Subject: Fw: Long but you need to read
For your information. Because today is a very important time in this debate.
Everyone should read this and pay close attention. An Indianapolis doctor's letter to Sen. Bayh about the
Bill (Note: Dr. Stephen E. Frazer, MD practices as an anesthesiologist in
Indianapolis , IN ) Here is a letter sent
to Senator Bayh. Feel free to copy it and send it
around to all other representatives. -- Stephen Fraser
Senator Bayh,
As a practicing physician I have major concerns with the
health care bill before Congress. I actually have read the
bill and am shocked by the brazenness of the
government's proposed involvement in the
patient-physician relationship. The very idea that the
government will dictate and ration patient care is dangerous
and certainly not helpful in designing a health care system
that works for all. Every physician I work with agrees that
we need to fix our health care system, but the proposed
bills currently making their way through congress will be a
disaster if passed.
I ask you respectfully and as a patriotic American to look
at the following troubling lines that I have read in the
bill. You cannot possibly believe that these proposals are
in the best interests of the country and our fellow
citizens.
Page 22 of the
HC Bill: Mandates
that the Govt will audit books of all employers that
self-insure!!
Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill: THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE
that decides what treatments/benefits you get.
Page 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!
Page 42 of HC Bill: The Health Choices Commissioner
will choose your HC benefits for you. You have no choice!
Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non-US
citizens, illegal or otherwise.
Page 58 HC Bill: Govt will have real-time access to
individuals' finances & a 'National ID Health
card' will be issued!
Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will have direct access to
your bank accounts for elective funds transfer.
Page 65 Sec 164: Is a payoff subsidized plan for
retirees and their families in unions & community
organizations: (ACORN).
Page 84 Sec
203 HC bill: Govt
mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the
'Exchange.'
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels
for Plans --
The Govt will ration your health care!
Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill: Govt mandates linguistic
appropriate services. (Translation: illegal aliens.)
Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups (i.e.
ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC
plan.
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels
for Plans. (AARP members - your health care WILL be
rationed!)
Page 102 Lines
12-18 HC Bill: Medicaid eligible individuals will
be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. (No choice.)
Page 12 4 lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOVT on price
fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt
monopoly.
Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/ American Medical
Association - The Govt will tell YOU what salary you can
make.
Page 145 Line 15-17: An
Employer MUST auto-enroll employees into public option plan.
(NO choice!)
Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for
part-time employees AND their families.
(Employees shouldn't get excited about this as
employers will be forced to reduce its work force, benefits,
and wages/salaries to cover such a huge expense.)
Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k
& above who does not provide public option will pay 8%
tax on all payroll! (See the last comment in
parenthesis.)
Page 150 Lines
9-13: A business with
payroll between $251K & $401K who doesn't provide
public option will pay 2-6% tax on all payroll.
Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn't
have acceptable HC according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of
income.
Page 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is
exempt from individual taxes. (Americans
will pay.)
Page 195 HC Bill:
Officers & employees of the GOVT HC Admin.. will
have access to ALL Americans' finances and
personal records.
Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: "The tax imposed under this
section shall not be treated as tax." (Yes, it
really says that!)
Page 239 Line
14-24 HC Bill: Govt will
reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors.
(Low-income and the poor are
affected.)
Page 241 Line
6-8 HC Bill: Doctors: It
doesn't matter what specialty you have trained yourself
in -- you will all be
paid the same! (Just TRY to tell me that's not
Socialism!)
Page 253 Line 10-18: The
Govt sets the value of a doctor's time, profession,
judgment, etc. (Literally-- the value of humans.)
Page 265 Sec 1131: The
Govt mandates and controls productivity for
"private" HC industries.
Page 268 Sec 1141: The federal Govt regulates the rental
and purchase of power driven wheelchairs.
Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS -
Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!
Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals for
whatever the Govt deems preventable (i.e...re-admissions).
Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors: If you treat a patient during
initial admission that results in a re-admission -- the Govt
will penalize you.
Page 317 L 13-20: PROHIBITION on
ownership/investment. (The Govt tells doctors what and how
much they can own!)
Page 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on expansion.
(The Govt is mandating that hospitals cannot
expand.)
Page 321 2-13:
Hospitals have the opportunity to apply for exception BUT
community input is required. (Can you say ACORN?)
Page 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339: The Govt mandates
establishment of=2 outcome-based measures. (HC the way they
want -- rationing.)
