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Clearly a lot of debate on this topic is taking pl...

2009-07-30T11:00:43.969-04:00

Clearly a lot of debate on this topic is taking place and there is a number of questionable points in the 1200 page proposal. Need to check some of the point from Robert - as they do look worrying.

DR - Our grandkids are going to have to deal with so much debt that 1 trillion will be a drop in the bucket. If we can really fix health care then I think 1 trillion is a fair price.

Mandatory end of life counceling? I have been rack...

2009-07-29T16:30:06.497-04:00

Mandatory end of life counceling? I have been racking my brain as to why the pharm gave thier ok to Obama care immediately there must be a pill they are planning to give us to end are life.How are they going to get us to the Doctor for his counceling, is thier going be a squad that comes for us or what?

And more... Page 127: The AMA sold doctors out: t...

2009-07-29T09:44:34.309-04:00

And more...

Page 127: The AMA sold doctors out: the government will set wages.
Page 145: An employer MUST auto-enroll employees into the government-run public plan. No alternatives.
Page 126: Employers MUST pay healthcare bills for part-time employees AND their families.
Page 149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll
Page 150: Any employer with a payroll of $250K-400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll
Page 167: Any individual who doesnt' have acceptable healthcare (according to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income.
Page 170: Any NON-RESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes (Americans will pay for them).
Page 195: Officers and employees of Government Healthcare Bureaucracy will have access to ALL American financial and personal records.
Page 203: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax."Yes, it really says that.
Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors and the poor most affected."
Page 241: Doctors: no matter what speciality you have, you'll all be paid the same (thanks, AMA!)
Page 253: Government sets value of doctors' time, their professional judgment, etc.
Page 265: Government mandates and controls productivity for private healthcare industries.
Page 268: Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.
Page 272: Cancer patients: welcome to the wonderful world of rationing!
Page 280: Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems preventable re-admissions.
Page 298: Doctors: if you treat a patient during an initial admission that results in a readmission, you will be penalized by the government.
Page 317: Doctors: you are now prohibited for owning and investing in healthcare companies!
Page 318: Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand without government approval.
Page 321: Hospital expansion hinges on "community" input: in other words, yet another payoff for ACORN.
Page 335: Government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures: i.e., rationing.
Page 341: Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, HMOs, etc.
Page 354: Government will restrict enrollment of SPECIAL NEEDS individuals.
Page 379: More bureaucracy: Telehealth Advisory Committee (healthcare by phone).
Page 425: More bureaucracy: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior Citizens, assisted suicide, euthanasia?
Page 425: Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. Mandatory. Appears to lock in estate taxes ahead of time.
Page 425: Goverment provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.
Page 427: Government mandates program that orders end-of-life treatment; government dictates how your life ends.
Page 429: Advance Care Planning Consult will be used to dictate treatment as patient's health deteriorates. This can include an ORDER for end-of-life plans. An ORDER from the

PLEASE READ., THEN GET ON THE COMPUTER OR PHONE AN...

2009-07-29T09:43:26.386-04:00

PLEASE READ., THEN GET ON THE COMPUTER OR PHONE AND ENCOURAGE -DEMAND THAT YOU SENATORS AND REPS. KILL THIS BILL - WE ARE ALL SCREWED IF THEY PASS THIS.

Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure!
Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed!
Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and
benefits you get (and, unlike an insurer, there will be no appeals process)
Page 42: The "Health Choices Commissioner" will decide health
benefits for you. You will have no choice. None.
Page 50: All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free healthcare services.
Page 58: Every person will be issued a National ID Healthcard.
Page 59: The federal government will have direct, real-time access to all individual bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.
Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community organizer health plans (read: SEIU, UAW and ACORN)
Page 72: All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healthcare Exchange.
Page 84: All private healthcare plans must participate in the Healthcare Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans)
Page 91: Government mandates linguistic infrastructure for services; translation: illegal aliens
Page 95: The Government will pay ACORN and Americorps to sign up individuals for Government-run Health Care plan.
Page 102: Those eligible for Medicaid will be automatically enrolled: you have no choice in the matter.
Page 124: No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No "judicial review" is permitted against the government monopoly. Put simply, private insurers will be crushed.

