Posted on 05/15/2009 2:18:27 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama
Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
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Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org
Friday, May 15, 2009
Do you know what your supposedly "Republican" senator is doing right now?
Well, it turns out that Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is also leading the "hit parade" on behalf of legislation which would expand the scope of government in a way unprecedented in human history -- and which would place your most private medical data into an anti-gun database.
Hard to believe?
But there he is: Sen. Graham is right up there with certifiable liberals like left wing Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden and left wing Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow.
The bill is S. 391, and it is being pushed by some Republicans as an alternative to the Health Care Gun Ban that we've been warning you about.
S. 391 does a hodgepodge of things, but by far the most important one is to "solve" the problem of 48 million uninsured by taking away the right of Americans not to purchase government-approved insurance.
If you are uninsured, you would have to buy health insurance, whether you can afford it or not. If your employer is not unionized, he would have to retool your employer-provided health insurance policy to comply with government requirements.
If your employer cannot afford government-approved insurance with all of the politically correct bells and whistles, too bad. His only legal alternative is to fire you.
If you cannot afford government-approved insurance, too bad.
If you have to lose your home -- or your small business -- or your kids' college fund -- in order to pay for government-approved insurance, too bad.
And like the Massachusetts system on which it is modeled, the federally mandated insurance would inexorably revolve around a federal database of medical information that you could not opt out of.
So, remember when your kid's pediatrician asked him about your gun collection? Or when you grandfather was diagnosed with a mental disability which could disqualify him from owning a gun?
All of that will be in the federal database, which could be searched by virtually anyone in the Department of Health and Human Services -- and by BATF, by simple request.
And, although section 103 of S. 391 purports to allow you to keep the coverage you have, all employer-provided insurance which you wish to keep has to be rewritten to contain all the government-required mandates -- or you're not allowed to keep it.
ACTION: Contact Senator Graham and urge him to remove his cosponsorship from S. 391. Please use his webform at http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.EmailSenatorGraham
to do so (you can copy and paste the following text or type your own).
----- Pre-written letter -----
Dear Senator Graham:
In connection with S. 391 -- the Wyden-Stabenow individual insurance mandate -- apparently some people are under the delusional notion that this bill is something other than the biggest government interference in the private sector in American history.
This crazy bill would put government bureaucrats in the position of dictating the contents of virtually every insurance policy in the country -- with the sole conspicuous exception of unionized industries with collective bargaining agreements.
This bill would result in all kinds of personal information being put into a medical database. Across the nation, there have been reports that pediatricians are asking kids about their parents' gun collection. And military veterans who have been diagnosed with PTSD have already been disqualified from owning guns.
All of this information will be in the federal database, which could be searched by virtually anyone in the Department of Health and Human Services -- and by the FBI and the BATFE, by simple request.
Please do not saddle America with a massive open-ended bill like S. 391.
In short, please remove your cosponsorship from S. 391.
Sincerely,
Be Ever vigilant!
Another bedwetter trying to redefine the Republican Party. I’d be embarrassed, but I bailed when Trent Lott thought that power sharing would be the polite thing to do after the ‘94 turnabout. Wankers, all. They give credence to the sentiment that Republicans and Democrats are “same shit, different piles.”
Hey, all you incredibly dumb and uninformed Americans, I’m Lindsey Graham. I’m a really, really, REALLY smart lawyer from South Carolina.
Because I am from South Carolina, some of you uninformed BIGOTS might call me a “cracker.”
Actually, that suits me just fine because that would make me a Graham Cracker. So if you don’t like my position on immigration (often bent over Ted Kennedy’s desk), you can
BITE ME!
Yes, A history making purge is in order. This was never intended to be an occupation and they’ve clearly demonstrated why.
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Agreed. He needs to be gone in the primary so he has no chance in the general.
Not at all. What is hard to believe is anyone would be surprised.
My first contact with (EMR)Electronic Medical Records was last week. In my second visit to a Cardiologist after two days of stress screening, heart scanning and a few other tests I went for feed back. The appointment was @10:15AM I arrived@ 10:00. The office receptionist advised me at sign-in that the office was now on (EMR)an that things were slower than usual. At 10:25,I was usher into an examining room and told to wait the “Doctor would see me soon”. At 11:00 I stepped to the nurses station in the hallway and asked where was the doctor. I was advised “the Doctor was running behind, but would see me soon”. Finally @ 11:45 a “ARNP” came to my room and critiqued me on my test results.
When she finished I asked why things were so outlandishly slow and I had been here so long, she said the new (EMR)procedures had built-in delays(prescribed times for specific functions), These would not allow them to work faster(designated specific times). I left the Doctor’s office @12:20 PM.
I thought I was supposed to be critiqued by the Cardiologist but was never given a reason why I got it by a “ARNP”. I am waiting now for a call from their office for further explanation.
Can anyone Explain “ARNP”?? Thanks.
But it will come. In 2003, 2008 was a long time away and it came.
If Graham keeps pissing off conservatives in SC they’ll have a long time to plan his electoral demise.
NURSE PRACTITIONER (ARNP)
An Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) is a Registered Nurse (RN) qualified to function independently. May perform physical examinations and diagnostic tests, develop and carry out treatment programs, or counsel patients. May prescribe medications noted in formulary. Specialty areas include: Adult Care; Pediatric Care; Anesthesia; and Nurse Midwifery.
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