Believe it or not someone actually has read the entire 1000+ page Healthcare Bill that is being rushed through our US House of Representatives. Listed below are some of very questionable things they uncovered. Please take time to read through them and consider sharing your opinion with your Representative.

If you haven’t contacted him or her before just go to the Congressional Website at http://www.house.gov/ where you can link to your Rep’s individual website to send him an e-mail. Or, call the Congressional Switchboard at 866-220-0044 and an operator will connect you directly to your Reps’ office to express your thoughts to a real human being. The clock is ticking and time is really running out...

To read the entire proposed Healthcare Bill (you will be more qualified than congressional representatives).Click on the following link. (It takes a few minutes to open the file.)HR2300.pdf <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&...> Here are a few highlights of some problems with the healthcare bill.These problems highlight the reason every bill must be read by the American people before they are signed. (if these points don't get you upset, please check your pulse and call 911):Disclaimer: This summary was sent from a colleague. We encourage you to conduct additional research on your own.

• Page 16: Eliminates the choice to purchase private health insurance!
 • 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.
 • 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
 • 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 doesnt' 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 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 for owning and investing in healthcare companies!
 • Page 318: Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand without government approval.
 • 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 patient'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.
 • Page 472: Payments to Community-based organizations.
 • 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.
 
Talk to Your Family, Friends, Neighbors & Co-Workers You must talk to people about this.  We need to get as many people informed about this as possible.  Here are a few key points:

This issue is not Republican vs. Democrat. It is government vs. individual rights.
"What's the proper role of Government in our lives?"
"Do we really want the government making decisions for us that should be between me and my doctor?"
"Should the government be eliminating personal health insurance plans?"
"Should the government be requiring seniors to attend 'end of life counseling'?"