As a physician who has authored books on preventative health care, I was given the opportunity to be the keynote speaker at a Congressional Dinner at The Capitol Building in Washington last Friday (7/17).

The presentation was entitled Health Care Reform, The Power & Profit of Prevention, and I was gratified that it was well received.

Let me summarize just a few salient points of the above plan. First, however, it should be clear that the same warning notice must be placed on The ObamaCare Plan as on a pack of cigarettes: Consuming this product will be hazardous to your health.

The underlying method of cutting costs throughout the plan is based on rationing and denying care. There is no focus on preventing health care need whatever. The plan's method is the most inhumane and unethical approach to cutting costs I can imagine as a physician.

The rationing of care is implemented through The National Health Care Board, according to the plan. This illustrious Board "will approve or reject treatment for patients based on the cost per treatment divided by the number of years the patient will benefit from the treatment."

Translation.....if you are over 65 or have been recently diagnosed as having an advanced form of cardiac disease or aggressive cancer.....dream on if you think you will get treated.....pick out your coffin.

Oh, you say this could never happen? Sorry.... this is the same model they use in Britain.

The plan mandates that there will be little or no advanced treatments to be available in the future. It creates The Federal Coordinating Council For Comparative Effectiveness Research, the purpose of which is "to slow the development of new medications and technologies in order to reduce costs." Yes, this is to be the law.

The plan also outlines that doctors and hospitals will be overseen and reviewed by The National Coordinator For Health Information and Technology.

This " coordinator" will "monitor treatments being delivered to make sure doctors and hospitals are strictly following government guidelines that are deemed appropriate." It goes on to say....."Doctors and hospitals not adhering to guidelines will face penalties."

According to those in Congress, penalties could include large six figure financial fines and possible imprisonment.

So according to The ObamaCare Plan....if your doctor saves your life you might have to go to the prison to see your doctor for follow -up appointments. I believe this is the same model Stalin used in the former Soviet Union.

Section 102 has the Orwellian title, "Protecting the Choice to Keep Current Coverage." What this section really mandates is that it is illegal to keep your private insurance if your status changes - e.g., if you lose or change your job, retire from your job and become a senior, graduate from college and get your first job. Yes, illegal.

When Mr. Obama hosted a conference call with bloggers urging them to pressure Congress to pass his health plan as soon as possible, a blogger from Maine referenced an Investors Business Daily article that claimed Section 102 of the House health legislation would outlaw private insurance.

He asked: "Is this true? Will people be able to keep their insurance and will insurers be able to write new policies even though H.R. 3200 is passed?" Mr. Obama replied: "You know, I have to say that I am not familiar with the provision you are talking about."

Then there is Section 1233 of The ObamaCare Plan, devoted to "Advanced Care Planning." After each American turns 65 years of age they have to go to a mandated counseling program that is designed to end life sooner.

This session is to occur every 5 years unless the person has developed a chronic illness then it must be done every year. The topics in this session will include, "how to decline hydration, nutrition and how to initiate hospice care." It is no wonder The Obama Administration does not like my emphasis on Prevention. For Mr. Obama, prevention is the "enemy" as people would live longer.

I rest my case. The ObamaCare Plan is hazardous to the health of every American.

After I finished my Capitol Hill presentation, I was asked by a Congressman in the question-answer session: "I'll be doing a number of network interviews on the Obama Health Care Plan. If I am asked what is the one word to describe the plan what should I answer."

The answer is simple, honest, direct, analytical, sad but truthful. I told him that one word is FASCIST.

Then I added, "I hope you'll have the courage to use that word, Congressman. No other word is more appropriate."

Dr. Dave Janda, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon, and a world-recognized expert on the prevention of sports injuries, particularly in children. His website is noinjury.com.

HEALTHCARE 2

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HEALTHCARE BUMPER STICKER

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by Michael Ramirez

HEALTHCARE 2

And all this, leads up to...

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I have been going through this bill and documenting some of the things I find. I urge every one to do the same by downloding the entire PDF File, HERE.

Then contact all of your reps and exercise a politcal free fire zone over this monstrosity.

Here are some of the things I have found so far.

Section 113 b-1 Page 22: Mandates an audit of all employers that self-insure to "ensure that the law does not provide incentives for small and mid-size employers to self-insure".

Section 123 Page 30: A government Health Benefits Advisory Committee will recommend what treatments and benefits are available. Once accepted and adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, there is no appeal.

Section 141 & 142 Page 42: Establish a "Health Choices Commissioner" appointed by the Prresident who will establish qualified plan standards for the insured, establish a "Health INsurance Exchange", will administer "Health Insurance Credits" and determin who is eligible, will ensure compliance, conduct audits, administer penalites and remedies.

Section 152 Page 50: All healthcare services will be provided without regard to "personal characteristcs" which is not defined within the document as is understood to include immigration status.

