Everything government does is to control more and more. Why do we need a 3,000 word document to sell cabbages?
On Aug 6, 2:00 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > makes "Selling your soul to the devil" look like a good idea. > > Little gems from the Health Care > Billhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2300451/posts > > • Page 16: States that if you have insurance at the time of the bill > becoming law and change, you will be required to take a similar plan. If > that is not available, you will be required to take the gov option! > • Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure! > *• Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed!* > *• Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and benefits > you get (and, unlike an insurer, there will be no appeals process) > • Page 42: The "Health Choices Commissioner" will decide health benefits for > you. You will have no choice. None. > *• *Page 50: All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free > healthcare services*. > • *Page 58: Every person will be issued a National ID Healthcard.* > *• Page 59: The federal government will have direct, real-time access to all > individual bank accounts for electronic funds transfer. > *• Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community > organizer health plans (example: SEIU, UAW and ACORN) > • Page 72: All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to > participate in a Healthcare Exchange. > • Page 84: All private healthcare plans must participate in the Healthcare > Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans) > • Page 91: Government mandates linguistic infrastructure for services; > translation: illegal aliens > • Page 95: The Government will pay ACORN and Americorps to sign up > individuals for Government-run Health Care plan. > • Page 102: Those eligible for Medicaid will be automatically enrolled: you > have no choice in the matter. > • Page 124: No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No "judicial > review" is permitted against the government monopoly. Put simply, private > insurers will be crushed. > • Page 127: The AMA sold doctors out: the government will set wages. > • Page 145: An employer MUST auto-enroll employees into the government-run > public plan. No alternatives. > • Page 126: Employers MUST pay healthcare bills for part-time employees AND > their families. > • Page 149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer > the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll <>BR • 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 > • Page 167: Any individual who doesn't have acceptable healthcare (according > to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income. > *• Page 170: Any NON-RESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes > (Americans will pay for them).* > *• Page 195: Officers and employees of Government Healthcare Bureaucracy > will have access to ALL American financial and personal records.* > *• Page 203: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as > tax." Yes, it really says that. > • Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors and > the poor most affected."* > • Page 241: Doctors: no matter what speciality you have, you'll all be paid > the same (thanks, AMA!) > • Page 253: Government sets value of doctors' time, their professional > judgment, etc. > • Page 265: Government mandates and controls productivity for private > healthcare industries. > • Page 268: Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven > wheelchairs. > • Page 272: Cancer patients: welcome to the wonderful world of rationing! > • Page 280: Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems > preventable re-admissions. > • Page 298: Doctors: if you treat a patient during an initial admission that > results in a readmission, you will be penalized by the government. > • Page 317: Doctors: you are now prohibited from owning and investing in > healthcare companies! > • Page 318: Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand > without government approval. > • Page 321: Hospital expansion hinges on "community" input: in other words, > yet another payoff for ACORN. > *• Page 335: Government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures: > i.e., rationing.* > • Page 341: Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, > HMOs, etc. > • Page 354: Government will restrict enrollment of SPECIAL NEEDS > individuals. > • Page 379: More bureaucracy: Telehealth Advisory Committee (healthcare by > phone). > • Page 425: More bureaucracy: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior > Citizens, assisted suicide, euthanasia? > • 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 425: Goverment provides approved list of end-of-life resources, > guiding you in death. > *• Page 427: Government mandates program that orders end-of-life treatment; > government dictates how your life ends. > • Page 429: Advance Care Planning Consult will be used to dictate treatment > as pa tient's health deteriorates. This can include an ORDER for end-of-life > plans. An ORDER from the GOVERNMENT. > • Page 430: Government will decide what level of treatments you may have at > end-of-life.* > • Page 469: Community-based Home Medical Services: more payoffs for ACORN. > • Page 472: Payments to Community-based organizations: more payoffs for > ACORN. > *• Page 489: Government will cover marriage and family therapy. Government > intervenes in your marriage.* > • Page 494: Government will cover mental health services: defining, creating > and rationing those services > > __,_._,___ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