Page 341 Lines
3-9: The Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance
Plans, HMOs, etc. (Forcing people into the Govt plan)
Page 354 Sec 1177: The Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of
'special needs people!'
Unbelievable!
Page 379 Sec 1191: The Govt creates more bureaucracy via a
"Tele-Health Advisory Committee." (Can you
say HC by phone?)
Page 425 Lines 4-12: The Govt mandates "Advance-Care
Planning Consult." (Think senior citizens
end-of-life patients.)
Page 425 Lines 17-19: The Govt will instruct and consult
regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc.
(And it's
mandatory!)
Page 425 Lines
22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: The Govt provides an
"approved" list of end-of-life resources; &
nbsp;guiding you in death. (Also called 'assisted
suicide.')
Page 427 Lines 15-24: The Govt mandates a program for
orders on "end-of-life." (The Govt has a say
in how your life ends!)
Page 429 Lines 1-9: An "advanced-care planning
consultant" will be used frequently as a patient's
health deteriorates.
Page 429 Lines 10-12: An "advanced care
consultation" may include an ORDER for end-of-life
plans. (AN ORDER TO DIE FROM THE GOVERNMENT?!?)
Page 429 Lines
13-25: The GOVT will specify which doctors can write an
end-of-life order. (I wouldn't want to stand
before God after getting paid for THAT
job!)
Page 430 Lines
11-15: The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will
have at end-of-life! (Again -- no choice!)
Page 469: Community-Based Home Medical Services =
Non-Profit Organizations. (Hello? ACORN Medical
Services here!?!)
Page 489 Sec 1308: The Govt will cover marriage and family
therapy.. (Which means Govt will insert itself into
your marriage even.)
Page 494-498:
Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining,
creating, and rationing those services.
Senator, I guarantee that I personally will do everything
possible to inform patients and my fellow physicians about
the dangers of the proposed bills you and your colleagues
are debating.
Furthermore, if you vote for a bill that enforces
socialized medicine on the country and destroys the
doctor-patient
relationship, I will do everything in my power to
make sure you lose your job in the next election.
Respectfully,
Stephen E. Fraser, MD
Dear
Reader,
I urge you to
use the power that you were born with (and the power that
may soon be taken away) and circulate this email to as many
people as you can reach. The Power of the People can
stop this from happening to us, our parents, our grandparents, our children, and to following generations.
Bill (Note: Dr. Stephen E. Frazer, MD practices as an anesthesiologist in
Indianapolis , IN ) Here is a letter sent
to Senator Bayh. Feel free to copy it and send it
around to all other representatives. -- Stephen Fraser
Senator Bayh,
As a practicing physician I have major concerns with the
health care bill before Congress. I actually have read the
bill and am shocked by the brazenness of the
government's proposed involvement in the
patient-physician relationship. The very idea that the
government will dictate and ration patient care is dangerous
and certainly not helpful in designing a health care system
that works for all. Every physician I work with agrees that
we need to fix our health care system, but the proposed
bills currently making their way through congress will be a
disaster if passed.
I ask you respectfully and as a patriotic American to look
at the following troubling lines that I have read in the
bill. You cannot possibly believe that these proposals are
in the best interests of the country and our fellow
citizens.
Page 22 of the
HC Bill: Mandates
that the Govt will audit books of all employers that
self-insure!!
Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill: THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE
that decides what treatments/benefits you get.
Page 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!
Page 42 of HC Bill: The Health Choices Commissioner
will choose your HC benefits for you. You have no choice!
Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non-US
citizens, illegal or otherwise.
Page 58 HC Bill: Govt will have real-time access to
individuals' finances & a 'National ID Health
card' will be issued!
Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will have direct access to
your bank accounts for elective funds transfer.
Page 65 Sec 164: Is a payoff subsidized plan for
retirees and their families in unions & community
organizations: (ACORN).
Page 84 Sec
203 HC bill: Govt
mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the
'Exchange.'
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels
for Plans --
The Govt will ration your health care!
Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill: Govt mandates linguistic
appropriate services. (Translation: illegal aliens.)
Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups (i.e.
ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC
plan.
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels
for Plans. (AARP members - your health care WILL be
rationed!)
Page 102 Lines
12-18 HC Bill: Medicaid eligible individuals will
be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. (No choice.)
Page 12 4 lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOVT on price
fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt
monopoly.
Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/ American Medical
Association - The Govt will tell YOU what salary you can
make.
Page 145 Line 15-17: An
Employer MUST auto-enroll employees into public option plan.
