Forwarded Email on the Obamacare Bill

Capitol Switchboard - 202-224-3121


Here are also four "on the fence" Senators beyond your own to focus on:

Senator Bill Nelson (NE)
Chief of Staff: Tim Becker
Washington, DC (202) 224-6551 / (202) 228-0012 fax
Omaha (402) 391-3411 / (402) 391-4725 fax

Senator Blanche Lincoln (AR)
Chief of Staff: Elizabeth Burks (elizabeth_burks@lincoln.senate.gov)
Washington, DC (202) 224-4843 / (202) 228-1371 fax
Little Rock (800) 352-9364 / (501) 375-7064 fax

Senator Mary Landrieu (LA)
Chief of Staff: Jane Campbell (jane_campbell@landrieu.senate.gov)
Washington, DC (202) 224-5824 / (202) 224-9735 fax
New Orleans (504) 589-2427 / (504) 589-4023 fax

Senator Mark Warner (VA)
Chief of Staff: Luke Albee (luke_albee@warner.senate.gov)
Washington, DC (202) 224-2023 / (202) 224-6295 fax
Norfolk (757) 441-3079 / (757) 441-6250 fax

You Should Know About Harry Reid's

Government-Run Health Care Experiment

View This Research Briefing At GOP.com

1. $493 Billion In Tax Increases On Health Insurance, Medical Innovation, Payroll And Small Businesses Would Pay For The Bill. (Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09)

2. Americans Won't See Benefits Of This Health Care Experiment Until 2014, But They Start Paying For It In 2010.(Page 13, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09)

3. Reid's Bill Allegedly Reduces The Deficit By $130 Billion In Ten Years, But The Obama-Reid-Pelosi Spending Agenda Produced Deficit Of $176 Billion Last Month Alone.(Table 3, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09)

4. $465 Billion In Medicare And Medicaid Cuts Would Pay For Two New Unsustainable Entitlements.(Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09)

5. Health Care Costs For The Federal Government - And Your Family - Would Increase, Not Decrease. (Page 16, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09)

6. A New Medicare Commission Of Unelected Bureaucrats Would Ration Care.(Sec. 3403, H.R. 3590, Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute, "Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act," Introduced 11/18/09)

7. The "Doc Fix" Provision That Would Add $250 Billion To The Deficit Is Not Included In The Democrats' List Price For Their Health Care Experiment.(Page 17, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09)

8. Taxpayer Dollars Would Fund Abortions.(Sec. 1303(a), H.R. 3590, Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute, "Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act," Introduced 11/18/09)

9. A New Entitlement Program For Long-Term Care That One Democrat Senator Called "A Ponzi Scheme" Would Be Created.(Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09; Shailagh Murray & Lori Montgomery, "Centrists Unsure About Reid's Public Option," The Washington Post, 10/28/09)

10. States Burdened With $25 Billion In Unfunded Mandates From Medicaid That Would Force Them To Increase Taxes.(Page 7, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, 11/18/09)

Brian Lapps on Tenncare and the failures of Government supported Healthcare

Former director of TennCare, Brian Lapps discusses the debacle of TennCare and relates it with the current proposal of ObamaCare...

After viewing these videos it should be evident that the failures and abuses of Tenncare is a microcosm of the proposed Obamacare-HR3962.

About Brian Lapps:
As the former director and assistant commissioner of the TennCare Bureau in Nashville , Brian Lapps developed and initiated a comprehensive reform plan for the $4.3 billion program. At the time, TennCare was the most comprehensive and difficult Medicaid Managed Care program in the United States . Mr. Lapps interacted with state and federal officials, nine managed care organizations (HMO’s), providers and multiple constituencies to reign in the program. He has nearly 4 decades of experience in the healthcare industry, including executive positions at several Nashville-area hospitals and healthcare organizations. He is currently a managing director with Harpeth Consulting, a business management consulting firm focused on commercial for-profit and not-for-profit healthcare providers and payers and federal, state and local government healthcare agencies.




















