gov
  32. Rep.  Sanford Bishop of GA
    Chief of Staff: Phyllis Hallmon email: phyllis.hallmon@mail.house.gov
  33. Rep.  Mike McIntyre of NC
    Chief of Staff: Dean Mitchell email: dean.mitchell@mail.house.gov
  34. Rep.  Henry Cuellar of TX
    Chief of Staff: Terry Stinson email: terry.stinson@mail.house.gov
  35. Rep.  Loretta Sanchez of CA
    Chief of Staff: Adrienne Elrod email: adrienne.elrod@mail.house.gov
  36. Rep.  Dan Boren of OK
    Chief of Staff: Jason Buckner email: jason.buckner@mail.house.gov
  37. Rep.  Collin Peterson of MN
    Chief of Staff: Mark Brownell email: mark.brownell@mail.house.gov
  38. Rep.  Jim Costa of CA
    Chief of Staff: Scott Nishioki email: scott.nishioki@mail.house.gov
  39. Rep.  Gene Taylor of MS
    Chief of Staff: Stephen Peranich email: stephen.peranich@mail.house.gov
  40. Rep.  Dennis Cardoza of CA
    Chief of Staff: Jennifer Walsh email: jennifer.walsh@mail.house.gov
  41. Rep.  John Tanner of TN
    Chief of Staff: Vickie Walling email: vickie.walling@mail.house.gov
  42. Rep.  Marion Berry of AR
    Chief of Staff: Chad Causey email: chad.causey@mail.house.gov

Phone and Fax Contact Info for Key NO! votes.

Health Care Reform Bill, these people need to hear from you!

Contact information for Nevada legislatures, 14 key members of the House and Senate plus 51 Blue Dog Democrats

