Guest guest Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 --- I look to this group for information, not on-line verbal political jabs. Could you all get back to the purpose please, I have my opinion and you can keep yours. The jabs at peoples religious faith was the final for me. If you can't get back to the purpose of this group then I am just going to look somewhere else for information. In rheumatic , Beckman <beckman5@...> wrote: > > We already have rationed care, rationed by income. Those that are > poor have no insurance and therefore no healthcare. Those that have > little income have crummy insurance and therefore are denied > procedures and medicines. The government runs Medicare quite > competently as almost anyone on real Medicare will tell you. > LInda > > > > On Jul 30, 2009, at 7:45 AM, nicolezmomma wrote: > > > The government has never run any well or used tax dollars wisely and > > efficiently. Healthcare will be no exception. > > > > Less Government = More Freedom. > > > > Sue > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > > > > > I have been out of town and did not get in on the Obama healthcrap > > so I > > > won't tell you about my opinion but am sending a letter from a > > petition I > > > signed last week..... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Friends - > > > > > > Thanks to your willingness to support the " Free Our Health Care > > NOW! " > > > petition where over 740,000 Americans have voiced their opposition > > to > > > nationalized health care and the increased cost, reduced access > > and lower > > > quality which it threatens to impose on us! > > > > > > At his press conference Wednesday night, President Obama admitted > > that the > > > government will be intervening between you and your doctor. Only > > to prevent > > > " unnecessary " care, he said but it will be the government, not the > > doctor > > > who decides what's necessary. This is worrisome! > > > > > > The nationalized health care plan proposed by President Obama > > calls for > > > rationed care. Rationed care requires that patients forego medical > > > procedures which fail to meet federal approval. Under nationalized > > health > > > care, a bureaucrat will have the power to delay or deny care to a > > patient > > > without regard for the patient's medical needs or for the > > physician's > > > advice. > > > > > > In Canada and the United Kingdom, both of which have adopted a > > nationalized > > > health care system, patients' access to care is far more > > restricted and wait > > > times are far longer than in the United States. Consider the > > following wait > > > times: > > > > > > . Better late... In a recent survey of adults suffering from a > > > chronic condition, 74% of U.S. patients met with a specialist > > within four > > > weeks of scheduling an appointment. By comparison, only 42% of > > British > > > patients and just 40% of Canadian patients were able to meet with a > > > specialist in the first four weeks suffering from their condition. > > > > > > . ...than Never? In the same survey, 33% of patients in the > > > United Kingdom and 42% of patients in Canada waited for more than > > 2 months > > > before meeting with a specialist to address their chronic > > condition. In the > > > United States, only 10% of patients waited for longer than 2 > > months before > > > meeting with a specialist. > > > > > > . Hazardous Delay. Canadian wait times exceed the clinically > > > reasonable wait time for every medical specialty . For > > neurosurgery, for > > > instance, although the clinically reasonable wait time is 5.8 > > weeks, the > > > average Canadian wait time exceeds 31 weeks. Orthopedic surgery is > > even > > > worse. The clinically reasonable wait time is 11 weeks; Canadian > > patients > > > waiting on orthopedic surgery wait on average almost 37 weeks > > before they > > > receive treatment. http://www.ncpa.org/pdfs/Canadian_UK_HealthSystems.pdf > > > > > > Rationed care affects all patients. In Canada and the United Kingdom > > > patients have reduced access to health care providers, longer > > waits for > > > examinations and fewer available treatment options. As it has in > > Canada and > > > the United Kingdom, nationalized health care in the United States > > threatens > > > to reduce the quality of care and therefore, the quality of life > > for all > > > Americans. > > > > > > What can you do about this? > > > > > > . Forward the petition www.freeourhealthcarenow.com to your > > > friends, family and networks! > > > > > > . Print the petition http://actionpack.ncpa.org and collect > > > signatures, send to us. > > > > > > . Use the Action Pack http://actionpack.ncpa.org to access our > > > Learning/Teaching Tools about health care so that you can educate > > your > > > friends, family and neighbors. > > > > > > . Attend The Heartland Institutes Health Care Roundtables and > > > meet innovative leaders promoting health care reform. > > > http://www.heartland.org/events/Roundtables/index.html > > > > > > . Send a copy of the proposed government-run plan to your lists > > > http://docs.house.gov/gopleader/House-Democrats-Health-Plan.pdf > > > > > > . Track the progress of the " Free Our Health Care NOW! " petition > > > by going to http://actionpack.ncpa.org and clicking the 'ticker' > > link. > > > > > > . Share the petition through viral networking by clicking on the > > > icon of your preferred social media. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you again for your support of the " Free Our Health Care > > NOW! " and for > > > fighting against nationalized health care. > > > > > > Jeanette Nordstrom > > > > > > National Center for Policy Analysis > > > > > > www.ncpa.org > > > > > > > > > > > > Click here to support the National Center for Policy Analysis. > > > > > > Click here to view the privacy statement > > > > > > Unsubscribe: If you received this email in error, you can > > unsubscribe here. > > > > > > Forward this to a Friend > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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