When ever you see the words "$1.5 trillion" and "s...

2009-07-25T07:54:50.961-04:00

When ever you see the words "$1.5 trillion" and "solution" in the same sentence, you know the sentence is only half true. Let's see the government fix social security and medicare first. If that can do that, how can we trust the government with an even bigger social program. While I did not vote for President Obama, I did expect him to come to the table with a more creative solution than this. Anybody can throw $1.5 trillion at a problem and call it a solution. But all we'll be doing is forcing our grandchildren to pay for our health care.

The problem with this bill is that it doesn't addr...

2009-07-21T14:01:22.572-04:00

The problem with this bill is that it doesn't address the fundamental reasons that health care is so expensive.

Insurance and legal costs dramatically inflate medical costs, while contributing zero to providing quality health care.

On top of that, perscriptions and other medical services are way out of whack, while they spend billions in advertising and "promotional" schemes.

The Obama plan doesn't address any of these medical cost problems, but instead cuts everybody in for a full share of taxpayer money.

Sticking it to the rich isn't going to solve this problem. Someone needs to cut out some very powerful special interests and Obama doesn't have the will or the political capital to pull that off.

Thanks for all the comments. This is clearly a key...

2009-07-16T10:17:38.267-04:00

Thanks for all the comments. This is clearly a key topic for all American and it is good to have a lot of debate. I just hope it is not rushed through without the required thought process. America needs health care reform, but it needs to be done right and not just to win re-election and espically not at the cost of American values and ideals.

Thanks for this post. I have not paid attention th...

2009-07-15T14:20:40.384-04:00

Thanks for this post. I have not paid attention the this bill as closely as I should have. I heard the Senate passed something today. I need to take a look at the text.

IF OBAMA WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF HIS CITIZEN.H...

2009-07-15T11:26:46.629-04:00

IF OBAMA WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF HIS CITIZEN.HE WOULD BE STRAIGHT FORWARD ABOUT A PLAN!! YES,IT WOULD BE NICE IF OUR TAX MONEY,COULD PAY FOR OUR HEALTH INSURANCE...WE NEED A PREVENTIVE COVERAGE IN INSURANCE POLICY,THAT MOST DON'T COVER!!! IF WE CAN PREVENT A ILLNESS,THERE WOULD BE LESS HEALTH COST...ALSO,THERE ARE HERBALS;THAT ARE SAFER THAN MAN MADE MEDS.SEVERAL MEDS DO CAUSE MORE HEALTH PROBLEMS,THAN THEY HELP.I WOULD LOVE TO A COVERAGE IN PLAN THAT DO COVER HERBALS AND PREVENTIVE CARE!!

So let me get this straight - the more succesful y...

2009-07-15T11:02:19.392-04:00

So let me get this straight - the more succesful you are (financially) the more you will be taxed. Since when did America enter the twighlight zone? We are going from the USA to the USSR.

As a relatively well to do small business owner, I employ over 20 people. With these extra taxes on my personal and business income, I will probably end up letting go of up to 5 people. At least, they will have health insurance and with all the other government subsidies, pepople will be encouraged to stay on welfare rather than work and pay it all back in taxes.

This is amazing to me. And what’s more it really c...

2009-07-15T10:54:23.900-04:00

This is amazing to me. And what’s more it really comes down to taxation without representation because you will be hard pressed to find any of our representatives who have actually read any of this bill let alone the cap and trade bill.

Add to that the news I saw last night that a company like Goldman Sachs earned over 2 billion in profit last year and didn’t pay any tax and I’m left scratching my head.

My plan is to get out of debt asap and get some money into wealth securing assets and commodities because I have a feeling that the worse isn’t over.

You know. The thought suddenly occurs to me that this makes wanting to reach the American dream of wealth and security less appealing. Why try if the government is going to take half of what you earn? Shot for mediocrity. Depend upon big brother. Maybe that’s the desired effect.

Congress is trying to solve two diametrically oppo...

2009-07-15T00:05:40.811-04:00

Congress is trying to solve two diametrically opposite problems simultaneously: save money and insure more people. Never going to work and more tax payer money will be wasted