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Dangerous health care insanity spreads
Written by Thomas Costanzo Subject: Healthcareby Alan Korwin, Author
Gun Laws of America
July 30, 2009
Gun Laws of America
July 30, 2009
Dangerous health care insanity spreads
If the news media would report on the CONTENTS of
the proposed federal health care takeover (see details below) it would die in
a day. People would rise up, as they did over the recent illegal-alien
amnesty attempt, and demand defeat.
Instead, the media reports meaningless drivel,
politicing, promises, compromises, party squabbles and leaves out the substance
of this incredibly bad hostile takeover of your doctor's office,
complete with end-your-life paperwork issued by bureaucrats, denial of service,
strict rationing, cash penalties for selecting your own doctors or treatment.
Gun-Rights Linkage: With this much total control over your medical and
financial records, there's a very short step between automated analysis of your
"fitness" to keep and bear arms, and the various prohibited-possessor
lists the government is keeping and recommending. That's just my idle
observation, the bill does not explicitly address it in any way.
The lamestream media told you:
July 30, 2009; AP -- House democrats reached a
deal Wednesday on a health care reform bill that would reduce federal
subsidies, help lower-income families, exempt businesses, cover the elderly,
provide additional revenue, require insurance, provide subsidies to the poor,
help choose your health insurance, recommend health benefits, cap out-of-pocket
expenses, set standards... deadlines, blue-dogs, budget experts, negotiations,
the top of Obama's agenda, deadlines, timetable slippage, leadership,
deadlines... and cost less than one trillion dollars without increasing the
federal deficit. http://tinyurl.com/ko64s3
The Uninvited
Ombudsman notes however that:
First off, it's impossible to spend a trillion dollars, when your treasury is
already demolished by debt, without making your deficit worse, even a moron can
see that (proof that morons don't work for the AP).
I make a living studying and describing laws. I've spot checked this man
Fleckstein's work below, he is a little blustery, but he is accurate. The media
has avoided just about all of this, preferring instead to spread
he-said-she-said silliness and posturing, keeping you and the nation in the
dark. CNN, FOX, the networks -- none of them are covering the real content
of the bill!
If politicians somehow get away with passing this atrocity, the federal government
will create an impenetrable barrier to medical service, countless bureaucrats
will take over life-and-death power of every aspect of medical care, and they
will wreak havoc on nearly 20% of our already frail economy. As you age,
your value will be calculated and your access to health care will drop.
Remember -- there is no delegated constitutional authority for any of this:
powers delegated to the federal government do not include running an insurance
company, regulating what medical care you can get, where you can go for medical
treatment, how much you can pay, what sort of treatments you can select, or
punishing you or your employer for deciding on your own health care.
We are supposed to have a government of limited delegated powers; if government
can do whatever it pleases, without constraint, as they are about to do with
your medicine, that's as tyrannical as it gets -- we no longer have a limited
government as we should, the basis of our freedom. Pick up your phone, finally,
call your representatives, and demand they stop this insane and unlawful
intrusion into your doctor's office. At least call your doctor. Do it. Ask for
their advice.
Here is the entire 1,107-page health care bill, HR 3200, being pushed by Mr.
Obama (no one is saying who actually wrote all of this):
There is a man by the name of Peter Fleckstein (aka Fleckman) who is
reading it and has been posting his findings on Twitter. This is from his
postings. I have spot checked these, he is spot on:
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Pg 16: SEC. 102. PROTECTING THE CHOICE TO KEEP CURRENT
COVERAGE. lines 3-26 of the HC Bill – OUTLAWS PRIVATE INSURANCE by
forbidding enrollment after HR 3200 is passed into law.
Pg 21-22: SEC. 113. INSURANCE RATING RULES of the HC Bill MANDATES
the Government will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!!
Pg 29: SEC. 122. ESSENTIAL BENEFITS PACKAGE DEFINED: lines 4-16 in
the HC bill – YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!!
Pg 30: SEC. 123. HEALTH BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE of HC bill –
THERE WILL BE A GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you
get.
Pg 42: SEC. 142. DUTIES AND AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER of HC Bill –
The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC Benefits for you. You have
no choice!
PG 50-51: SEC. 152. PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH CARE in HC
bill – HC will be provided to ALL non US citizens, ILLEGAL or otherwise.
Pg 58: SEC. 163. ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION HC Bill – Government
will have real-time access to individual’s finances and a National ID
Healthcard will be issued!
Pg 59: SEC. 163. ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION HC Bill lines 21-24
Government will have DIRECT access to your BANK ACCOUNTS for electronic funds
transfer. This means the government can go in and take your money right out of
your bank account.
