Fishy is as Fishy Does…

Posted by admin on August 5, 2009 under 2K9 Tea Party Revolution, Obama and Other Hypocrites, ObamaCare | Be the First to Comment

Call to Action From the Chair, Council on Medical Economics, Florida Medical Association

Posted by admin on July 23, 2009 under ***IMPORTANT LEGISLATION***, 2K9 Tea Party Revolution, Conservatism Resurgency, ObamaCare | Be the First to Comment

STOP Government Run Health Care - 
Call Blue Dog Democrats Today!
(numbers below)

The President likes to say that the “Status quo” must change on health care . The fact is that the status quo is the government and insurance companies in charge of health care spending and it has gotten us where we are today.  Yet the President wants to give MORE power to these same groups!  How does that change “the status quo”?Stop Government Run Medicine. 

1. Create a government run insurance program that likely will add over 100 million people onto the backs of taxpayers (Lewin Group).

2. Mandate that everyone buy over-priced health insurance that is created by politicians and lobbyists – a huge profit gain for insurance companies.  It is estimated that insurance costs will GO UP by up to 95%.  This plan has failed in Massachusetts where there are still 2.6% uninsured, premiums have gone up at rates higher than the rest of the country and the state is now spending an additional $1.5 billion in taxpayer money on health care!

3. Create government rationing that will allow insurance company profits to grow and allow government to avoid paying benefits (Campaign for Liberty).

4. Create government committees that will tell doctors what medical tests and treatments they CAN and CANNOT order and punish them financially if they don’t “comply” (www.doctorsforpatientfreedom.com).

5. Prevent you from buying private insurance that is not “government-approved” after 2013 (page 16 of bill) http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/00351.

6. Create a massive bureacracy that will interfere in the relationship you have with your doctors.

7. Add to the national debt and increase government spending by at least $1.5 trillion over ten years!

8. Cut spending for Medicare patients by $400 billion over ten years!

9. Force seniors to attend “counseling sessions” about alternatives for “end of life care”, or more often if they get sick  (House bill, p. 425-430).

Already Congress has defeated amendments that would have prohibited a) the government from interfering in the practice of medicine and that b) would have prevented insurance plans from being required to pay for abortion benefits -even if you don’t want those benefits.

The House of Representatives needs to hear form you this week so they know you want to

House Bill 3200 will:

There are better ways to drive down health insurance premiums:  put money and power in the hands of individuals and create real competition.  Give them tax benefits to buy health insurance outside of work – not just from their employer. Allow them to buy lower cost insurance from another state.  Allow the natural growth of tax free health savings accounts and high deductible health plans so insurance is used rarely in your life- not every time you see a doctors. That will allow patients to demand more time from their doctors and have the doctor explain why tests and treatments are worth spending money from their own accounts.  The poor and the sick who have can’t find health insurance CAN get help from the government and charities and that will be more affordable for taxpayers. Sadly, the status quo won’t change under Congresional plans – the status quo will be made worse as the same government and insurance companies that created our problems are given even more power.

Please call the following representatives today and let them know: 
1) NO GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE-  No indvidiual mandate – No public option. 
2) VOTE NO ON HR 3200 and empower individuals – not government and insurance companies. 
3) NO RATIONING.
 

Sincerely,

David McKalip, M.D.
Chairman, Florida Taxpayers Union
Chair, Council on Medical Economics, Florida Medical Association

Tea Party Fort Lauderdale July 18, 2009

Posted by admin on July 18, 2009 under 2K9 Tea Party Revolution, The Cavalry - Tea Party Photos | Be the First to Comment

There is a great gang of people who gather each Saturday for 1 – 3 p.m. at the corner of Oakland Park Boulevard and Federal Highway. Such comraderie there is with these Patriots. I had not been in a while, but they have faithfully been waving their signs every week.

Dottie said this week was different, though. There was a much more positive response from the passers-by than in the past. I can only hope that this means taxpayers are finally waking up to the destruction that is at our doorstep…

Here is the gang!

A reprieve from the sun

The Cavalry

ObamaCare Requires Advance Care Planning Consultation

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Translation – they want to make sure the elderly know they are a burden to not only on their family, but on the healthcare system. Insidious…

And as usual, the DailyKos is trumpeting that the right wing loons are up in arms about nothing. Well…I read about what Tom Daschle, the original architect of this type of legislation, had to say. There is a huge controversy over what exactly he did and didn’t say. We know he said that healthcare reform “will not be pain free.”  

Though I have not read the book, “Critical,” people studying the legislation and who have read the book argue that the context of Daschle’s statement indicates that this is a preview of the rationing mentality (and reality)  that goes along with gonvernment-run healthcare. Their read is:  “Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.”  

The defenders of Mr. Daschle’s comments have an extremently weak response. According to the liberal bastion of “truth” Snopes.com, the point Daschle makes in the section of his book that is quoted is “not that seniors should learn to accept limited medical care, but rather that one of the factors behind higher health care costs is that a number of procedures and treatments with little real medical benefit (such as cosmetic surgery) have been aggessively marketed to the public by health care providers and drug companies.” Other retorts from supporters of government healthcare at any cost have echoed this argument.

Wait… did I hear that right? They are saying that cosmetic surgery is a factor behind higher healthcare costs? I am incredulous over this idea because the vast majority of cosmetic procedures are NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE, but are self-pay procedures! If individuals use their own money to pay for the vast majority of cosmetic procedures, how does that raise health costs overall?

Here’s a thought: I have a good notion that the cosmetic surgeries that are covered by insurance companies are not covered because the underwriters were feeling generous, but rather because Congress meddled – ya know what I mean? After all – if everybody has a right to own a house, then everybody has a right to be pretty, handsome and overall feel really good about themselves, right?

Here’s a brain-bender for you:

Read this section of legislation and imagine the mentality behind it. Then ask yourself: Why would they require Medicare providers to engage in “Advance Care Planning Consultation,”  but they refuse to pass legislation mandating an abortion clinic be required to counsel on alternatives to abortion?

One involves death, and one involves life. Again, I say: Insidious.

H.R. 3200 SEC. 1233. ADVANCE CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION.

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