Text 34708, 85 rader
Skriven 2009-08-02 11:57:25 av Joe Bruchis (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 34706 av WAYNE CHIRNSIDE (1:123/140)
Ärende: affordable health care choices
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WAYNE CHIRNSIDE -> ALL wrote:
 WC> In the unlikely event anyone wants to actually *read*
 WC> the health care bill before congress before passing judgment on it
 WC> here's the URL

Page 272: Cancer patients: welcome to the wonderful world of rationing!
o Page 280: Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems
preventable re-admissions.
o Page 298: Doctors: if you treat a patient during an initial admission
that results in a readmission, you will be penalized by the government.
o Page 317: Doctors: you are now prohibited for owning and investing in
healthcare companies!
o Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors and the
poor most affected."
o? Page 241: Doctors: no matter what specialty you have, you'll all be paid the
same (thanks, AMA!)
o Page 253: Government sets value of doctors' time, their professional
judgment, etc.
o Page 265: Government mandates and controls productivity for private
healthcare industries.
o Page 268: Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven
wheelchairs.
o Page 170: Any NON-RESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes (Americans
will pay for them).
o Page 195: Officers and employees of Government Healthcare Bureaucracy will
have access to ALL American financial and personal records.
o Page 203: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax."
Yes, it really says that.
149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the
public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll
o Page 150: Any employer with a payroll of $250K-400K or more, who does not
offer the public option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll
o Page 167: Any individual who doesn't have acceptable healthcare (according to
the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income.
o Page 489: Government will cover marriage and family therapy. Government
intervenes in your marriage.
o Page 494: Government will cover mental health services: defining, creating
and rationing those services
o Page 430: Government  will decide what level of treatments you may have at
end-of-life.
o Page 469: Community-based Home Medical Services: more payoffs for ACORN.
o Page 472: Payments to Community-based organizations: more payoffs for ACORN
Page 425: Government provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding
you in death.
o Page 427: Government mandates program that orders end-of-life treatment;
government dictates how your life ends.
o Page 429: Advance Care Planning Consult will be used to dictate treatment as
patient's health deteriorates. This can include an ORDER for end-of-life plans.
An ORDER from the GOVERNMENT
o Page 379: More bureaucracy: Telehealth Advisory Committee (healthcare by
phone).
o Page 425: More bureaucracy: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior Citizens,
assisted suicide, euthanasia
o Page 425: Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills,
durable powers of attorney, etc. Mandatory. Appears to lock in  estate taxes
ahead of time.
Page 145: An employer MUST auto-enroll employees into the government-run public
plan. No alternatives.
o Page 126: Employers MUST pay healthcare bills for part-time employees AND
their families.
o Page 341: Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans,
HMOs, etc.
o Page 354: Government will restrict enrollment of SPECIAL NEEDS individuals.
o Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community organizer
health plans (read: SEIU, UAW and ACORN)
o Page 72: All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to
participate in a Healthcare Exchange.
o Page 84: All private healthcare plans must participate in the Healthcare
Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans)
o Page 127: The AMA sold doctors out: the government will set wages.
o Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community organizer
health plans (read: SEIU, UAW and ACORN)
o Page 72: All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to
participate in a Healthcare Exchange.
o Page 84: All private healthcare  plans must participate in the Healthcare
Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans))

Want more?
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Regards,

-= Joe =-

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