What country do we live in? You have got to check this out: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/
Can you imagine the conniption fit that the lamestream media would have had if the Bush administration used WhiteHouse.gov in such a manner? The hypocrisy and balls of this administration is absolutely astounding.
If you don't hear from me in a few weeks, you will know that the Healthcare/Obama/Socialist gestapo has taken me into custody for free speech violations. While many members of my family receive my blog, 90% of them disagree with me politically; so don't count on them to report me missing. I'm counting on you!
Here are a few of the responses that I and others have submitted to the White House:
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To: flag@whitehouse.gov
Subject: Flag on healthcare
Flags from the Healthcare Bill that I have received from others passed around on the Internet. None of this is true but they keep spreading lies!
* 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 (read: SEIU, UAW and ACORN)
Please stop the lies from continuing to be spread. I want a government bureaucrat making decisions about my healthcare. It works so well in Europe, Australia and Canada.
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To: 'flag@whitehouse.gov'
Subject: Healthcare flags
Here are some lies being distributed on the Internet about the healthcare bill:
* 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.
It’s not fair that people are actually reading the bill. It doesn’t allow the President and the Congress to do what they know is best for us. Please shut down the Internet.
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To: 'flag@whitehouse.gov'
Subject: Lies about healthcare bill
I keep getting emails with lies like the following:
* 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 does not 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 203: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax." Yes, it really says that.
* Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors and the poor most affected." * Page 241: Doctors: no matter what specialty you have, you'll all be paid the same (thanks, AMA!)
Why are people allowed to spread such lies?
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To: 'flag@whitehouse.gov'
Subject: Healthcare Bill Misinformation
Here are some lies being disseminated on the internet.
* 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 321: Hospital expansion hinges on "community" input: in other words, yet another payoff for ACORN.
* 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.
This type of stuff keeps coming to my Inbox. Isn't there something you can do to stop this misinformation from being distributed?
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The Lost Art of Critical Thinking and Common Sense in Politics and Public Policy
