The One is still telling us that we’ll be able to keep our current doctor or insurance plan if we want to. That’s a lie. This article in the New York Post by Betsy Mccaughey gives a quick breakdown on how Obama is either lying to us or hasn’t bothered to read what’s in the bills (probably both). Not reading them would put him in the same league as our reps and senators though wouldn’t it? Here are a few choice pieces:
The bills now before Congress would force you to switch to a managed-care plan with limits on your access to specialists and tests.
Two main bills are being rushed through Congress with the goal of combining them into a finished product by August. Under either, a new government bureaucracy will select health plans that it considers in your best interest, and you will have to enroll in one of these “qualified plans.” If you now get your plan through work, your employer has a five-year “grace period” to switch you into a qualified plan. If you buy your own insurance, you’ll have less time.
And as soon as anything changes in your contract — such as a change in copays or deductibles, which many insurers change every year — you’ll have to move into a qualified plan instead (House bill, p. 16-17).
When you file your taxes, if you can’t prove to the IRS that you are in a qualified plan, you’ll be fined thousands of dollars — as much as the average cost of a health plan for your family size — and then automatically enrolled in a randomly selected plan (House bill, p. 167-168).
If you thought that was bad just wait until you become a senior citizen:
One troubling provision of the House bill compels seniors to submit to a counseling session every five years (and more often if they become sick or go into a nursing home) about alternatives for end-of-life care (House bill, p. 425-430). The sessions cover highly sensitive matters such as whether to receive antibiotics and “the use of artificially administered nutrition and hydration.”
This mandate invites abuse, and seniors could easily be pushed to refuse care. Do we really want government involved in such deeply personal issues?
READ THIS ARTICLE and after you do use the following sample letter to email your house rep and senator. Remember we can still stop this.
SAMPLE COPY
I wanted to let you know in no uncertain terms how much I want you to vote no on the healthcare take over bill now being looked at. have every confidence that you will vote no and of that I am glad, but if you vote yes… myself and everyone I know will actively campaign to defeat you the next time you are up for reelection. No greater issue faces our country right now than putting a stop to this insanity so I will be expecting a vote of NO. Thanks and have a great day.
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