Name  (Party) State-District     Phone            Fax
 Altmire, Jason (D)PA-04          T: 202-225-2565  F: 202-226-2274
 Arcuri, Michael (D)NY-24         T: 202-225-3665  F: 202-225-1891
 Baca  Joe (D)CA-43               T: 202-225-6161  F: 202-225-8671
 Barrow, John (D)GA-12            T: 202-225-2823  F: 202-225-3377
 Becerra, Xavier (D)CA-31         T: 202-225-6235  F: 202-225-2202
 Berkley, Shelly (D)NV-1          T: 202-225-5965  F: 202-225-3119
 Berry, Marion (D)AR-01           T: 202-225-4076  F: 202-225-5602
 Bishop, Sanford (D)GA-02         T: 202-225-3631  F: 202-225-2203
 Boehner, John (R)OH-08           T: 202-225-6205  F: 202-225-0704
 Boren, Dan (D)OK-02              T: 202-225-2701  F: 202-225-3038
 Boswell, Leonard (D)IA-03        T: 202-225-3806  F: 202-225-5608
 Boyd, Allen (D)FL-02             T: 202-225-5235  F: 202-225-5615
 Bright, Bobby (D)AL-02           T: 202-225-2901  F: 202-225-8913
 Butterfield Jr,G.K. (D)NC-01     T: 202-225-3101  F: 202-225-3354
 Cantor, Eric (R)VA-07            T: 202-225-2815  F: 202-225-0011
 Cardoza, Dennis (D)CA-18         T: 202-225-6131  F: 202-225-0819
 Carney, Christopher (D)PA-10     T: 202-225-3731  F: 202-225-9594
 Chandler, Ben (D)KY-06           T: 202-225-4706  F: 202-225-2122
 Childers, Travis (D)MS-01        T: 202-225-4306  F: 202-225-3549
 Clyburn, James (D)SC-06          T: 202-225-3315  F: 202-225-2313
 Cooper, Jim (D)TN-05             T: 202-225-4311  F: 202-226-1035
 Costa, Jim (D)CA-20              T: 202-225-3341  F: 202-225-9308
 Crowley ,Joseph (D)NY-07         T: 202-225-3965  F: 202-225-1909
 Cuellar, Henry (D)TX-28          T: 202-225-1640  F: 202-225-1641
 Davis, Lincoln (D)TN-04          T: 202-225-6831  F: 202-226-5172
 DeGette, Diana (D)CO-01          T: 202-225-4431  F: 202-225-5657
 DeLauro, Rosa L. (D)CT-03        T: 202-225-3661  F: 202-225-4890
 Donnelly, Joe (D)IN-02           T: 202-225-3915  F: 202-225-6798
 Ellsworth, Brad (D)IN-08         T: 202-225-4636  F: 202-225-3284
 Ensign, John (R) NV              T: 202-224-6244  F: 202-228-2193
Giffords, Gabrielle (D)AZ-08      T: 202-225-2542  F: 202-225-0378
 Gordon, Bart (D)TN-06            T: 202-225-4231  F: 202-225-6887
 Griffith, Parker (D)AL-05        T: 202-225-4801  F: 202-225-4392
 Harman, Jane (D)CA-36            T: 202-225-8220  F: 202-226-7290
 Heller, Dean (R) NV-2            T: 202-225-6155  F: 202-225-5679
 Herseth-Sandlin,Stephanie(D)SD-01T: 202-225-2801  F: 202-225-5823
 Hill, Baron (D)IN-09             T: 202-225-5315  F: 202-226-6866
 Holden, Tim (D)PA-17             T: 202-225-5546  F: 202-226-0996
 Hoyer, Steny (D)MD-05            T: 202-225-4131  F: 202-225-4300
 Kratovil, Frank (D)MD-01         T: 202-225-5311  F: 202-225-0254
 Larson, John (D)CT-01            T: 202-225-2265  F: 202-225-1031
 Lewis, John (D)GA-05             T: 202-225-3801  F: 202-225-0351
 Marshall, Jim (D)GA-08           T: 202-225-6531  F: 202-225-3013
 Matheson, James (D)UT-02         T: 202-225-3011  F: 202-225-5638
 McIntyre, Mike (D)NC-07          T: 202-225-2731  F: 202-225-5773
 Melancon, Charlie (D)LA-03       T: 202-225-4031  F: 202-226-3944
 Michaud, Mike (D)ME-02           T: 202-225-6306  F: 202-225-2943
 Miller, George (D)CA-07          T: 202-225-2095  F: 202-225-5609
 Minnick, Walter (D)ID-01         T: 202-225-6611  F: 202-225-3029
 Mitchell, Harry (D)AZ-05         T: 202-225-2190  F: 202-225-3263
 Moore, Dennis (D)KS-03           T: 202-225-2865  F: 202-225-2807
 Murphy, Patrick (D)PA-08         T: 202-225-4276  F: 202-225-9511
 Nye, Glenn (D)VA-02              T: 202-225-4215  F: 202-225-4218
 Pelosi, Nancy (D)CA-08           T: 202-225-4965  F: 202-225-4188
 Peterson, Collin (D)MN-07        T: 202-225-2165  F: 202-225-1593
 Pomeroy, Earl (D)ND-01           T: 202-225-2611  F: 202-226-0893
 Reid, Harry (D)NV                T: 202- 224-3542 F: 202-224-7327
 Ross, Michael (D)AR-04           T: 202-225-3772  F: 202-225-1314
 Salazar, John (D)CO-03           T: 202-225-4761  F: 202-226-9669
 Sanchez, Loretta (D)CA-47        T: 202-225-2965  F: 202-225-5859
 Schiff, Adam (D)CA-29            T: 202-225-4176  F: 202-225-5828
 Scott, David (D)GA-13            T: 202-225-2939  F: 202-225-4628
 Shuler, Heath (D)NC-11           T: 202-225-6401  F: 202-226-6422
 Space, Zack (D)OH-18             T: 202-225-6265  F: 202-225-3394
 Tanner, John (D)TN-08            T: 202-225-4714  F: 202-225-1765
 Taylor, Gene (D)MS-04            T: 202-225-5772  F: 202-225-7074
 Thompson, Mike (D)CA-01          T: 202-225-3311  F: 202-225-4335
 Titus, Dina (D) NV-03            T: 202-225-3252  F: 202-225-2185
 Wilson, Charles (D)OH-06         T: 202-225-5705  F: 202-225-5907

Deadly Doctors / O Advisors Want to Ration Care

By Betsy McCaughey / July 24, 2009

THE health bills coming out of Congress would put the decisions about your care in the hands of presidential appointees. They'd decide what plans cover, how much leeway your doctor will have and what seniors get under Medicare.

