Protect the elderly~Free our Health-Care NOw!-sign petition

 

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From: Jeanette Nordstrom

To: rgdunn@veionline.com

Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 3:46 PM

Subject: Important Health Care Update

Friends -

Great News! More than 625,000 Americans have signed the petition, voicing their support for affordable, accessible, high-quality health care. Many of you have asked, Can you sign twice? The answer is no, and in fact you will get a message that you have already signed. However, we need your help to forward this important information to all your lists, networks, friends and family members.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell recently summarized the dangers of a government-run health care system as being a "system in which care is denied, delayed, and rationed." He's exactly right! To fund a nationalized health care system, Congress will have to deny, delay, and ration care for the sick and elderly.

If health care is rationed, how would that work? White House health advisor Zeke Emanuel (who is also the brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel) wrote an entire article on this subject in the Lancet on January 31, 2009. In the article, Emanuel advocated giving young adults priority over senior citizens. Suppose a 25-year-old and a 65-year-old each has a life-threatening disease. Since the 25-year-old has many more potential years of life ahead of him, he should receive preferential treatment, according to Emanuel. He justifies denying care to elderly patients in the following way:

Unlike allocation by sex or race, allocation by age is not invidious discrimination; every person lives through different life stages rather than being a single age. Even if 25-year-olds receive priority over 65-year-olds, everyone who is 65 years now was previously 25 years.

There is more! In another article written in 1996 for the Hastings Center Report , Emanuel said health services should not be guaranteed to "individuals who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens." He continues, "An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia."

Ultimately, such a health care plan would ignore the end-of-life needs of many Americans!

What can you do about all of this?

Sign the petition at www.freeourhealthcarenow.com and forward this email to your family, friends and networks! Track our progress by going to http://actionpack.ncpa.org and clicking the 'ticker' link. Watch NCPA President and Kellye Wright Fellow John Goodman, discuss the effects of a nationalized health care system streamed live on Wednesday, July 22, at 7:30 pm Eastern Time. To view the broadcast, go to www.pjtv.com and click on the 'Live Broadcast' button. Read what John Goodman says about Zeke Emanuel's articles at his blog http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/rationing-health-care-2/. Use the Action Pack to access our Learning/Teaching Tools about health care at http://actionpack.ncpa.org so that you can educate your friends, family and neighbors. Share the petition through viral networking by clicking on the icon of your preferred social media.

Thank you so much for being a part of the team that is helping us educate the public on health care reform. We could not do it without you!

Jeanette Nordstrom
National Center for Policy Analysis
www.ncpa.org

 

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell recently summarized the dangers of a government-run health care system as being a "system in which care is denied, delayed, and rationed." He's exactly right! To fund a nationalized health care system, Congress will have to deny, delay, and ration care for the sick and elderly.

C'MON, That Will Never Happen in America

Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 5:28 PM

Subject: FW: : C'MON That Will Never Happen in America

Friends,

The author did not mentioned the worst one, the hoax of Obama's eligibility.

But,  the other eleven ones are totally incredible.

Pedro Sr

Eleven Reasons to Fear For Your Freedom   What would you say if I gave you 11 reasons why the elections in 2010 will be the most important in the history of the United States ?     1. What if I had told you in October 2008, before the last presidential election, that before Barack Obamas first 100 days in office, the federal government would be in control of both the mortgage and the banking industries? That 19 of Americas largest banks would be forced to undergo stress tests by the federal government which would determine that they were insufficiently capitalized so they must be supervised by the government?   Would you have said, C'mon, that will never happen in America ?"   2. What if I had told you that within Barack Obamas first 100 days in office the federal government would be the largest shareholder in two US automakers, GM, and Chrysler? That the government would kick out the CEOs of these companies and appoint hand-picked executives with zero experience in the auto industry and that executive compensation would be determined not by a Board of Directors but by the government?   Would you have said, C'mon, that will never happen in America ?   3. What if I had told you that Barack Obama would appoint 21 Czars, without congressional approval, accountable only to him not to the voters who would have control over a wide range of US policy decisions? That there would be a Stimulus Accountability Czar, an Urban Czar, a Compensation Czar, an Iran Czar, an Auto Industry Czar, a Cyber Security Czar, an Energy Czar, a Bank Bailout Czar, and more than a dozen other government bureaucrats with unchecked regulatory powers over US domestic and foreign policy?   Would you have said, C'mon, that will never happen in America ?   4. What if I had told you that the federal deficit would be $915 billion in the first six months of the Obama presidency - with a projected annual deficit of $1.75 trillion - triple the $454.8 billion in 2008, for which the previous administration was highly criticized by Obama and his fellow Democrats? That congress would pass Obamas $3.53 trillion federal budget for fiscal 2010? That the projected deficit over the next ten years would be greater than $10 trillion?   Would you have said, C'mon, that will never happen in America ?   5. What if I had told you that the Obama Justice Department would order FBI agents to read Miranda rights to high-value detainees captured on the battlefield and held at US military detention facilities in Afghanistan ? That Obama would order the closing of the Guantanamo detention facility with no plan for the disposition of the 200-plus individuals held there? That several of the suspected terrorists at Guantanamo would be sent to live in freedom in Bermuda at the expense of the US government? That our US veterans would be labeled terrorists and put on a watch list.   Would you have said, C'mon, that will never happen in America ?   6. What if I had told you that the federal government would seek powers to seize key companies whose failures could jeopardize the financial system? That a new regulatory agency would be proposed by Obama to control loans, credit cards, mortgage backed securities, and other financial products offered to the public?   Would you have said, C'mon, that will never happen in America ?   7. What if I had told you that Obama would travel to the Middle East , bow before the Saudi king, and repeatedly apologize for Americas past actions? That he would travel to Latin America where he would warmly greet Venezuelas strongman Hugo Chavez and sit passively in the audience while Nicaraguan Marxist thug Daniel Ortega charged America with terrorist aggression in Central America ?   Would you have said, C'mon,that will never happen in America ?   8. Okay, now what if I were to tell you that Obama wants to dismantle conservative talk radio through the imposition of a new Fairness Doctrine? That he wants to curtail the First Amendment rights of those who may disagree with his policies via internet blogs, cable news networks, or advocacy ads? That most major network television and most newspapers will only sing his phrases like state run media in communist countries?   Would you say, C'mon, that will never happen in America ?   9. What if I were to tell you that the Obama Justice Department is doing everything it can to limit your Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms? That the federal government wants to reinstate the so-called assault weapons ban which would prohibit the sale of any type of firearm that requires the shooter to pull the trigger every time a round is fired? That Obamas Attorney General wants to eliminate the sale of virtually all handguns and ammunition, which most citizens choose for self-defense?   Would you say, C'mon, that will never happen in America ?   10. What if I were to tell you that the Obama plan is to eliminate states rights guaranteed by the Tenth Amendment and give the federal government sweeping new powers over policies currently under the province of local and state governments and voted on by the people?  That Obama plans to control the schools, energy production, the environment, health care, and the wealth of every US citizen?   Would you say, C'mon, that will never happen in America ?   11. What if I were to tell you that the president, the courts, and the federal government have ignored the US Constitution and have seized powers which the founders of our country fought to restrict?  That our last presidential election may have been our last truly free election for some time to come? That our next presidential election may look similar to the one recently held in Iran ?   I know, I know what you will say, That will never happen in America .   If we don't do everything in our power to stop this madness in 2010, may God have mercy on our worthless souls. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.   Thomas Jefferson