PG 65: SEC. 164. REINSURANCE PROGRAM FOR RETIREES is a payoff
subsidized plan for retirees and their families in Unions and community orgs
(ACORN).
Pg 72: SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE; OUTLINE OF
DUTIES; DEFINITIONS Lines 8-14 Government is creating an HC Exchange to
bring private HC plans under Government control.
PG 84: SEC. 203. BENEFITS PACKAGE LEVELS HC Bill – Government
mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the Exchange
PG 85: SEC. 203. BENEFITS PACKAGE LEVELS Line 7 HC Bill –
SPECIFICATION OF BENEFIT LEVELS FOR PLANS = The Government will ration your
Healthcare!
PG 91: SEC. 204. CONTRACTS FOR THE OFFERING OF EXCHANGE-PARTICIPATING
HEALTH BENEFITS PLANS Lines 4-7 HC Bill – Government mandates linguistic
appropriate services. Example – Translation for illegal aliens!
Pg 95: SEC. 205. OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT OF EXCHANGE-ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS
AND EMPLOYERS IN EXCHANGE-PARTICIPATING HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN HC Bill
Lines 8-18 The Government will use groups i.e., ACORN &
Americorps to sign up individuals for Government HC plan.
PG 102: SEC. 205. OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT OF EXCHANGE-ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS
AND EMPLOYERS IN EXCHANGE-PARTICIPATING HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN Lines
12-18 HC Bill – Medicaid Eligible Individuals will be automatically enrolled in
Medicaid. No choice!
pg 124: SEC. 223. PAYMENT RATES FOR ITEMS AND SERVICES lines 24-25 HC
No company can sue the GOVERNMENT on price fixing! No “judicial review” against
Government Monopoly!!
pg 127: SEC. 225. PROVIDER PARTICIPATION Lines 1-16 HC Bill –
Doctors/ AMA – The Government will tell YOU what you can make.
Pg 145: SEC. 312. EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS EMPLOYEE
AND DEPENDENT COVERAGE Line 15-17 An Employer MUST auto enroll employees
into public option plan. NO CHOICE!!
Pg 146: SEC. 312. EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS EMPLOYEE
AND DEPENDENT COVERAGE Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay 4 HC 4 part time
employees AND their families.
Pg 149: SEC. 313. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS IN LIEU OF COVERAGE Lines
16-24 ANY Employer with payroll of $400k and above who does not provide public
option pays 8% tax on all payroll.
pg 150: SEC. 313. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS IN LIEU OF
COVERAGE Lines 9-13 Business’s with payroll between $251k – $400k who
doesn’t provide public option pays 2-6% tax on all payroll.
Pg 167: SEC. 401. TAX ON INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT ACCEPTABLE HEALTH CARE
COVERAGE Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable HC
according to Government will be taxed 2.5% of income.
Pg 170: SEC. 401. TAX ON INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT ACCEPTABLE HEALTH CARE
COVERAGE Lines 1-3 HC Bill Any NONRESIDENT Alien is EXEMPT from
individual taxes. (Americans will pay)
Pg 195:
HC Bill – SEC. 421. CREDIT FOR SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYEE HEALTH COVERAGE
EXPENSES Officers and employees of HC Administration
(GOVERNMENT) will have access to ALL Americans financial and personal
records!
[Note: Although the bill lists a few broad items, it includes anything else the
people running the program decide they want. --Alan.]
PG 203: SEC. 441. SURCHARGE ON HIGH INCOME INDIVIDUALS Line 14-15 HC
– “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax” Yes, it says
that!
Pg 239: SEC. 1121. SUSTAINABLE GROWTH RATE REFORM Line 14-24 HC Bill
Government will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors, low income,
poor affected.
Pg
241: SEC. 1121. SUSTAINABLE GROWTH RATE REFORM Line 6-8 HC Bill –
Doctors, doesn’t matter what specialty you have, you’ll all be paid the same.
[NOTE: If anything should get your doctor's attention, provisions like this
ought to turn on the lights. --Alan.]
PG 253: SEC. 1122. MISVALUED CODES UNDER THE PHYSICIAN FEE
SCHEDULE Line 10-18 Government sets value of Doctor’s time, professional
judgment, etc. Literally value of humans.
PG 265: SEC. 1131. INCORPORATING PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS INTO MARKET
BASKET UPDATES THAT DO NOT ALREADY INCORPORATE SUCH
IMPROVEMENTS. Government mandates and controls productivity for private HC
industries.
PG 268: SEC. 1141. RENTAL AND PURCHASE OF POWER-DRIVEN
WHEELCHAIRS. Federal Government regulates rental and purchase of power
driven wheelchairs
PG 272: SEC. 1145. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS – Cancer
patients – welcome to rationing!
