111 Reasons to vote NO on Health Care Reform
The House Republican Conference has gone through healthcare bill, H.R. 3962, and compiled a list of all the boards, committees, programs and bureaucracies contained in the bill. The result is staggering and sickening to say the least.
Is there a “Heck NO!!!” vote??
Here are the 111 ‘bureaucracies’ contained in ObamaCare:
1. Retiree Reserve Trust Fund (Section 111(d), p. 61)
2. Grant program for wellness programs to small employers (Section 112, p. 62)
3. Grant program for State health access programs (Section 114, p. 72)
4. Program of administrative simplification (Section 115, p. 76)
5. Health Benefits Advisory Committee (Section 223, p. 111)
6. Health Choices Administration (Section 241, p. 131)
7. Qualified Health Benefits Plan Ombudsman (Section 244, p. 138)
8. Health Insurance Exchange (Section 201, p. 155)
9. Program for technical assistance to employees of small businesses buying Exchange coverage (Section 305(h), p. 191)
10. Mechanism for insurance risk pooling to be established by Health Choices Commissioner (Section 306(b), p. 194)
11. Health Insurance Exchange Trust Fund (Section 307, p. 195)
12. State-based Health Insurance Exchanges (Section 308, p. 197)
13. Grant program for health insurance cooperatives (Section 310, p. 206)
14. “Public Health Insurance Option” (Section 321, p. 211)
15. Ombudsman for “Public Health Insurance Option” (Section 321(d), p. 213)
16. Account for receipts and disbursements for “Public Health Insurance Option” (Section 322(b), p. 215)
17. Telehealth Advisory Committee (Section 1191 (b), p. 589)
18. Demonstration program providing reimbursement for “culturally and linguistically appropriate services” (Section 1222, p. 617)
19. Demonstration program for shared decision making using patient decision aids (Section 1236, p. 648)
20. Accountable Care Organization pilot program under Medicare (Section 1301, p. 653) Read more
Updates
Please keep the pressure on our Senators. Click here for info on how to contact them and what to say. We will be organizing one more visit to the Senator’s offices closer to the final vote on Health Care.
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Virtual Periello Town Hall: Nov 30. Call to Action.
Rep. Tom Periello is holding a town hall via telephone next Monday, November 30, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. You can call in by dialing 1-877-269-7289. You will need to enter the PIN number “14581″
Feel free to let Tom know your opinion about his support of the 2 worst bills in United States legislative history: Cap and Trade and the so called Health Care Reform bill.
Additionaly, if you are interested in working with other concerned citizens in Tom’s district to ensure he gets his well deserved pink slip next November, please email me at purplerapture06@yahoo.com. I will put you in touch with a group that is working to provide a Conservative alternative to Periello.
An open letter to Senators Warner and Webb
The following is a contribution from Donald Koop, in the form of an open letter to Senators Warner and Webb.
Re.: Senate bills on health care reform and climate control
While this letter is uniquely mine, I’m sure that it shares the thoughts of thousands of Virginians who cannot, or choose not to, partake in the kind of privilege I am enjoying today.
I’d like to at least begin on a positive note by thanking you for your vote to defeat the recent attempt to relocate a large sum of money from a proposed health reform bill to this nation’s deficit in order to reduce the apparent real cost of the bill. I appreciate your support.
Now, however, we come to the collection of health reform bills, some in the House and some in the Senate, as well as the House-passed Cap and Trade (aka “cap and tax”) bill where your votes will be made. I hope that you can help to bring decorum back to the Senate from the current situation that appears to me like a disparate group flapping about in quicksand in a futile effort to come up with “something” that will pass.
As my representative to the Senate, and not the other way around, I expect you to do certain things and not to do other things. It is therefore important for you to know my wishes, as follows:
Do:
- READ THE COMPLETE BILL BEFORE VOTING ON IT!
- Assure that a plain English version of the final Senate version of any crucial bill is readable online at least 72 hours in advance of voting on the bill.
