Got this today. Don't know if it's lagit.
>
> THIS IS THE 2ND OFFICIAL WHO HAS OUTLINED THESE PARTS OF THE CARE BILL
>
> Subject: : Judge Kithil of Marble Falls , TX - HB3200 highlighted
pages
> most egregious
>
>
> Please read this........ especially the reference to pages 58 & 59
>
>
>
> JUDGE KITHIL wrote:
>
> "I have reviewed selected sections of the bill, and find it
unbelievable
> that our Congress, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, could come up with a
bill
> loaded with so many wrong-headed elements."
>
> "Both Republicans and Democrats are equally responsible for the
financial
> mess of both Social Security and Medicare programs."
>
> "I am opposed to HB 3200 for a number of reasons. To start with, it is
> estimated that a federal bureaucracy of more than 150,000 new
employees
will
> be required to administer HB3200. That is an unacceptable expansion
of a
> government that is already too intrusive in our lives. If we are
going to
> hire 150,000 new employees, let's put them to work protecting our
borders,
> fighting the massive drug problem and putting more law
> enforcement/firefighters out there."
>
>
> JUDGE KITHIL continued: "Other problems I have with this bill
include:
>
> ** Page 50/section 152: The bill will provide insurance to all
non-U.S.
> residents, even if they are here illegally.
>
> ** Page 58 and 59: The government will have real-time access to an
> individual's bank account and will have the authority to make
electronic
> fund transfers from those accounts.
>
> ** Page 65/section 164: The plan will be subsidized (by the
government)
for
> all union members, union retirees and for community organizations
(such as
> the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - ACORN).
>
> ** Page 203/line 14-15: The tax imposed under this section will not
be
> treated as a tax. (How could anybody in their right mind come up with
> that?)
>
> ** Page 241 and 253: Doctors will all be paid the same regardless of
> specialty, and the government will set all doctors' fees.
>
> ** Page 272. section 1145: Cancer hospital will ration care according
to
the
> patient's age.
>
> ** Page 317 and 321: The government will impose a prohibition on
hospital
> expansion; however, communities may petition for an exception.
>
> ** Page 425, line 4-12: The government mandates advance-care planning
> consultations. Those on Social Security will be required to attend an
> "end-of-life planning" seminar every five years. (Death counceling.)
>
> ** Page 429, line 13-25: The government will specify which doctors
can
> write an end-of-life order.
>
> HAD ENOUGH???? Judge Kithil then goes on:
>
> "Finally, it is specifically stated that this bill will not apply to
members
> of Congress. Members of Congress are already exempt from the Social
> Security system, and have a well-funded private plan that covers their
> retirement needs. If they were on our Social Security plan, I believe
they
> would find a very quick 'fix' to make the plan financially sound for
their
> future."
>
> Honorable David Kithil
> Marble Falls , Texas
AUTHORIZATION OF ADJUSTMENT FOR CANCER HOSPITALS- What this por­tion of the bill really does is give the Sec­re­tary the abil­ity to study the costs of pay­ments to can­cer hos­pi­tals and if it is deter­mined that these spe­cialty hos­pi­tals are charg­ing more for the same ser­vices as gen­eral hos­pi­tals, then the Sec­re­tary has the author­ity to adjust pay­ments to these can­cer hos­pi­tals to reflect those costs. Which sounds more like this bill would have the gov­ern­ment pick­ing up more of the expense for patients going to a can­cer hos­pi­tal, and that sounds good to me.
