---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ron Calzone <r...@mofirst.org> Date: Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 8:08 PM Subject: Hot! Witness Forms needed for Medicaid Expansion Hearing To: t.ma...@gmail.com
Click here to view in your browser.<http://www.mofirst.org/emails/Medicaid-Hearing-08-11-2013.php> [image: Enable graphics to view.] *Dedicated to the sovereignty of Missourians.* *Medicaid Expansion Hearing...* Fill out Witness Forms Now! (Link below) "Interim Committee on Citizens and Legislators Working Group on Medicaid Eligibility and Reform" is taking public testimony in hearings across the state. So far, hordes of people with their hands out have testified... Missouri First Home <http://www.mofirst.org/> Aug 11, 2013 Witnesses / Witness Forms needed for House Hearing Tom, At several Missouri House and Senate committee hearings this summer, hordes of people with their hands out, and others who would otherwise profit by it, have been lined up asking state lawmakers to make us further indebted to the federal government. They want Missouri to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, but anyway you cut it, expanding Medicaid is a terrible idea. The Missouri General Assembly refused to expand Medicaid last session, but they are conducting hearings this summer, listening to recommendations from the public – recommendations that may influence whether or not they expand Medicaid next session. So far, the witnesses going to these hearings have been overwhelmingly in favor of expansion, and the media is picking up on it. Don't underestimate the influence that will have on our lawmakers! Of course, the people showing up are largely the ones with their hands out, while the taxpayers who are footing the bill are busy at work. There's one more hearing – this Wednesday. *We need witnesses and/or witness forms in opposition to expansion.* If you can, please attend the hearing or, at least, fill out our online witness form (link below) and we will hand-deliver it to the committee. *Hearing Date Wednesday, August 14, 2013 * ------------------------------ *Committee:* Interim Committee on Citizens and Legislators Working Group on Medicaid Eligibility and Reform<http://www.house.mo.gov/committeeIndividual.aspx?com=645&year=2013> *Chair:* Torpey, Noel - (Rep-29)<http://www.house.mo.gov/member.aspx?district=29> *Vice Chair:* Hampton, Kent-(Rep-150)<http://www.house.mo.gov/member.aspx?district=150> *Date:* Wednesday, August 14, 2013 *Time:* 9:00 AM *Location:* St. Louis Community College Forest Park Campus B Tower 210 5600 Oakland Ave St. Louis, MO 63110 *Note:* Will hear public testimony. Due to the tremendous amount of witnesses that have signed up to testify, I highly advise witnesses to bring written testimony in case the time limit does not allow for their entire presentation. Witness Form - We will hand deliver your witness form and also make your testimony available (privately) online for the committee to read. *Please include a few brief comments.* *Generic Witness Form:Witness form link for Medicaid <http://www.libertytools.org/LibertyTools/witness/witness2.php?template=29>* *Tom Martz's custom witness form link for Medicaid <http://www.libertytools.org/LibertyTools/witness/witness2.php?template=29&cuid=MTA4MA%3D%3D> *(Remove this link before forwarding this email.) One of the more onerous provisions of Obamacare is the expansion of Medicaid programs in the states. One of the few good things about the U.S. Supreme Court's opinon in the Obamacare case was an expicit statement denying the feds the power to FORCE or otherwise coerce the states into expanding Medicaid. That's good, because the Obamacare expansion of Medicaid would have devastating effects on Missouri's budget as the burden for paying for it shifted from federal grants to state taxpayers. (Of course, the federal grant money came from us too!) In addition to the fiscal consequences, the proposed expansion of Medicaid would have negative social repercussions, since it expands the entitlement class which discourages self-sufficiency and personal accountability. There would likely be negative consequences for the truly needy, too. Experts predict that health care providers will be overwhelmed with new Medicaid patients, and since the government prescribed payments are not enough to keep them in business, many will stop accepting Medicaid cases. That means the truly needy Medicaid patients may have a hard time finding doctors who will see them. Again, please fill out a witness form right away – we anticipate several hundred witness forms and need time to print them before the Wednesday hearing. For Liberty, - Ron United for Missouri on Medicaid Expansion Video and Articles<http://www.unitedformissouri.org/statewide/medicaid-expansion-missouri> Governor Has Accepted Medicaid Expansion in Missouri "Missouri Governor has accepted the Medicaid Expansion provision of the Affordable Care Act, but yet is still battling Republican legislature to finalize the Expansion." <read more<http://medicaidexpansion.com/medicaid-expansion-missouri/> > To be removed from this distribution list, reply with "remove" in the subject line. -- "no cause is lost if there is but one fool to fight for it" ~Will Turner~ ~Pirate's of the Caribbean @ World's End~ "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." ~Goethe www.moliberty.org http://417-political-pundit.blogspot.com The power to tax involves the power to destroy. ~Justice John Marshall~ Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -Pericles (430 B.C.) 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