- Cast your cloture vote as if it were your final vote on the bill’s contents at the time of the cloture vote. Some are planning to vote “Aye” on cloture but “Nay” at the end, having the effect of reducing the votes needed to pass from 60 to 51 while attaining deniability on the final vote.
- Assure that the bill does not provide for government run health insurance in competition with private insurers. This is the so-called camel’s nose in the tent that will lead over time to government monopoly.
- Remember the spectacular debt loads resulting from government-run programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
- Remember the messages of the Town Halls, the Tea Parties, and the ongoing political polls that show the public to be substantially opposed to the health reform and climate control proposals that have come forth. A majority has concluded that it is better to do nothing than to pass one of the bills. Ignore these signs at your political peril!
- Observe that health insurance industry profits are lower on average than those of common industries selling to the public and about which there is no outrage expressed.
- Assure that tort reform is passed to eliminate all the frivolous lawsuits that result in higher-than-needed premiums and defensive testing by physicians. A part of this reform should include a loser-pays-all-costs provision.
- Permit insurance companies to market their products across state borders anywhere in the United States.
- Require that “pre-existing conditions” may not disqualify a person from receiving insurance covering those conditions.
- Facilitate the medical and insurance communities to design programs that promote wellness as well as physician training incentives.
- Support initiatives to negotiate lower drug prices using mass purchasing power.
Do not:
- Support the “greenhouse” gas cap and trade bill that was passed by the House.
- Ignore the warnings of many professionals that the climate program would be a massive tax increase on businesses and therefore on the public.
- Ignore the massive regulatory bureaucracy that would be created and the huge potential for manipulation and dishonesty in the climate bill.
- Support charging anything other than standard premiums by insurers to support the program costs. Charges (taxes) by the government should be unnecessary and un-allowed.
- Support covering abortions in the mandated insurance coverage.
- Provide for any federal money to insure illegal residents.
- Support analysis of the health bill’s cost using revenues obtained in the years before expenses begin to be paid.
- Force private insurers to cover pre-existing conditions without providing them with a means to pay for it. My belief is that the best solution is mandatory insurance across all residents of the U.S. using a scheme something like the following:
- Coverage up to age 21 provided by parents or individual insurance.
- Above age 21, purchase a standard policy at a standard price. Everyone is eligible regardless of health condition.
- Those over 21 at the onset of the plan or who apply later will pay a higher rate that relates the age at onset to the likely remaining lifetime risk. A formula to give credit for pre-existing insurance must be devised.
- Those who can’t afford it will be given some form of public/charitable assistance.
- Those who refuse to be insured will be refused medical service except for life-threatening situations and will be billed for the costs. There may need to be enabling authority to withhold such care.
- Those who wish to self-insure will be able to do so and will be billed for any services rendered.
- Support the payment of any federal money except for premium assistance to the demonstrably needy.
There is intense public interest in the machinations of this health reform and climate control process and we will follow what you are doing as it moves along.
Very truly yours,
Donald A. Koop
Member, Roanoke Tea Party
| Senator Mark Warner 540-857-2676 |
Senator Jim Webb 540-772-4236 |
Americans For Prosperity to visit Perriello offices
The Virginia chapter of Americans For Prosperity will be visiting the regional offices of Congressman Tom Perriello today and tomorrow (11/9-10) to voice displeasure at his vote in favor of the House Health Care Reform bill on Saturday evening.
This event is not listed on the AFP web site, but details were shared via email. Times and places for these rallies is below:
Monday, November 9, 2009
10:00 am Martinsville Event
Office of Congressman Tom Perriello
10 East Church Street
Suite K
Martinsville, VA
1:30 pm Danville Event
Office of Congressman Tom Perriello
308 Craghead Street
Suite 102
Danville, VA
5:30 pm Farmville Event
Office of Congressman Tom Perriello
515 South Main Street
Farmville, VA
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
10:00 am Charlottesville Event
Office of Congressman Tom Perriello
312 2nd Street SE
Suite 112
Charlottesville, VA
All are invited to attend.
