Anesthesiologist reads healthcare bill

Another shocking view of the health care bill. This bill potentially gives
control over your life, your health, your finances.   Please read this and
call, write, go to town hall meetings.  We've got to stop this before it's
too late.

Subject: Anesthesiologist actually reads healthcare bill--Scary!



Stephen Fraser is an anesthesiologist in Indianapolis.

July 23, 2009

Dear Senator Bayh,

As a practicing physician I have major concerns with the healthcare bill
before Congress. I actually have read the bill and am shocked by the
brazenness of the government's proposed involvement in the
patient-physician relationship. The very idea that the government will
dictate and ration patient care is dangerous and certainly not helpful in
designing a healthcare system that works for all. Every physician I work
with agrees that we need to fix our healthcare system, but the proposed
bills currently making their way through congress will be a disaster if
passed.

I ask you respectfully and as a patriotic American to look at the following
troubling lines that I have read in the bill. You cannot possibly believe
that these proposals are in the best interests of the country and our
fellow citizens.

Page 22 of the HC Bill: Mandates that the Govt will audit books of all
employers that self insure!
Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides
what treatments/benefits you get.
Page 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!
Page 42 of HC Bill:The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC
Benefits for you. You have no choice!
Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non US citizens,
illegal or otherwise
Page 58 HC Bill: Govt will have real-time access to individuals finances
and a National ID Health card will be issued!
Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will have direct access to your bank
accounts for elective funds transfer.
Page 65 Sec 164: A payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families
in Unions and community organizations:
   (ACORN).
Page 84 Sec 203 HC bill: Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC
plans in the Exchange.
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications for of Benefit Levels for Plans: The
Govt will ration your Healthcare!
Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill: Govt mandates linguistic appropriate services.
Example - Translation for illegal aliens.
Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups, i.e., ACORN and
Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC
  plan.
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans. AARP
members - your Health care WILL be rationed.
Page 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill: Medicaid Eligible Individuals will be
automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No choice.
Page 124 lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No
"judicial review" against Govt Monopoly.
Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/ American Medical Association - The
Govt will tell YOU what you can make!
  (salary)
Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into public
option plan. NO CHOICE!
Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND
their families.
Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not
provide public option pays 8% tax on all
  payroll.
Page 150 Lines 9-13: Businesses with payroll between 251k - 401k which
don't provide public option pay 2-6% tax on
  all payroll.
Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn't have acceptable HC
according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of income.
Page 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual
taxes.
Page 195 HC Bill: Officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access
to ALL Americans' finances /personal
  records.
Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be
treated as tax" Yes, it says that!
Page 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill: Govt will reduce physician services for
Medicaid Seniors, low income and poor are
  affected.
Page 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill: Doctors, doesn't matter what specialty you have,
you'll all be paid the same!
Page 25! 3 Line 1 0-18: Govt sets value of Doctor's time, profession,
judgment etc. Literally value of humans.
Page 265 Sec 1131: Govt mandates and controls productivity for private HC
industries.
Page 268 Sec 1141: Federal Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven
wheelchairs.
Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients
- welcome to rationing!
Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals for whatever Govt deems
preventable re-admissions.
Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors, treat a patient during initial admission that
results in a re-admission -Govt will penalize
  you.
Page 317 L 13-20: PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Doctors
what/how much they can own!
Page 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating
hospitals cannot expand.
Page 321 2-13: Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT
community input is required.
Page 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339: Govt mandates establishment of outcome based
measures. HC the way they want.
  Rationing.
Page 341 Lines 3-9: Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance
Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing people into Govt plan.
Page 354 Sec 1177: Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs people!
Unbelievable!
Page 379 Sec 1191: Govt creates more bureaucracy - Tele-health Advisory
Committee. Can you say HC by phone?
Page 425 Lines 4-12: Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think
Senior Citizens as end of life patients.
Page 425 Lines 17-19: Govt will instruct and consult regarding living
wills, durable powers of attorney. Mandatory!
Page 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: Govt provides approved list of end of
life resources, guiding you in death.
  (assisted suicide)
Page 427 Lines 15-24: Govt mandates program for orders for end of life. The
Govt has a say in how your life ends.
Page 429 Lines 1-9: An "advanced care planning consultant" will be used
frequently as patients health deteriorates.
Page 429 Lines 10-12: "advanced care consultation" may include an ORDER for
end of life plans. AN ORDER from
  GOVT!
Page 429 Lines 13-25: The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end
of life order.
Page 430 Lines 11-15: The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will
have at end of life!
Page 469: Community Based Home Medical Services = Non profit organizations.
Hello, ACORN Medical Services
  here!!?
Page 472 Lines 14-17: PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORIGINATION. 1 monthly
payment 2 a community-based
  organization. Like ACORN?
Page 489 Sec 1308: The Govt will cover Marriage & Family therapy, meaning
they will insert Govt into your marriage.
Page 494-498: Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining,
creating, rationing those services.

Senator, I guarantee that I personally will do everything possible to
inform patients and my fellow physicians about the dangers of the proposed
bills you and your colleagues are debating.

Furthermore, If you vote for a bill that enforces socialized medicine on
the country and destroys the doctor-patient relationship, I will do
everything in my power to make sure you lose your job in the next election.

Respectfully,

Stephen E Fraser MD

PS.  And I have reviewed less than one half of the bill.



Subject: Fwd: Healthcare Reform Information - Anesthesiogist in Indianapolis Analysis ...

To: olympia@snowe.senate.gov

Even if you pass the Bill, without Government involvement, there are still
so many more dangers that only qualified medical people "might" be able to
understand. What is the experience  of your group to set standards for
medical care? The ones that could help you are the ones being crucified by Obama
and Pelosi, and The Insurance Company experts. With a panel including the
medical profession, they could help lead the blind, which all of you are.

 It's amazing you, and your committee members would get involved in something that
could lead to deaths in the future. Don't retire if you want to retain your
immunity. Are there any Actuarys in your study group?

How can you possibily do this without knowing the statistical probabiliy of the ultimate costs.
Insurance companies won't insure people that are already cancer filled, since they have
not set aside funds for that contingency, they'll go Bankrupt. 
Are you kidding?

That would be nice to be able to carry no Insurance until you get
terribly ill but have never contributed to the system, in any way.
Anyone that has paid would see their cost explode. We have all these Ivy League graduates ,
very brilliant but what they don't teach, is "Common Sense".  They no
nothing about mortality rates, medical statistics; as one man stated at
Spector's Town Meeting "Leave us Alone". 
Come up with a program for those $45,000,000 and insure them! You take care of the Illegals, those that don't
want to pay, and the unfortunate who have lost their coverage or just can't
afford it.
Why involve the rest of the "United States of America" 
Why make us pay for it?
 It's your idea, you do it.
Andy Riordan
 Lisbon Falls,Maine