Health Care Issues

Health Care Issues

FactCheck.org finds that abortion is part of Obama's health care plan. Source Link

Euthanasia / assisted suicide proponents were involved in writing the Health Care Bill. Source Link

The Commonwealth Foundation has compiled a Guide to Health Care Reform. Click here to read the Guide to Health Care Reform.

Prevent taxpayer-funding of abortion. Stop The Abortion Mandate.com.

House Passes Most Pro-Abortion Bill in History!
By Maureen Manzano and Sue Cirba
A last-minute deal with anti-abortion Democrats on the afternoon of March 21 helped garner the votes needed to approve a massive health care bill.
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It’s in the bill, and now it’s the law!
The eleventh hour deal between Congressman Bart Stupak and President Obama drew immediate fire from the National Right to life Committee as a bogus attempt to garner desperately needed votes to pass what amounts to the most pro-abortion federal legislation since the Roe v. Wade decision. On the day of the vote, the NRLC issued this statement:
“The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) remains strongly opposed to the Senate-passed health bill (H.R. 3590). A lawmaker who votes for this bill is voting to require federal agencies to subsidize and administer health plans that will pay for elective abortion, and voting to undermine longstanding pro-life policies in other ways as well. Pro-life citizens nationwide know that this is a pro-abortion bill. Pro-life citizens know, and they will be reminded again and again, which lawmakers deserve their gratitude for voting against this pro-abortion legislation.”
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THE SEVEN DEADLY PROVISIONS...
1. Direct funding of abortion ($7 billion) through the Community Health Centers program. (Sect. 10503)
The health care bill creates funding streams unfettered by federal restrictions that apply to other funding sources. CHCs are already getting advice on how to circumvent federal restrictions and use taxpayer dollars for abortion services. (see http://www.reproductiveaccess.org/getting_started/faq.htm)
2. Billions in other direct appropriations not covered by abortion restrictions. (Sect. 1101 and 1322)
Additional pools of money without any restrictions for abortions, including a temporary high-health risk pool program and grants and loans for health co-ops.
3. Federally administered abortion plans. (Sect. 1334)
Only one of the federal OPM multi-state insurance plans would restrict abortions, implying that other federal plans may cover elective abortions or even be required to.
4. Federally subsidized abortion plans. (Sect. 1303)
Private plans that cover abortion will qualify for federal subsidies. Participants pay an abortion surcharge.
5. Authorities for pro-abortion mandates.
Broad power given to pro-abortion Health Secretary Sebelius to issue binding regulations on health matters, including the ability to issue future mandates requiring health care plans to cover abortions.
6. Open door to future abortion funding in Indian health programs. (Sect. 10221)
No restrictions on abortions in the reauthorized federal Indian health program.
7. Missing abortion nondiscrimination (conscience) language.
Pro-abortion senators blocked the health care conscience provisions that the House bill contained and the House just voted to uphold that blockage. As a result health care providers may face penalties for refusing to participate in abortion services.

Bogus Health Care Statistics
We've all heard Obama and the Democrats lament the "fact" that 47 million people are without health care. They don't tell you these people could afford health care if they wanted it and hope Americans will assume these 47 million are too poor to afford health care. David Limbaugh's column cites some startling statistics: "In the first place, the 47 million number is grossly inflated. The Congressional Budget Office survey generating it included those who were uninsured for any part of a year, despite the fact that almost half of these remain uninsured for an average of only four months.

Some 38 percent of this 47 million -- almost 18 million -- make more than $50,000 a year, and 10 million of them make more than $75,000. Of all the uninsured groups, this is the only one that is growing, because in a still-free country, they've made their own decision not to buy expensive insurance"

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Obama's "Silent FOCA" Would Strip Pro-Lifers of Rights
What will be the result of Obama's Health Care Plan? It will outlaw all private insurance, yes even the coverage plans you now have which Obama claims you can keep. "Abortion, which Obama has called “essential health care,” would be included in the minimum benefits of every health care plan. Colin Mason of the Population Research Institute writes about the Obama plan "Every taxpayer and insurance holder would have no choice but to pay for every abortion Discriminates against practitioners who refuse to perform abortions, who may face unemployment as a result. Will most likely lead to rationing of care for the elderly"

The article continues along with links to contact your Senators and Representatives: Obama's "Silent FOCA" Would Strip Pro-Lifers of Rights

America's Suicidal Approach to Health Care
In May 2008, 64-year-old retired school bus driver Barbara Wagner received bad news from her doctor. She found out that her cancer, which had been in remission for two years, had returned. Then, she got some good news. Her doctor gave her a prescription that would likely slow the cancer's growth and extend her life. She was relieved by the news and also by the fact that she had health care coverage through the Oregon Health Plan.

It didn't take long for her hopes to be dashed. Barbara Wagner was notified by letter that the Oregon Health Plan wouldn't cover her prescription. But the letter didn't leave it at that. It also notified her that, although it wouldn't cover her prescription, it would cover assisted suicide.

An article in The Eugene Oregon Register-Guard discovered the Oregon Health Plan routinely sends similar letters promoting lethal drugs for assisted suicide for patients deemed to have little chance to survive for more than five years. (as though five years of anyone's life were insignificant)

To read more about this incident visit: America's Suicidal Approach to Health Care by Rita L. Marker from The American Thinker

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