Don’t give up the ship!
Are you feeling let down after the Heath Care “Reform” bill passed? Are you angry because Tom Periello voted for the bill despite the overwhelming outcry from his constituents? Please see this post on our visit to Periello’s office.
Don’t give up the ship.
Killing the bill in the House was always a long shot. And we came within 5 votes in a Democratic Congress with a huge majority. Obama and Pelosi had to expend a lot of capital to ram this monstrosity through. This wouln’t have even been close without all of the hard work done by community activists like us…
The real fight on Health Care Reform and Cap and Trade is in the Senate. That’s where we have the only chance left to kill both of these job killing/freedom robbing/economy destroying/Constitution destroying bills. And it’s our best chance.
Please don’t let up. Call Senators Webb and Warner and make your voice heard. This can be stopped in the Senate.
Tired of these games yet? I am. The only way to stop this madness is to vote in politicians in 2010 and 2012 that will support free markets, the Constitution and common sense. In case you don’t know, Tom Periello voted for Cap and Trade and Health Care Reform. If we don’t boot him out of office next year, we have only ourselves to blame.
And the only way to keep new politicians on the right path is for us to be vigilant and vote them out when they start being swayed by the belt way mentality.
That will be the long term goal of the Roanoke Tea Party.
But in the short run keep the heat on Webb and Warner. Let them know that their fate and Creigh Deeds fate will certainly be the same if they vote for Cap and Trade or Health Care Reform.
Here is the Contact information for our Senators. Keep fighting!
Meeting with Tom Perriello in DC
The Roanoke Tea Party sent 4 vans full of area patriots to DC on Thursday to take part in the hastily-arranged rally at the Capitol against proposed government health care legislation. We’ll have some photos from the rally posted soon, but in the meantime, here is a report from Sherry Hearn who also made the trip to DC, and met with Congressman Perriello afterwards.
Our group of four citizens from Roanoke met in person with Tom Perriello yesterday in his office in DC. We were part of a group of about 30 from Charlottesville and Bedford who waited outside his office to speak with him after the rally. Our meeting lasted about 12 minutes.
Sadly, I do not think we did much to change his mind on his vote. He probably will vote for the health care bill in spite of the opposition we and others expressed to him. There were thousands of letters stacked and unopened in his office, which you and I have sent to him voicing our opposition. I doubt seriously if any will be read and counted prior to the vote scheduled this weekend.
In other words, what we have done all summer and fall will probably amount to nothing with Mr. Perreillo. I think that whatever he does, his career is over. If he listens to his constituents and votes against this bill, the Democratic leadership will make it very hard on him. If he votes with them, his elected career is over, as he will probably lose his next bid for re-election.
Sorry to say, I think with Mr. Perriello, we gave it our best shot, and came up missing him. Our only hope at this point is prayer.
Another observation- Yesterday in the Metro station, there was a sign that read:
How much is a trillion??
To spend One Trillion Dollars at one dollar per second would take over 31,000 years.
National debt with this bill will exceed $12 trillion. What will we do???
Call your Congressman today and plead with him/her to vote no to health care bill.
Say No To Government Health Care rally on Saturday
OK fellow patriots… here we go again.
We will assemble this Saturday (11/07) from 2:00-4:00 p.m. to drive home the message of this week’s election – we don’t want no stinkin’ government health care!
We will meet at the intersection of Hershberger Road and I-581, near Valley View. Our meeting place is the site of the old Celebration Station on Hershberger, and we’ll line Hershberger as far as our numbers allow.
See the areas in red on the map below:
The weather should be glorious – a wonderful day to be outside and celebrate your liberty.
If you can’t be there the whole time, please swing by and stay for as long as you can – even if it’s only for a few minutes. Perhaps you have errands or shopping up that way, and will take a stand with us on Saturday afternoon.
Here are a few very important things to keep in mind:
- Stay in the grassy areas along the side of the road.