As a Registered Nurse in Tennessee, I see abuse of the system every day I work a 12 hour shift. While I wheel a Tenncare recipient to their $40,000 Cadillac Escalade, I often reflect on how they can afford such a luxury automobile while I drive a beat up four door sedan.

It would seem the middle class working man is forgotten and exists as a wage slave. Tennessee offers free healthcare, food stamps, free transportation to and from the Hospital and/or Doctor's office, free housing, and free cell phones as a part of Government Assistance.

The cycles of poverty are definitely alive and being well funded by the often unwilling taxpayers of Tennessee.

Please understand that I am not bitter or angry at the individual who is dependent on the proverbial government teat. I have observed that it is beneficial to the State and the Hospital to keep these people drugged and dependent on the Governmental Handout so that they can be financially reimbursed or write off the services provided.

So the common man (forgotten man) is taxed to death in order to fund the healthcare, prescriptions, etc. of the man who refuses to work and takes advantage of the system. Meanwhile, the Government and Hospital Corporations rake in fiscal profits off of the cyclical financial, spiritual, and intellectual poverties of some Tennesseans.

"If we believe in liberty, we must also remember what William Graham Sumner called "the forgotten man." The forgotten man is the one whose labor is exploited in order to benefit whatever political cause catches the government's fancy.
The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man .....
They therefore ignore entirely the source from which they must draw all the energy which they employ in their remedies, and they ignore all the effects on other members of society than the ones they have in view. They are always under the dominion of the superstition, of government, and, forgetting that a government produces nothing at all, they leave out of sight the first fact to be remembered in all social discussion—that the state cannot get a cent for any man without taking it from some other man, and this latter must be a man who has produced and saved it. This latter is the Forgotten Man."

-Ron Paul 'The Revolution: A Manifesto'

Thanks to WEARECHANGENASHVILLE FOR RECORDING AND POSTING ON YOUTUBE...

http://wearechangenashville.com/index.html

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Savannah vs. HR 3962

Savannah of WEARECHANGENASHVILLE calls upon you to combat Obama and his cronies...Contact your representatives.... CALL/FAX/SEND A SMOKE SIGNAL...Let them know that this bill is a power grab, that you don't want Obamacare, and that it will destroy the last profitable industry in America-Healthcare.

Now is the time to get active and involved in local grassroots groups and politics.
Here are some local groups I recommend:

http://www.tnsonsofliberty.blogspot.com/
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/
http://jbs.org/
http://wearechangenashville.com/index.html

Some of them have meetup.com groups..Go to http://www.meetup.com/ and type in your interest and zip code and it will tell you what sort of groups are in your area.

Please feel free to contact me at TNSONSOFLIBERTY@COMCAST.NET with any questions or to attend our monthly discussion/education groups..

RONALD REAGAN VS. SOCIALIZED MEDICINE

"Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American people would never vote for socialism. But he said under the name of liberalism the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program.

One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It’s very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project. Most people are a little reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people who possibly can’t afford it.

Now, the American people, if you put it to them about socialized medicine and gave them a chance to choose, would unhesitatingly vote against it. We had an example of this. Under the Truman administration it was proposed that we have a compulsory health insurance program for all people in the United States, and, of course, the American people unhesitatingly rejected this."

Obamacare Healthcare Bill=DISASTER

So upon scanning through the healthcare bill today (H.R. 3962), I came across a few more sections that I find interesting. I was completely unaware that the No Child Left Unimmunized act had been swept into this bill.. but nonetheless, it is there.. under Section 2524. It is entitled "NO CHILD LEFT UNIMMUNIZED AGAINST INFLUENZA: DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM USING ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS INFLUENZA VACCINATION CENTERS." As the title hints, this amendment will establish vaccination centers directly in schools. Eventually this could lead to the seasonal flu vaccination becoming mandatory for school attendance.

