Here is an e-mail letter I sent to Senator McCaskill of Missouri today after she announced, during an interview, that citizens of Missouri are misinformed about health care. I would sincerely encourage each of you who agree with me to continue to call and send e-mails to her to let her know what you think. So far, it appears there have had little effect. But, miracles are possible ...
Senator McCaskill,
I heard your remarks today and I agree with you. Missourians are misinformed; BY YOU!
Come on, Senator, we can read and listen and study just as well as you can. Some of us have actually spent time READING this bill. It is a disaster in the making. Americans do not need or want this bill and Missourians do not want this bill. Leave our health care alone!
Senator, if you would be honest with yourself, you would admit you are way out of touch with Missourians, their needs and desires. We do NOT trust you. You are NOT representing us in Washington. With all due respect to a United States Senator, if you had the courage, you would resign your position and permit someone who would actually represent the citizens of our great state.
Sincerely,
Bruce D. Walker
St. Charles, MO
Showing posts with label health care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health care. Show all posts
Friday, December 11, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
HR 3962
The Health Care bill (HR 3962) passed by the House of Representatives this past Saturday evening is huge both in its size and its potential impact to our nation. I have not read the entire bill; very few have. But I have read comments posted by those who have read it. I have gone to the sections of the bill referenced by such comments to verify what they are saying is actually in the bill. Despite the legalese, I am convinced enough of what the commentators are saying about the bill is true and that we need to do all we can to prevent this thing from ever becoming law.
First, I am providing a link to the bill itself here.
Second, I am providing a link to an excellent summary of concerns written by Besty McCaughey for the Wall Street Journal here. She is a former Lt. Gov. of New York state.
I am personally convinced this bill is very dangerous and must be stopped by the Senate and/or any subsequent conference committee. You may read the above information and draw your own conclusions. If you agree with my conclusion then I urge you to contact your Senators daily (phone and e-mail) and tell them you do not support such health care reform legislation.
First, I am providing a link to the bill itself here.
Second, I am providing a link to an excellent summary of concerns written by Besty McCaughey for the Wall Street Journal here. She is a former Lt. Gov. of New York state.
I am personally convinced this bill is very dangerous and must be stopped by the Senate and/or any subsequent conference committee. You may read the above information and draw your own conclusions. If you agree with my conclusion then I urge you to contact your Senators daily (phone and e-mail) and tell them you do not support such health care reform legislation.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The Mathematics of Health Care
A mind is a terrible thing to waste. How true. And my mind is loaded with so many useless thoughts there will have to be a lot of demolition before any serious construction can begin!
Sitting in front of my laptop this morning, suddenly, for reasons unknown, my mind produced a new mathematical formula:
PO = GR + MM - MF
As I pondered it a bit, I concluded this was not a complete formula but sufficient enough to state the facts concerning a subject which is before our eyes these days. Here is what it means:
PO = Public Option; a term on the news almost 24 hours a day yet most people do not understand what the public option is. Surely anything that is a public option must be good. WRONG!
GR = Government Run; yes, the public option represents a government run program. Simply stated: another large, inefficient bureaucracy. Anyone who has done battle with the Social Security Administration or the License Bureau Office know how poorly these groups are managed. Waste upon waste, red tape upon red tape, inefficient and costly. That leads me to the next term.
MM = My Money. Any "public option" or government run program requires money and guess where the government gets its money? Money I work long and hard hours to EARN they simply take and throw away in programs such as this. Now some will say only the VERY rich will pay but anyone who makes money sees their money disappear in government programs every time they receive a pay check. Does anyone REALLY believe another large government program such as health care can be funded only by the most wealthy? No, we will pay. The public option will require my money.
MF = My Freedom. Despite all the claims, once a public option comes into existence, it will be the death knell of private insurance choices. The government will establish the rules for health care and will either eliminate choices via regulation or via additional taxes against private insurance providers (some new penalty for the private plan which doesn't MEASURE up to government standards). Sooner or later the only plan anyone will have will be the "public option" (i.e., "single payer"; perhaps now call the public mandate; I call it socialized medicine). I loose my freedom to choose the health insurance plan I want. Isn't it amazing that the same people who say a woman may choose to have their unborn child killed do not want others to be free to choose their health insurance?
For OUR HEALTH, the government needs to stay away from health insurance. Let your Senators and Congressman know how you feel on this issue.
That's how I feel: PO = GR + MM - MF and that stinks!
Sitting in front of my laptop this morning, suddenly, for reasons unknown, my mind produced a new mathematical formula:
PO = GR + MM - MF
As I pondered it a bit, I concluded this was not a complete formula but sufficient enough to state the facts concerning a subject which is before our eyes these days. Here is what it means:
PO = Public Option; a term on the news almost 24 hours a day yet most people do not understand what the public option is. Surely anything that is a public option must be good. WRONG!
GR = Government Run; yes, the public option represents a government run program. Simply stated: another large, inefficient bureaucracy. Anyone who has done battle with the Social Security Administration or the License Bureau Office know how poorly these groups are managed. Waste upon waste, red tape upon red tape, inefficient and costly. That leads me to the next term.
MM = My Money. Any "public option" or government run program requires money and guess where the government gets its money? Money I work long and hard hours to EARN they simply take and throw away in programs such as this. Now some will say only the VERY rich will pay but anyone who makes money sees their money disappear in government programs every time they receive a pay check. Does anyone REALLY believe another large government program such as health care can be funded only by the most wealthy? No, we will pay. The public option will require my money.
MF = My Freedom. Despite all the claims, once a public option comes into existence, it will be the death knell of private insurance choices. The government will establish the rules for health care and will either eliminate choices via regulation or via additional taxes against private insurance providers (some new penalty for the private plan which doesn't MEASURE up to government standards). Sooner or later the only plan anyone will have will be the "public option" (i.e., "single payer"; perhaps now call the public mandate; I call it socialized medicine). I loose my freedom to choose the health insurance plan I want. Isn't it amazing that the same people who say a woman may choose to have their unborn child killed do not want others to be free to choose their health insurance?
For OUR HEALTH, the government needs to stay away from health insurance. Let your Senators and Congressman know how you feel on this issue.
That's how I feel: PO = GR + MM - MF and that stinks!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Ronald Reagan and Health Care
This has been out for at least a week but I heard it for the first time today. It sent chills up my spine (not down my leg, Chris Mathews!). Check it out here.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Health Care Facts from the Heritage Foundation
Here is a link to some facts concerning "Obamacare" complied by the Heritage Foundation. I thought some of you may have an interest in this information.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Are you ready to lose some of your freedoms?
Just received a link to an article by Shawn Tully entitled "5 freedoms you'd lose in health care reform". To summarize, here is the list of those 5 freedoms:
1. Freedom to choose what's in your plan
2. Freedom to be rewarded for healthy living, or pay your real costs
3. Freedom to choose high-deductible coverage
4. Freedom to keep your existing plan
5. Freedom to choose your doctors
I would encourage you to read the full article here and then contact your representatives in Congress. In fact, if this health care proposal bothers you as much as it does me, I suggest you contact them EVERYDAY and hope they get the message.
1. Freedom to choose what's in your plan
2. Freedom to be rewarded for healthy living, or pay your real costs
3. Freedom to choose high-deductible coverage
4. Freedom to keep your existing plan
5. Freedom to choose your doctors
I would encourage you to read the full article here and then contact your representatives in Congress. In fact, if this health care proposal bothers you as much as it does me, I suggest you contact them EVERYDAY and hope they get the message.
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