The National Health Insururer Report Card for 2008 ( http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/368/reportcard.pdf ) on page 5 shows the government run health insurance Medicare with percentage of denied medical claims nearly double the average for private insurance claims.
Medicare denied 6.85%; Aetna 6.8%; Anthem 4.62% and the average by private insurance at 3.88%.
The report card for 2009 showed improvement for all.
Medicare 4%; Aetna 1.81% and the average was at 2.79%.
Government run insurance still in top percentage of medical claim denied.
At what point should a free people give up? How many times should we continue to voice our opinions that something is bad for us, personally and as a country? For those of us who enjoy history, we’ve seen George Washington’s Army on the verge of collapse, only to fight a battle that turned the war in the American’s favor. Maybe we remember the continued Southern victories to be suddenly changed at the small Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg. The Union would be preserved, but only because those weary soldiers and their commanders continued fighting. Normandy Beach was yet another example of persevering against incredible odds to fight the evil that was winning the day.
We are also in a battle. While we are not wielding guns, sacrificing human life or rationing food, the battle is nonetheless significant. Will you continue the fight against government take-over of our health care? These continued assaults on our freedoms are not as seemingly terrifying as the previous battles mentioned, but they have every bit as much significance to the America we all know and love and hope to pass onto our posterity.
MARCH 18TH, or sooner, the Congress is going to again try to pass the Health Care Bill (H.R. 3590): Here are a few details: (for further review, go to RPC Health Care Facts)
LOSS OF DOCTOR CHOICE and INSURANCE CHOICE: This will be the case in these bills.
COSTS: The proposed bill would raise, not lower, health care costs by hundreds of billions in its first 10 years alone.
(It would raise individual health insurance premiums by an average $2,100 for every family and the President’s proposal would likely raise that number even higher.)
SECRET DEALS: If this is such a necessary and wanted bill, why are the politicians bribing States in order to get the votes? I.e., Cornhusker Kickback, Gator Aid and Louisiana Purchase, just to mention a few.
MANDATES: These bills mandate that Americans buy health care. This is unconstitutional.
MORE BUREAUCRACY: New Federal bureaucracy of an unelected board to impose government price controls and micro-manage health insurance premiums.
ABORTION: Is still covered by Federal funding.
JOB KILLER: The President’s proposal nearly triples the “fair share” penalty for employers from $750 to $2,000 creating an even higher tax on jobs for companies that cannot afford to offer health coverage.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST: ASK THEM WHY THEY AREN’T GOING TO BE UNDER THESE MANDATES
At our Tea Party Meeting the other night, a man lamented that he had not taken the abortion issue seriously enough when Roe v. Wade was decided and regrets to this day that he had not done more. Do we want to be voicing the same regrets to our children when we still have the ability to stop this travesty of our freedoms?
Call often and respectfully to Rep. Steve King: 202.225.4426
Senator Chuck Grassley: 202.224.3744
Senator Tom Harkin: 202.224.3254
The American public knows that if anyone needs a doctor, it is our own Congress…. to clean out their earwax so they can hear us for the last time…..KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OUR HEALTH CARE!
To quote one of the staunchest fighters for freedom: “NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP!” Winston Churchill.
Make the phone calls, write the letters, send the emails, drive to their offices! Do whatever it takes. Get your friends and family to do it. Courage, persistence, vigilance. Is it really that difficult? No and I promise you, you will not regret it.
TK
“Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.” – Abraham Lincoln
Much attention is being given to the Tea Party movement maybe because it has survived it’s first year and is growing stronger. The Republican party seems to think tea party people have joined up with them so now they will be able to get their party’s agenda accomplished. They need to do some self-examination and realize they are part of the problem.
The Tea Party Movement started with the bank bailouts and the health care debates but soon revealed our country’s problem goes much deeper and wider. Every President, Senator, Representative, candidate and political organization needs to prove themselves in their understanding of and their abiding by the limits placed on government, and the protection of the people’s freedom held in the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States of America and the Bill of Rights. Tea Party people are getting educated all across America and will vote in November based on how well the candidate or incumbent adheres to the Constitution, no matter what title is by their name on the ballot.
| Boehner Marks First Anniversary of Tea Party Movement |
| WASHINGTON – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement marking the first anniversary of the Tea Party movement: “The Tea Party movement has reminded us who’s really in charge of this country, and that’s the American people. These great patriots have been at the forefront of a growing political rebellion born from the American people’s opposition to greater government control over our economy and our lives. They are leading a diverse and growing movement, one comprised of Americans from all walks of life, many of whom are becoming engaged in politics for the first time because they are so fed up with Washington and the direction of the country.
“It’s not enough, however, for Republicans to simply voice respect for what the tea partiers are doing, praise their efforts, and participate in their rallies. Republicans must listen to them, stand with them, and walk among them.
“In these uncertain times, when government is growing and our nation is being driven deeper and deeper into debt, the Tea Party movement has given Americans who believe in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights the opportunity to band together and say ‘enough is enough.’ Government is no substitute for the hard work and common sense of the American people, and only by preserving this most self-evident of truths can we truly protect the blessings of freedom and liberty. This is exactly why the American people want us to scrap this massive government takeover of health care and start over.”
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