(NO choice!)
Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for
part-time employees AND their families.
(Employees shouldn't get excited about this as
employers will be forced to reduce its work force, benefits,
and wages/salaries to cover such a huge expense.)
Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k
& above who does not provide public option will pay 8%
tax on all payroll! (See the last comment in
parenthesis.)
Page 150 Lines
9-13: A business with
payroll between $251K & $401K who doesn't provide
public option will pay 2-6% tax on all payroll.
Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn't
have acceptable HC according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of
income.
Page 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is
exempt from individual taxes. (Americans
will pay.)
Page 195 HC Bill:
Officers & employees of the GOVT HC Admin.. will
have access to ALL Americans' finances and
personal records.
Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: "The tax imposed under this
section shall not be treated as tax." (Yes, it
really says that!)
Page 239 Line
14-24 HC Bill: Govt will
reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors.
(Low-income and the poor are
affected.)
Page 241 Line
6-8 HC Bill: Doctors: It
doesn't matter what specialty you have trained yourself
in -- you will all be
paid the same! (Just TRY to tell me that's not
Socialism!)
Page 253 Line 10-18: The
Govt sets the value of a doctor's time, profession,
judgment, etc. (Literally-- the value of humans.)
Page 265 Sec 1131: The
Govt mandates and controls productivity for
"private" HC industries.
Page 268 Sec 1141: The federal Govt regulates the rental
and purchase of power driven wheelchairs.
Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS -
Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!
Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals for
whatever the Govt deems preventable (i.e...re-admissions).
Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors: If you treat a patient during
initial admission that results in a re-admission -- the Govt
will penalize you.
Page 317 L 13-20: PROHIBITION on
ownership/investment. (The Govt tells doctors what and how
much they can own!)
Page 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on expansion.
(The Govt is mandating that hospitals cannot
expand.)
Page 321 2-13:
Hospitals have the opportunity to apply for exception BUT
community input is required. (Can you say ACORN?)
Page 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339: The Govt mandates
establishment of=2 outcome-based measures. (HC the way they
want -- rationing.)
Page 341 Lines
3-9: The Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance
Plans, HMOs, etc. (Forcing people into the Govt plan)
Page 354 Sec 1177: The Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of
'special needs people!'
Unbelievable!
Page 379 Sec 1191: The Govt creates more bureaucracy via a
"Tele-Health Advisory Committee." (Can you
say HC by phone?)
Page 425 Lines 4-12: The Govt mandates "Advance-Care
Planning Consult." (Think senior citizens
end-of-life patients.)
Page 425 Lines 17-19: The Govt will instruct and consult
regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc.
(And it's
mandatory!)
Page 425 Lines
22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: The Govt provides an
"approved" list of end-of-life resources; &
nbsp;guiding you in death. (Also called 'assisted
suicide.')
Page 427 Lines 15-24: The Govt mandates a program for
orders on "end-of-life." (The Govt has a say
in how your life ends!)
Page 429 Lines 1-9: An "advanced-care planning
consultant" will be used frequently as a patient's
health deteriorates.
Page 429 Lines 10-12: An "advanced care
consultation" may include an ORDER for end-of-life
plans. (AN ORDER TO DIE FROM THE GOVERNMENT?!?)
Page 429 Lines
13-25: The GOVT will specify which doctors can write an
end-of-life order. (I wouldn't want to stand
before God after getting paid for THAT
job!)
Page 430 Lines
11-15: The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will
have at end-of-life! (Again -- no choice!)
Page 469: Community-Based Home Medical Services =
Non-Profit Organizations. (Hello? ACORN Medical
Services here!?!)
Page 489 Sec 1308: The Govt will cover marriage and family
therapy.. (Which means Govt will insert itself into
your marriage even.)
Page 494-498:
Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining,
creating, and rationing those services.
Senator, I guarantee that I personally will do everything
possible to inform patients and my fellow physicians about
the dangers of the proposed bills you and your colleagues
are debating.
Furthermore, if you vote for a bill that enforces
socialized medicine on the country and destroys the
doctor-patient
relationship, I will do everything in my power to
make sure you lose your job in the next election.
Respectfully,
Stephen E. Fraser, MD
Dear
Reader,
I urge you to
use the power that you were born with (and the power that
may soon be taken away) and circulate this email to as many
people as you can reach. The Power of the People can
stop this from happening to us, our parents, our grandparents, our children, and to following generations.
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