In H.R. 3200, I found an interesting section entitled "NATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE REGISTRY". Little to my surprise, I found that this same amendment may be found in 3962 under the same name, in Section 2571.
It reads as follows:

‘National Medical Device Registry

‘(g)(1)(A) The Secretary shall establish a national medical device registry (in this subsection referred to as the ‘registry’) to facilitate analysis of postmarket safety and outcomes data on each covered device.

‘(B) In this subsection, the term ‘covered device’--

‘(i) shall include each class III device; and

‘(ii) may include, as the Secretary determines appropriate and specifies in regulation, a class II device that is life-supporting or life-sustaining.



What is a class II medical device, you may ask? A google search won't come up with much.. but all you really need to know is this....


Is the implantable microchip FDA-approved?

In October 2004, VeriChip's human-implantable RFID microchip was cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for medical uses in the United States (as a Class II Medical Device). In fact, the implantable microchip is considered a "predicate device" within the FDA, meaning others entering the space in the future will be measured against this device.

(Source- http://www.verichipcorp.com/faqs.html)


So, Verichip is classified as a Class II medical device. Why is this concerning? Let me continue with the section.



‘(2) In developing the registry, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Administrator of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, determine the best methods for--

‘(A) including in the registry, in a manner consistent with subsection (f), appropriate information to identify each covered device by type, model, and serial number or other unique identifier;

‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘data’ refers to information respecting a covered device, including claims data, patient survey data, standardized analytic files that allow for the pooling and analysis of data from disparate data environments, electronic health records, and any other data deemed appropriate by the Secretary.

‘(4) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations for establishment and operation of the registry under paragraph (1). Such regulations--

‘(A)(i) in the case of covered devices that are sold on or after the date of the enactment of this subsection, shall require manufacturers of such devices to submit information to the registry, including, for each such device, the type, model, and serial number or, if required under subsection (f), other unique device identifier;

(c) Unique Device Identification System- The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall issue proposed regulations to implement section 519(f) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360i(f)) not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.



So, it sounds to me this national medical device registry is an attempt to coax the American public into being chipped.. for medical purposes, of course. These chips will contain your medical history, and will also be portrayed as benefiting Alzheimer's patients and those with Diabetes.. and any other reasons they can come up with. This has already been confirmed, as you can see in this commercial- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDhDrFrs7as. In reality these RFID chips are nothing more than a means of control. That's all this bill is about, and that is certainly all this section is about.


Under "definitions" on page 1668 I found that the term "disease prevention" can mean a number of things. Including the fluoridation of water and immunizations..


On page 231 under Subtitle A.. Section 330 is entitled "ENROLLMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE OPTION BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS."
It reads as follows:

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
Members of Congress may enroll in the public health insurance option.


MAY. I repeat they MAY. Just had to reinforce that topic.. since many claim that this section does not exist. If you don't believe me, look for yourself.


Section 59b (pgs 297-299) is entitled "ENFORCEMENT OF HEALTH COVERAGE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS."
It reads as follows:

CIVIL PENALTIES.—In the case of any employer who fails (during any period with respect to which the election under subsection (a) is in effect)
to satisfy the health coverage participation requirements with respect to any employee, the Secretary may assess a civil penalty against the employer of
$100 for each day in the period beginning on the
date such failure first occurs and ending on the date
such failure is corrected.


And of course, ultimately jail time.. up to 5 years in jail, for if you do not comply you will be in violation of the federal IRS code.


So, in summary.. this bill is about control.
That is all..
I beg you America, wake up and do something, anything.
THIS WEEK Senate is planning to vote on this bill.
Please, take some time to get active.. even if it is only
for five minutes.. call your congressman/senators.
Join me tomorrow.. as I pass out fliers on the truth of this
bill and protest.
Just don't sit back in silence as the republic is torn to shreds.
It is now or never.
-Guest post by Savannah