Yet at least two of President Obama's top health advisers should never be trusted with that power.

Start with Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, the brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. He has already been appointed to two key positions: health-policy adviser at the Office of Management and Budget and a member of Federal Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research.

Emanuel bluntly admits that the cuts will not be pain-free. "Vague promises of savings from cutting waste, enhancing prevention and wellness, installing electronic medical records and improving quality are merely 'lipstick' cost control, more for show and public relations than for true change," he wrote last year (Health Affairs Feb. 27, 2008).
Savings, he writes, will require changing how doctors think about their patients: Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath too seriously, "as an imperative to do everything for the patient regardless of the cost or effects on others" (Journal of the American Medical Association, June 18, 2008).

Yes, that's what patients want their doctors to do. But Emanuel wants doctors to look beyond the needs of their patients and consider social justice, such as whether the money could be better spent on somebody else.

Many doctors are horrified by this notion; they'll tell you that a doctor's job is to achieve social justice one patient at a time.

Emanuel, however, believes that "communitarianism" should guide decisions on who gets care. He says medical care should be reserved for the non-disabled, not given to those "who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens . . . An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia"  (Hastings Center Report, Nov.-Dec. '96).
Translation: Don't give much care to a grandmother with Parkinson's or a child with cerebral palsy.

He explicitly defends discrimination against older patients: "Unlike allocation by sex or race, allocation by age is not invidious discrimination; every person lives through different life stages rather than being a single age. Even if 25-year-olds receive priority over 65-year-olds, everyone who is 65 years now was previously 25 years" (Lancet, Jan. 31).

The bills being rushed through Congress will be paid for largely by a $500 billion-plus cut in Medicare over 10 years. Knowing how unpopular the cuts will be, the president's budget director, Peter Orszag, urged Congress this week to delegate its own authority over Medicare to a new, presidentially-appointed bureaucracy that wouldn't be accountable to the public.

Since Medicare was founded in 1965, seniors' lives have been transformed by new medical treatments such as angioplasty, bypass surgery and hip and knee replacements. These innovations allow the elderly to lead active lives. But Emanuel criticizes Americans for being too "enamored with technology" and is determined to reduce access to it.
Dr. David Blumenthal, another key Obama adviser, agrees. He recommends slowing medical innovation to control health spending.

Blumenthal has long advocated government health-spending controls, though he concedes they're "associated with longer waits" and "reduced availability of new and expensive treatments and devices" (New England Journal of Medicine, March 8, 2001). But he calls it "debatable" whether the timely care Americans get is worth the cost. (Ask a cancer patient, and you'll get a different answer. Delay lowers your chances of survival.)

Obama appointed Blumenthal as national coordinator of health-information technology, a job that involves making sure doctors obey electronically delivered guidelines about what care the government deems appropriate and cost effective.

In the April 9 New England Journal of Medicine, Blumenthal predicted that many doctors would resist "embedded clinical decision support" -- a euphemism for computers telling doctors what to do.

Americans need to know what the president's health advisers have in mind for them. Emanuel sees even basic amenities as luxuries and says Americans expect too much: "Hospital rooms in the United States offer more privacy . . . physicians' offices are typically more conveniently located and have parking nearby and more attractive waiting rooms" (JAMA, June 18, 2008).

No one has leveled with the public about these dangerous views. Nor have most people heard about the arm-twisting, Chicago-style tactics being used to force support. In a Nov. 16, 2008, Health Care Watch column, Emanuel explained how business should be done: "Every favor to a constituency should be linked to support for the health-care reform agenda. If the automakers want a bailout, then they and their suppliers have to agree to support and lobby for the administration's health-reform effort."
Do we want a "reform" that empowers people like this to decide for us?

Betsy McCaughey is founder of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths and a former New York lieutenant governor. For more information on the status health care legislation, visit www.defendyourhealthcare.us .