- Stay out of the road – do not impede traffic in any way.
- Bring signs about health care reforms – and be positive as well as negative.
- This is not about the President – we are trying to influence our Senators.
- Remind them of the results of Tuesday’s vote!
Tell your friends… bring a neighbor… take a stand. We depend on your participation to make this work!
Information on November 5 Washington Trip/Local Protests!
If you can’t make it to D.C. Thursday, you can still make your voice heard.
1. GO TO U.S. CAPITOL at 12 noon EST
If you can make it to D.C., stand up with the other patriots who will be standing with Representative Bachman.
At 12:30, everyone will sing “God Bless America.” More information on this link.
After singing with Patriots from across this country, Patriots will deliver hand written letters to your Representative telling them to VOTE NO on government controlled health care.
2. GO TO DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES at 12 noon EST
At 12:30 pm EST, at the exact same time around the country, in Washington, D.C. and at your local Congressional offices, join together and sing “God Bless America.”
After singing with Patriots from across this country, deliver handwritten letters to the Representatives telling them to VOTE NO on government controlled health care.
3. GO TO STATE CAPITOL at 12 noon EST
At 12:30 pm EST, at the exact same time around the country, in Washington, D.C. and at your local Congressional offices, join together and sing “God Bless America.”
4.Twitter “We Stand Together” and use hashtag #killbill at 12:15pm.
You can update your location and progress throughout the day using Twitter hashtag #killbill. Please send us your videos and pictures. There will be live broadcasting of some events throughout the day. You can broadcast your own event by using Ustream.tv or Next2Friends.com .
5. Call the White House (202.456.1414) at 1:00pm
Tell the White House “We Stand Together.”
6. Call your local Congressional office at 1:15 pm.
You can find the number here or you can dial the Washington, D.C. Congressional switchboard ( 202.224.3121 ) to contact the DC office.
7. Email your Representative at 1:30 pm.
You can email your Representative here .
Phil Russo and Jason Hoyt from Tea Party Patriots LIVE radio show will be doing interviews and broadcasting video from the steps of the U.S> Capitol during Representative Michele Bachmann’s press conference on Thursday, November 5th at 12 noon EST. You can get more information here .
Please RSVP here for if you will be participating in this week’s Congressional House Call. If you are not making the trip to Washington, please let us know how you will fight against government controlled health care here .
Health care action, part II
Thanks again to all of you who took part in our Say No To Government Health Care rally on Friday at Cave Spring Corner! We had a great turn out (about 150 people) and received a very positive reaction from the folks passing by on Brambleton and Rt. 419.
Everyone was so pumped by the turnout (and the thumbs ups) that they are eager to do it again right away. We are planning a second rally for this Saturday (11/7) near Valley View Mall. Details are still being finalized, and we will let everyone know soon where and when we will meet. If you can set aside a few hours on Saturday to take a stand against government health care, please plan to attend.
We also have a group who are interested in making the drive to Washington on Thursday (11/5) for Congresswoman Michelle Bachman’s rally at the Capitol building. The Congresswoman has scheduled a press conference at noon on the Capitol steps, and has asked Tea Party patriots all over the country to try and join her there to show the Congressional leadership that we don’t want the proposed health care legislation passed.
There isn’t time to try and arrange for a bus, but if you would like to make the trip, Greg Honeycutt with our Events Committee is coordinating both caravan driving and a passenger van (or two) if there are enough interested in going. The cost of the trip will be very low if everyone shares the costs of the van rental and gas.
Mrs. Bachmann explains in this video why she is determined to defeat the proposed legislation, and why she is asking people to “come to DC by the carload” and walk the halls of Congress on Thursday with her to demonstrate opposition to government health care.
If you would like to make the trip on Thursday, please contact Greg Honeycutt right away at 580-4345 so that he can ensure that there is transportation for everyone who wants to go. The trip would be for the day – up in the morning and home by Thursday night.
And don’t forget to vote on Tuesday!!
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