X-Message-Number: 31830 Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:17:02 -0400 Subject: What's in the proposed health care plan, regretably not off t... From: Rudi Hoffman <> --000e0cd23dc22f2fb0046fdd08ed Hi Cryoneters, I usually try to stay apolotical...especially in this forum. But, I have just been forwarded the below information on what is in the current House version of the health care bill. I am not sure exactly what to do about this...I normally like a "call to action" at the end of information, but I am ambivalent about the best call to action to ask. Oh, there actually IS one thing, related to health care...I encourage folks to go the Life Extension Foundation website (lef.org) and utilize the easy mechanism they have for writing congresspeople and senators about allowing more, not less, free market options on generic drugs. I can't do justice to the Bill Faloon article in this summary, but the bottom line request is simply, "Allow a lable stating "this is not an FDA approved drug, and is used at one's own risk." Simple, common sense, easy and cheap to enact. Virtually guaranteeing it won't happen. I hope this level of cynicism is wrong and unwarranted. The idea is that the amazing forces of the less over- regulated markets will do for drugs and nutrients what we have seen market forces do for the technology you are reading these words on. There is no way to not have this be a long post. I prefer short and pithy posts, but this one is a bit long. Even though I truncated the verbiage that is, in turn, summarizing provisions of the US health care bill. You need to google for the actual bill, which is about 1000 pages. And guarantees...almost literally guarantees...that anyone involved in the health care chain will be breaking numerous laws just because you are doing your job. The bottom line, relevant to members and readers of this forum, is that cryonics could be impacted by this or future bills. Not believing the below without research, I googled for the ACTUAL health care bill. And correlated it with the information printed below. And, it checked out! Don't take my word for this. Do your own research, although I just spent two hours reading this bill, getting increasingly concerned. Maybe I am wrong, and this won't pass. Or if it does, it will truly result in a socialist worker's paradise. I will copy information below. Please check out LEF.org for an easy way to do something constructive regarding free choice in health care. (copying starts) I know you've all heard lots about Yobama's health care plan. Listed below are some actual excerpts from the plan that your congressman and senators haven't read (face it - none of them have read a 1,000 page bill). I think the most telling aspect of the plan is that Congress is exempt from the plan - they'll have a private plan of their own. What's in the Health Care Plan Some of the items in the Health Care Plan now in the works: Pg 22 of the HC Bill MANDATES the Govt will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!! Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill - YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!! You can only get so much "care" per year Pg 42 of HC Bill - The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC Benefits 4 you. You have no choice! PG 50 Section 152 in HC bill - HC will be provided to ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise Pg 58HC Bill - Govt will have real-time access to individuals finances & a National ID Healthcard will be issued! Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Govt will have direct access 2 your banks accts for elective funds transfer PG 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in Unions & community orgs (ACORN). Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Govt is creating an HC Exchange to bring private HC plans under Govt control. PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill - Govt mandates ALL benefit pkgs for private HC plans in the Exchange PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs for Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration your Healthcare! PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill - Govt mandates linguistic appropriate services..... Example - Translation for illegal aliens Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps to sign up individually for Govt HC plan PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs of Benefit Levels for Plans. #AARP members - your Health care WILL be rationed PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill Medicaid Eligible Indiv. will be automat.enrolled in Medicaid. No choice pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt Monopoly pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill - Doctors/ #AMA - The Govt will tell YOU what you can make. Pg 145 Line 15-17 An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into public opt plan. NO CHOICE Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families. Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Emplyer w payroll 400k & above who does not prov. pub opt. pays 8% tax on all payroll pg 150 Lines 9-13 Biz w payroll between 251k & 400k who doesnt prov. pub. opt pays 2-6% tax on all payroll Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesn't have acceptable HC according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% Pg 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (You and I will pay for them) Pg 195 HC Bill -officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access to ALL Americans financial/personal recds PG 203 Line 14-15 HC - "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" Yes, it says that Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors, low income, poor will be very affected Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill - Doctors, doesn't matter what specialty you have, you'll all be paid the same PG 253 Line 10-18 Govt sets value of Dr's time, professional judgments, etc. Literally value of humans. PG 265 Sec 1131Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries PG 268 Sec 1141 Fed Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs PG 272 SEC. 1145. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing! Page 280 Sec 1151 The Govt will penalize hospitals for what Govt deems preventable readmissions. Pg 317 L 13-20 OMG!! PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Drs. what/how much they can own. Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have oppt to apply for exception BUT community input required. Can you say ACORN?!! Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 - Govt mandates estab. of outcome based measures. HC the way they want. Rationing Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Adv Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing all into Govt HC plan -- Rudi Richard Hoffman CFP CLU ChFC World's Leading Cryonics Insuror rudihoffman.com Former Board Member Financial Planning Association fpafla.com Board Member Salvation Army salvationarmy.org Member Alcor Life Extension Foundation alcor.org, Member Cryonics Institute cryonics.org Certified Financial Planner(TM) CFP Board of Standards Member World Transhumanist Association http://transhumanism.org/ --000e0cd23dc22f2fb0046fdd08ed Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=31830