An
Indianapolis doctor's letter to Sen.
Bayh about the Bill (Note:
Dr. Stephen E. Frazer, MD practices
as an anesthesiologist in
Indianapolis,
IN ) Here
is a letter I sent to Senator Bayh..
Feel free to copy it and send it around to
all other representatives. -- Stephen
Fraser
Senator
Bayh,
As a practicing
physician I have major concerns with
the health care 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 health care system that works
for all. Every physician I work with
agrees that we need to fix our health
care 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
& a 'National ID Health card' will be
issued! (Papers
please!)
Page
59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will
have direct access to your bank accounts
for elective funds
transfer. (Time
for more cash and
carry)
Page
65 Sec 164: Is a payoff subsidized
plan for retirees and their families in
unions & 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 of
Benefit Levels for
Plans -- The Govt will
ration your health
care!
Page 91 Lines
4-7 HC Bill: Govt mandates
linguistic appropriate services.
(Translation: illegal
aliens.)
Page 95 HC
Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use
groups (i.e. ACORN & 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
12 4 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 salary you can
make.
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 ANDtheir families.
(Employees shouldn't get excited
about this as employers will be forced to
reduce its work force, benefits, and
wages/salaries to cover such a huge
expense.)
Page 149 Lines
16-24: ANY Employer with payroll
401k & above who does not provide
public option will pay 8% tax on all
payroll! (See the last comment in
parenthesis.)
Page
150 Lines 9-13: A business with
payroll between $251K & $401K who
doesn't provide public option will 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. (Americans will
pay.) (Like
always)
Page
195 HC Bill: Officers &
employees of the GOVT HC Admin..
will have access
to ALL Americans'
finances and personal
records. (I
guess so they can 'deduct' their
fees)
Page
203 Line 14-15 HC: "The tax
imposed under this section shall not be
treated as tax." (Yes, it really
says that!) (
a 'fee' instead)
Page
239 Line 14-24 HC Bill: Govt will
reduce physician services for Medicaid
Seniors. (Low-income and the poor
are affected.)
Page
241 Line 6-8 HC Bill: Doctors: It
doesn't matter what specialty you have
trained yourself in -- you will all be
paid the same! (Just TRY to tell me that's
not Socialism!)
Page 253 Line
10-18: The Govt sets the value of
a doctor's time, profession, judgment,
etc. (Literally-- the value of
humans.)
Page 265 Sec 1131:
The Govt mandates and controls
productivity for "private" HC
industries.
Page 268
Sec 1141: The federal Govt regulates the
rental and 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 the Govt deems preventable
(i.e...re-admissions).
Page 298
Lines 9-11: Doctors: If you treat a
patient during initial admission that
results in a re-admission -- the
Govt will penalize
you.
Page 317 L 13-20:
PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. (The
Govt tells doctors what and how much they
can own!)
Page 317-318
lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on
expansion. (The Govt is mandating
that hospitals cannot
expand.)
Page
321 2-13: Hospitals have the opportunity
to apply for exception BUT community input
is required. (Can you say
ACORN?)
Page 335 L
16-25 Pg 336-339: The Govt mandates
establishment of=2 outcome-based measures.
(HC the way they want --
rationing.)
Page
341 Lines 3-9: The Govt has authority to
disqualify Medicare Advance Plans, HMOs,
etc. (Forcing people into the Govt
plan)
Page 354 Sec
1177: The Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of
'special needs people!'
Unbelievable!
Page
379 Sec 1191: The Govt creates more
bureaucracy via a
"Tele-Health Advisory Committee."
(Can you say HC by
phone?)
Page 425 Lines
4-12: The Govt mandates "Advance-Care
Planning Consult." (Think senior
citizens end-of-life
patients.)
Page 425
Lines 17-19: The Govt will instruct and
consult regarding living
wills, durable powers of attorney,
etc. (And
it's mandatory!)
Page
425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: The Govt
provides an "approved" list of end-of-life
resources; guiding you in death. (Also
called 'assisted
suicide.')(Sounds
like Soylent Green to
me.)
Page
427 Lines 15-24: The Govt mandates a
program for orders on "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 a
patient's health
deteriorates.
Page 429
Lines 10-12: An "advanced care
consultation" may include an ORDER for
end-of-life plans.. (AN ORDER TO DIE
FROM THE
GOVERNMENT?!?)
Page
429 Lines 13-25: The GOVT will specify
which doctors can write an end-of-life
order.. (I wouldn't want to stand
before God after getting paid for THAT
job!)
Page
430 Lines 11-15: The Govt will decide what
level of treatment you will have at
end-of-life! (Again -- no
choice!)
Page 469:
Community-Based Home Medical Services =
Non-Profit Organizations. (Hello?
ACORN Medical Services
here!?!)
Page 489 Sec
1308: The Govt will cover marriage
and family therapy. (Which means
Govt will insert itself into your marriage
even.)
Page
494-498: Govt will cover Mental
Health Services including defining,
creating, and 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