You know I try to stay away from politics on this website as much as possible. I actually try to watch as little news as possible right now, because it mostly just makes me sad or angry. But this morning, I received an email from the American Family Association (AFA). I was thankful for this email because it gave me 2 important links. One is to a full copy of Obama’s Health plan. The other is to an overview of the health plan, point-by-point explaining what all that technical jargon means. I knew it was bad, but not this bad! Here are just a few points I pulled out from the overview. My comments are in red.
Sec. 122, Pg 29, lines 4-16 – YOUR HEALTHCARE WILL BE RATIONED!
Sec. 123, Pg 30 – THERE WILL BE A GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE deciding what treatments and benefits you get.
Sec. 163, Pg 58-59 beginning at line 5 – government will have real-time access to individual’s finances & a National ID Health care card will be issued!
Sec. 205, Pg 102, Lines 12-18 – Medicaid eligible individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No freedom to choose. This one gets me! We will have not choice, if we don’t earn enough money, we will be forced to have Medicaid, whether we want it or not!
Sec. 312, Pg 145, Line 15-17 – Employers MUST auto-enroll employees into public option plan.
Sec. 1233, Pg 425, Lines 4-12 – Government mandates Advance (Death) Care Planning consultation. Think Senior Citizens and end of life. END OF LIFE COUNSELING. SOME IN THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED RATIONING HEALTH CARE FOR THE ELDERLY. This is just horrible!!!
Sec. 1233, Pg 427, Lines 15-24 – Government mandates program for orders for life-sustaining treatment (i.e. end of life). The government has a say in how your life ends. We really need to pray for our government. They are trying to step in and take over God’s role in determining life span. This is scary stuff, and very dangerous on their part. “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked.” Gal. 6:7
Sec. 1233, Pg 430, Lines 11-15 – The government will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life according to pre-set methods (not individually decided).
Sec. 1308, Pg 489 – The government will cover Marriage and Family therapy. This will involve government control of your marriage. I wonder if they will decided if you should get married, when, and for how long….hmm.
Sec. 1401, Pg. 502 – Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research Established. Big Brother is watching how your treatment works.
Sec. 1711, Pg 764 The government will require preventative services – including vaccinations (no choice). Okay, here I have another big problem. We will have NO CHOICE but to vaccinate our children??? Don’t get me wrong, my kiddos have been vaccinated, but I didn’t give them every shot in the book, and I certainly didn’t follow their timetable. I think vaccines are a great thing, but I think in America we misuse them.
Sec. 1713, Pg 768, Lines 3-5—Nurse Home Visit Services – Service #1: “Improving maternal or child health and pregnancy outcomes or increasing birth intervals between pregnancies.” Compulsory ABORTIONS?
Sec. 1713, Pg 768, Lines 11-14 – Nurse Home Visit Services include determinations of economic self-sufficiency, employment advancement and school-readiness. Did you catch that? A nurse will come to your home and determine whether or not you are financially providing for your children, “climbing the all important ladder of success” and whether or not your children are ready for school???? I have a huge problem with that! How are they to determine based on one or two home visits if my child is ready for school. And can you imagine how many nurses this would require??????
Sec. 440, Pg 837-839 – The government will design and implement Home Visitation Program for families with young kids and families that are expecting children. Again, assuming that parents are incompetent. Trust me, I know some who are incompetent, but that shouldn’t make it a nightmare for everyone else.
Sec. 1904, Pg 843-844—This Home Visitation Program includes the government coming into your house and teaching/telling you how to parent! Boy, they are really beating this horse to death!
Sec. 3121, Pg 934, Lines 21-22 – Government will identify specific goals and objectives for prevention and wellness activities. More control of your life. So, the government will set me up with a personal trainer and a nutritionist…what happens if I don’t do what they say????
Sec. 3121, Pg 935, Line 1-2 The government will develop “Healthy People & National Public Health Performance Standards.” They will tell us what to eat?
Reviewed, revised and adapted on July 29, 2009, by Liberty Counsel from the original authored by Peter Fleckenstein and posted on FreeRepublic.com and his blog, http://blog.flecksoflife.com.
I would strongly suggest that you visit the American Family Associations website. In the upper right hand corner you can sign up to receive emails alerting you to hot topics and giving the information you need to take action.