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I don’t have anything in one place, but call them out for hiding behind the “reducing the budget deficit” scam. The latest flippers all seem to be touting the CBO estimate - not an official Scoring, mind you.

1) They are reducing the payments to doctors under Medicare now to claim cost savings. But when they later vote in the “Dr. Fix”, as it is called, it will add $59 billion to the deficit.

2) They claim that the savings in Medicare - that are supposed to shore up Medicare - are being used to reduce the deficit of $500 Billion, will actually increase the deficit - to the tune of $260 BILLION over the next decade.

3) And the biggie... When they don’t have the will to turn on the Labor Unions and actually implement the Cadillac Tax, the $1.2 Trillion in savings the the CBO “projects”, now becomes an increase in the deficit of approx. $600 Billion.

If I did my math right, that is almost of $2.3 TRILLION in additional deficits that they have cleverly “hidden” - never mind the gross mismanagement that always occurs when the government tries to do ANYTHING!

You can also ask them about specific provisions in the Senate Bill.

4) Ask them about the need to hire an additional 17,000 IRS agents to oversee this bureaucracy and the fact that the IRS will have real time access to your personal banking information.

5) Ask them why they are adding almost $6,000 in potential costs via additional payments under TRICARE for Life for Veterans and their spouses.

6) Ask them why they are adding a “Medicare Tax” to interest and dividend income - penalizing seniors. Particularly nice considering what investment returns are going to be after all of this c**p is implemented.

7) Ask them why they are limiting Seniors access to Medicare Advantage supplemental insurance?

8) Ask them why they will penalize doctors who accept fee for service payments?

9) Ask them why they have to implement specific language on Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax.” They specifically refer to this as a fee, so they can CLAIM that they aren’t raising taxes.

10) Ask them the purpose of the 194 new federal agencies.

11) Ask them this is not intended to “force” a single-payer option on us? Make it easier for business to pay the fine than to provide health care. There goes The One’s pledge that “you can keep your health care plan”. There won’t be any.

12) Ask them how it is fiscally responsible to force insurance companies to insure high risk people - or more perversely, let people opt in the day they get run over by a truck. See my point 11 on the end game of single payer - force the insurance companies out of business.

13) Ask them to specifically respond to Steve Wynn’s and Caterpillar’s public comments on the impact on business and how does this reconcile with “focusing on jobs”. You can also throw in the effect on the budget deficit when this really hits businesses and it’s resulting further loss in tax revenues.

And if you really want to get riled up, check out pages 425 - 429 on the end of life stuff.

Page 425 Lines 4-12: The Govt mandates “Advance-Care Planning Consult.”

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.

Page 427 Lines 15-24: The Govt mandates a program for orders on “end-of-life.”

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.

Page 429 Lines 13-25: The GOVT will specify which doctors can write an end-of-life order.

And they laughed at Sarah Palin’s “Death Panel” comment.

Make them really mad and focus on one topic at a time and send numerous faxes!!!

Good luck.

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