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Cato Institute
Government Run Healthcare  OBAMACARE/Baucus BillTalking Points on “Obama Care” By Lewis K. Uhler THE BAUCUS BILL IS A MAJOR TAX INCREASE –The bill creates a new entitlement that the Congressional budget office (CBO) estimates will grow over the longer term at a rate of 8% annually, which is much faster than the growth rate of the economy or tax revenues. There is a 40% excise tax on “Cadillac” insurance plans, plus additional taxes on drug and medical device manufactures and hospitals. OBAMACARE TRAUMAIZED MANY DOCTORS - According to Investors’ Business Daily polls: 65% of doctors oppose the proposed health care plan, 45% would consider quitting medicine if the bill passes. INDIVIDUAL MANDATES - A mandate that each American purchase health insurance is unconstitutional and is totally unacceptable. You will be required by law to carry health care insurance, like it or not. There will be health police and up to $ 25,000 in fines and a year in jail for non - compliance. The government will decide what kind of health insurance you MUST BUY. If you are a health 18 - 25 year old, you should have the choice to spend your money in other ways. STATE HEALTH CARE PLANS ‘BREAK THE BANK’ –We already have real life examples of Obamacare’s effects in several states. NOT CONJECTURE OR THEORY! The combination of “guaranteed issue” (pre - existing condition), community rating (the same premiums regardless of health status, age or sex and mandated coverage for unwanted and unnecessary services have dramatically increased premiums and rationed services in Massachusetts, Maine, Tennessee, New York and Washington state. GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF HEALTH CARE IS INEVITABLE - Businesses are likely to find it cheaper to pay into the “pool” than continue to buy health insurance for their employees. Thus will assure the “single payer/public option” result: Total government takeover of our health care system. NO TRANSPARENCY OR TIME TO READ THE BILL - The Baucus bill is not legislation. Liberal Senators Reid, Harkin and Obama’s COS Rahm Emanuel will put the Kennedy and Baucus bills into final language and will try NOT to give any Senator or you – a chance to read or understand the Bill. The Baucus bill not unlike the house bill is over 1000 pages. The summary alone is 260+ pages that should speak volumes. ILLEGAL ALIENS WILL GET HEALTHCARE UNDER OBAMACARE - Constitutional scholars, Judge Andrew Napolitano and Shannon Goessling, Director of the Southeastern Legal Foundation, appeared on Fox News ‘O - Reilly Factor’ contending that the 14th amendment equal protection clause will entitle illegal aliens to healthcare. The U.S. Supreme court ruled recently in a Texas case that illegals couldn’t be denied education - the Constitution protects persons, legal or illegal, with respect to social ‘benefits’. Constitutional precedents will dictate that any public option or mandate must include illegal aliens. NO MEDICAL MALPRACTICE REFORM - ‘Defensive medicine’ costs us over $200 BILLION a year. NONE of the 3 versions of Obamacare include any tort reform, why? Trial lawyers are the 2nd biggest contributors to the Democratic Party ($ 127 Million to Congressional candidates in the 08 cycle). A Call To Action: No Negotiating on Obamacare!
 GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED URGING REPUBLICAN SENATORS STOP NEGOTIATING OBAMACARE COMPROMISE Healthcare Solutions  Health Care Battle Takes New Turn – The President takes it PersonallyBy Lewis K. Uhler, President NTLC Health care “combat” has taken a New Turn – the President is taking it personally. He sees his political future riding on the outcome…so he is intent on jamming health care “reform” down the nation’s throat. Health Care - an inherently personal matter between doctor and patient should not be controlled by Washington. There is not one word in the U.S. Constitution about a federal role or responsibility for individual’s wellness. The federal government’s unauthorized intervention into health care has been the source of problems - and high costs - not the solution. Read More Americans Must Derail the Obama Care Express Talking Points Addressed by Lewis K. Uhler, President NTLC U.S. has best health care system in the world- no rationing, no waiting in line, best and latest technology, best medicines, best techniques. Don’t risk it with government takeover- Do you want your health care delivered by the Post Office, the IRS or your local DMV? Read More World Healthcare Conference 2009 Steven Burd, Safeway CEO The Ethics of Health Care Reform by Merrill Matthews, Ph.D, Institute for Policy Innovation Winston Churchill once famously commented, “Democracy is the worst form of government except all those others that have been tried from time to time. Something similar to Churchill’s quote might be said of health care systems: That a consumer driven health care system is the worst form, except for all the others that have been tried. There appears to be a widespread assumption, held both by liberals and many in the media, that a government-run health care system that provides universal coverage is the most ethical. Yet every health care system struggles with issues of access, cost containment, quality and patients’ rights—every system. And every one struggles with some of those issues more than others. So what does it mean for a health care system to be considered ethical? What principles should—“should” being a “normative,” or ethical, term—guide that system? And which of the available models comes closest to meeting the criteria? Read More Republicans and Health Care by Richard E. Ralston At their National Convention, Republicans complained of John Kerry's habit of complicating complex issues with even more complex and mutually exclusive solutions. On the issue of health care, however, the Democratic Platform has clear and straight-forward proposals. Everyone has a "right" to healthcare, no matter what it costs--and the government should expropriate needed funds plus the lives of health care professionals to provide and regulate health care for all. Americans who want to turn ownership of their bodies over to the federal government and trust Uncle Sam to meet all of their needs at least have something to go on here. Read More |