Page 280: SEC. 1151. REDUCING POTENTIALLY PREVENTABLE HOSPITAL
READMISSIONS The Government will penalize hospitals for what Government
deems preventable readmissions.
Pg 298: SEC. 1151. REDUCING POTENTIALLY PREVENTABLE HOSPITAL READMISSIONS Lines
9-11 Doctors! Treat a patient during initial admission that results in a
readmission? Government will penalize you.
Pg 317: SEC. 1156. LIMITATION ON MEDICARE EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROHIBITION ON
CERTAIN PHYSICIAN REFERRALS MADE TO HOSPITALS Lines 13-20 OMG!!
PROHIBITION on ownership and investment! Government tells Doctors what and how
much they can own!
Pg 317-318: SEC. 1156. LIMITATION ON MEDICARE EXCEPTIONS TO THE
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PHYSICIAN REFERRALS MADE TO HOSPITALS lines 21-25,
1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion – Government is mandating hospitals cannot expand!
pg 321: SEC. 1156. LIMITATION ON MEDICARE EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROHIBITION ON
CERTAIN PHYSICIAN REFERRALS MADE TO HOSPITALS Lines 2-13 Hospitals have
option to apply for exception BUT community input required. Can you say
ACORN?!!
Pg 335: SEC. 1162. QUALITY BONUS PAYMENTS Lines 16-25 Pg 336-339 –
Government mandates establishment of outcome based measures. HC the way they
want. Rationing
Pg 341: SEC. 1162. QUALITY BONUS PAYMENTS Lines 3-9 Government has
authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing people
into Government plan.
Pg 354: SEC. 1177. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF SPECIAL NEEDS PLANS TO
RESTRICT ENROLLMENT – Government will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs
people! OMG! My sister has Downs Syndrome!!!
Pg 379: SEC. 1191. TELEHEALTH EXPANSION AND ENHANCEMENTS Government
creates more bureaucracy – Telehealth Advisory Committee Can you say HC by
phone?
PG 425: SEC. 1233. ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION Lines 4-12
Government mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of
life
Pg 425: SEC. 1233. ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION Lines 17-19
Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of
attorney. Mandatory!
PG 425: SEC. 1233. ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION Lines 22-25,
426 Lines 1-3 Government provides approved list of end of life resources,
guiding you in death!
PG 427: SEC. 1233. ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION Lines 15-24
Government mandates program for orders for end of life. The Government has a
say in how your life ends!
Pg 429: SEC. 1233. ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION Lines 1-9 An
“advance care planning consultant” will be used frequently as patients health
deteriorates.
PG 429: SEC. 1233. ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION Lines 10-12
“advance care consultation” may include an ORDER 4 end of life plans. AN ORDER
from GOV
Pg
429: SEC. 1233. ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION Lines 13-25 – The
Government will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.
[NOTE: Read carefully, it doesn't have to be a doctor, it can be an undefined
"physician assistant" appointed by an unelected federal bureaucrat.
--Alan.]
PG 430: SEC. 1233. ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION Lines 11-15 The
Government will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life.
Pg 469: SEC. 1302. MEDICAL HOME PILOT PROGRAM Community Based Home
Medical Services=Non profit organizations. Hello, ACORN Medical Services
here!!?
Page 472: SEC. 1302. MEDICAL HOME PILOT PROGRAM Lines 14-17 PAYMENT
TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORG. 1 monthly payment 2 a community-based org. Like ACORN?
PG 489: SEC. 1308. COVERAGE OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST SERVICES AND
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR SERVICES The Government will cover Marriage and
Family therapy. Which means they will insert Government into your marriage
Pg 494-498: SEC. 1308. COVERAGE OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST SERVICES
AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR SERVICES Government will cover Mental Health
Services including defining, creating, rationing those services.
Fleckstien's analysis is ongoing, and the democrats are making insignificant
changes to gain political support, without effecting the wholesale takeover of
the medical industry. Doctors are abandoning the AMA (which is supporting the
bill because it puts more power in the hands of the central controllers).
If you don't want to call your representatives in Congress (can't say I blame
you, unfortunately) -- call your doctors! Ask them if they've read the bill, and
when they say no, tell them you have read a review and it is beyond awful. Tell
them you don't want the federal government to take over their office. They may
not even be aware of what's going on. Send them this email message -- they'll
give you an email address if you press them for it. Save your doctors despite
themselves.
I'll have a regular Page Nine report out soon; thanks for bearing with me in
this emergency.
Alan Korwin
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