Section 1173A a-2-D Page 58: Calls for a National Health Plan Beneficiary Identification Card for every person and the ability to determine a persons indivual financial responsibility and eligibility prior to, or at the time of service.

Section 1173A a-4-C Page 59: Requires the ability to have electronic funds tranfer from insured account to the federal government automate reconcilliation of health care payment.

Section 164 Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize a retiree reinsurance health fund up to 10 billion dollars to assist participating employment-based plans (unions, community organizers, etc.) with the cost of providing health benefits to retirees and to eligible spouses, surviving spouses and dependents of such retirees

Section 294 b-7 Page 91: Government mandates culturally and linguistically appropriate communication and health services for all.

Section 205 a-1 Page 95-96: The Government will etsablish an outreach program to inform, educate, and enroll participants, directed at "vulnerable" populations and to be accomplished in person at "community locations", by mail, telephone, or electronically. Tailor made for ACORN and Americorps.

Section 205 C-3-3 Page 102: If you do not enroll in a "National Health Exchange Plan" and are eligible for Medicaid, you will automatically be enrolled in Medicaid. You have no choice in the matter.

Section 223 f Page 124: There will be no administrative or "judicial review" permitted for payment rates established under the National Health Care Plans.

Section 224 b Page 125: The Secretary shall design and implement the payment mechanisms and policies under this section in a manner that — (1) seeks to (B) reduce health disparities (including racial, ethnic and other disparities).

Section 312 a-4, c-2 Page 145-148: An employer MUST auto-enroll employees into a government approved plan, either the public plan or another plan, unless an employee makes an affiormative decision to opt out.

Seaction 312 b-3 Page 146-147: Employers MUST pay pro-rated healthcare contribution for part-time employees AND their families.

Section 313 b-1 Page 150: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll, $350+-400K it is 6%, for over $300+-350K it is 4%, for $250+- 300K it is 2%.

Title IV Amendment to IRS COde Imposes a 2.5% income tax penalty to those individuals opting out, not to exceed what would be the National Average Premium, determined by the Secretary of Health and Welfare.

Section 1233 E & F Page 426-433 Establishes mandatory end-of-life counseling for senior citizens over age 65 every five years, or sooner if bebeficiary becomes ill.

Section 1302 a Page 460-482: Establishes a "Medical Home Pilot Program" for the elderly or "targeted high need beneficiaries" in urban, rural, and served areas. No physician nned be on duty, run by nurse paractitioners and physician assistants. Care for beneficiaries coordinated by a team of individuals at the practice level using "evidence based guidelines" which advocate only the use of medical treatments that are supported by effectiveness research.

Actually, if they threw open the pharmacies this could be something we could deal with. Let folks decide to try to treat themselves rather than deal with the gummint doctors. One would run afoul of the law by consulting a doctor outside the system and docs giving advice outside the system will be punished as under Hillary!care I am sure but at least don't prevent people from trying to treat themselves. Do it yourself surgery probably is a non-starter but I have plenty of patients with diabetes and high blood pressure or lipid problems that could probably do just fine on their own.

I seriously doubt any aspect of Obamacare will ever see the light of day but even if it did in it's full "glory" it wouldn't last. You can't make something work better by breaking it worse. If patients can just walk in and buy their own Lipitor they will be able to deal with the situation. I am sure the SEIU and ACORN goons will have their own "members only" clinics. The gummint will have to "throw open the pharmacies" from the beginning or Lipitor will be pushed through car windows on street corners. LOL.

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Costa Rica has some problems with land laws. If some squatter moves in on your land he can eventually petition the gummint to give him title to that piece. If you are a gringo you can't get the police to move him off. Catch-22. I don't know that I would buy land there. Now maybe move into a cheap hotel and drink Pina Colladas while watching the coffee grow in the mountains where it is 70 degrees all day and night every day...hmmm.

I don't know if I could do it but it could be worth a try. Of course you would have to set up your funds in Switzerland so you only recieved a small amount every couple of days or the local constabulary would probably make a habit of relieving you of your Pina Collada money and you would have to have a provision for a flight out that could only be claimed by you at the airport paid for from Switzerland. Just trying to figure out how to do it is starting to sound like more work than I want to put into it. Of course I have been told I have ADHD. LOL.

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Thought you might be interested in this:

www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-02-04-E9-2488

This is only the DOCUMENT SUMMARY. When you search the vol. and page number of the federal register for the full document you get an error msg.

I received an email indicating that what the media & govt officials don’t know is that this presidential determination provides airfare to the U.S. and financial support. Can’t verify that because can’t get to the full doc.

The $$ for the refugees comes from the Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund (ERMA) which lives under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of State. The State Department came out with a statement that the $20.3 MILLION would go to the UN to disperse to the Palestinans.

THE INTERESTING THING: the presidential determination indicates that the order was filed under the heading “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” which lives under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security. Question: If there is no immigration involved, why did the order dump from the Federal Register to the Government Printing Office (GPO) under the heading of “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement?

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