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Dear
Patients First supporter,
In the dark of
night, they did it again.
Earlier this
evening, 60
members of the United States Senate voted for government
control of your health care. We will not
forget how they voted tonight!
Sound
familiar? It should. It's the Pelosi playbook for a government
takeover, all over again.
Make no mistake about it:
this was a vote for the largest expansion of government in our
lifetimes.
Call
& Email your Congressman Now
Harry
Reid has had his bill for 6 weeks - shouldn't the American
people have at least the same amount of time to review it and
know what it contains? After all, 2,074 pages isn't
exactly light reading! Stay
tuned to Patients First for all the details on this
irresponsible piece of legislation.
Here's what we know for sure. This reckless bill:
- Generates loads of new taxes -
Nonpartisan experts at the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
have concluded that new excise taxes on medical devices
would be passed on to patients, increasing insurance
premiums and increasing prices on everything from
wheelchairs to pacemakers. The tax increases in the Senate
bill add up to almost $500 billion!
- Grows Government - The Senate bill
would force 15 million Americans into the flawed Medicaid
program, which 4 in 10 doctors won't accept because the
program underpays providers. Studies show that expanding the
program directly increases costs for everyone else, since
doctors and hospitals must make up for their losses under
Medicaid by shifting costs to other patients.
- Forces young people to pay higher
premiums - A study by actuarial firm Oliver Wyman
found the restrictive new insurance regulations in both the
House and Senate bills would increase premiums for young
people by 69 percent.
- Forces everyone to purchase costly
plans - Requiring everyone to purchase expensive
health care plans with high premiums - and not allowing
people to choose affordable options that meet their budgets
and needs - would mean lower-cost, high-deductible plans
would no longer be available.
In
other words, doctors will become scarcer as their civil rights
are diminished, Americans will have less choice
and lower quality care under a government-run insurance plan
and millions of middle-class citizens will drown in unbearable
taxes.
This vote was a victory for Reid, Pelosi and
Obama. But the battle is far from over. Call
your Senator now and tell them Hands off My Health
Care!
If your Senator voted:
- Against
the bill -- thank them for putting patients first;
- For the
bill - tell them they cast the wrong vote. Then email your
friends and ask them to call their Senator. Send them this
link (http://www.rallycongress.com/patients-first/)
to make it easy.
Sincerely,
Patients First Team
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