A Peek Inside the ObamaCare Bill
I don’t normally use my blog for this kind of posting but so many people are in favor of the healthcare bill and do not even know what it actually says. We must be INFORMED no matter what side of the issue you are on.
Here are a few items in the Healthcare bill you may not know about. I sure hope our reps have read this. This is a quick inventory from Family Security Matters. But please, do not take my word or their word for it, at the bottom of this note is a link so you can read the actual healthcare bill FOR YOURSELF.
I urge everyone pro or con to urge their reps to READ this before voting. You owe it to yourself and this great country to BE INFORMED and to insist that your reps are INFORMED!
Pg 22 of the HC Bill mandates the Government will audit books of all employers that self insure.
Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC bill — a Government committee (good luck with that!) will decide what treatments/benefits a person may receive.
Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill — YOUR HEALTHCARE WILL BE RATIONED!
Pg 42 of HC Bill — The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC Benefits for you.
PG 50 Section 152 in HC bill — HC will be provided to ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise.
Pg 58 HC Bill — Government will have real-time access to individual’s finances and a National ID Healthcard will be issued!
Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Government will have direct access to your bank accts for election funds transfer.
PG 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in Unions & community organizations (read: ACORN).
Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Government will create an HC20Exchange to bring private HC plans under Government control.
PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill — Government mandates linguistic appropriate services. Example — Translation for illegal aliens.
Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The Government will use groups, i.e. ACORN & Americorps, to sign up individuals for Government HC plan.
PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill — Specifics of Benefit Levels for Plans. AARP members — your Health care WILL be rationed.
PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill — Medicaid Eligible Individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No choice.
pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue Government on price fixing. No “judicial review” against Government Monopoly.
pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill — Doctors/ AMA — The Government will tell YOU what you can earn.
Pg 145 Line 15-17 An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into public option plan. NO CHOICE.
Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families.
Pg 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay.)
Pg 195 HC Bill -officers & employees of HC Admin ( th e GOVERNMENT) will have access to ALL Americans’ finances and personal records.
PG 203 Line 14-15 HC — “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax” Yes, it says that.
Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Government will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors, low income, poor affected.
Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill — Doctors — doesn’t matter what specialty — will all be paid the same.
PG 253 Line 10-18 Government sets value of Doctor’s time, professional judgment, etc. Literally, value of humans.
PG 265 Sec 1131 Go vernment mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries.
Pg 317 L 13-20 OMG!! PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Government tells Doctors what/how much they can own.
Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion — Government will mandate hospitals cannot expand.
Pg 354 Sec 1177 — Government will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs people!
PG 425 Lines 4-12 Government mandates Advance Care Planning Consultations. Think Senior Citizens end of life prodding.
PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Government provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in how to die.
PG 427 Lines 15-24 Government mandates program for orders for end of life. The Government has a say in how your life ends.
PG 429 Lines 10-12 “advanced care consultation” may include an ORDER for end of life plans. AN ORDER from the Government to end a life!
Page 472 Lines 14-17 PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION. 1 monthly payment to a community-based organization. (Like ACORN?)
This bill would drive unemployment, taxes, and the deficit through the stratosphere. It would turn hospitals into the DMV, dramatically reduce our access to healthcare, let bureaucracy decide when it’s time for us to die, and guarantee that no one in his right mind goes to medical school. As for the damage this would do to individual liberty — I’d rather not go there.
If this nightmare bill isn’t Obama’s Waterloo, then it’s America’s.
PLEASE READ THE ACTUAL BILL AT:
http://tinyurl.com/mqswlo
8-3-09 ADDENDUM TO POST: I received an anonymous comment (I don’t approve anonymous comments as a rule) that I really wanted to respond to here. The commenter said : None of this is true.” and left a link to a web site which claimed to refute all the above claims. I did go to the site and read the article there. I found it utterly fascinating that the body of this article itself in fact, agreed that over half of these things are true! The link is here if you are interested (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/jul/30/e-mail-analysis-health-bill-needs-check-/) but that is missing the point.
The critical point here is NOT to take info from me, another website, or even the House Summary of the bill but to READ the actual bill itself and make up your own mind if this is what you want. This is what I did. I would not post the above claims if I did not go to the actual document and read it first. I believe these things ARE true. You are free to believe differently, that is what makes this country great. At this point, we still have that freedom…..
Again, my point is not to convince anyone of anything here but to urge anyone and everyone to READ the bill and demand that your reps do so as well.
Next post is back to quilt art which I hope to do some of today :)……However, at the end of the day, this is my blog and I retain the right to add postings about anything at all that outrages me, moves me, makes me cry or laugh hysterically, or just gets my dander up. So, I appreciate those who read and take what they wish from this blog as well as those who choose to leave graciously after deciding this is not for them! This will remain a blog primarily about my artistic pursuits but you have been warned that approximately one post out of 50 may read otherwise!
Have a wonderful day all!
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