To the Petoskey News Review: The recent Guest Commentary by your former Editor Kendall
Stanley begs for a response from a conservative who believes in the following
statement by President Gerald Ford: "A government big enough to give
you everything you need is big enough to take from you everything you
have". Stanley offends conservatives by saying that
"Republicans have shown us they don't care about health care and there is
nothing to be gained by even attempting to reform the system". His
insinuation that those who don't believe that Universal Health Care is the
answer are somehow deficient in either intellect or humanity, or both, is
offensive. After eliminating illegal aliens, those who turn down employer
offered insurance and those who have failed to enroll in Medicaid and S Chip,
we come to a more reasonable number needing government aid, and they could
receive health care in free clinics and emergency rooms across this land. Care,
not insurance, is key. The notion that this health care bill will still fail to
cover 10 million people while controlling the health care policies and care of
ALL Americans is proof enough that this is about more than health care.
It is about an ever-expanding and controlling government which results in the
loss of liberty for Americans.
The idea that Republicans are so morally challenged
that they should be excluded even from the debate and legislation which affects
16% of our economy defies the fact that Congress works for ALL the people, not
just for those who currently hold the majority. In a Constitutional Republic, the majority does not rule as a Dictator does. 85% of Americans actually like
their current health care plans, and 61% are not in favor of Obamacare.
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are rife with fraud. Fixing these
problems would require no new laws. We may like our current
Medicare, but it, like Medicaid and Social Security, is nearly bankrupt.
Speaking about the expense of the bill is no
“guise. We will be taxed for 4 years prior to receiving any benefits, while
continuing to pay for our current insurance. Who could believe that this proposed
bill can insure up to 30 million more citizens with apparently no additional
cost? Another section of the bill calls for 111 new government agencies,
for which we will have to pay for office space, salaries, and pensions.
As to the stated “guise” of “death panels”,
Sarah Palin referred to certain sections of the legislation as such to bring
attention to the probable results of the bill. The Comparative
Effectiveness Research “panel”, for instance, will decide which medical care is
worthy of coverage. Dr. Ekzekiel Emanuel, Obama’s health care
adviser, has pertinent beliefs, giving us insight into what Obama has in mind
with this bill. Emanuel has said: "Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath too
seriously". And, "The youngest and oldest of us with poor
prognoses should have their chances at further life attenuated
(weakened)". As Obama has coached us, “Don’t tell me words don’t
matter. Just words…” Death Panel as a euphemism for the
lack of good care is one that can be demonstrated by the facts.
Obamacare is steering care away from private insurers toward government control. Obama's promise that we would be able to keep our current insurance was perhaps true - until and unless we get a new job. At that time we will be forced onto the government plan. Meanwhile many employers are refusing to employ more than 50 people, just to avoid the government penalty of not providing insurance, while other companies are deciding to drop their insurance in favor of paying the fines instead. I ask again just why, if health CARE is the goal, that Obama did not declare that government will provide for the care or insurance of those who are NOT currently covered. Of course, the answer is that Barack Obama and his Progressives want to have the control over Americans.
Cuts of $400 billion are recommended for
Medicare, producing several results: some doctors will retire or stop seeing
Medicare patients because of the reductions in reimbursements for their
services. Some hospitals, especially those in small communities such as ours,
will be most vulnerable to cuts in payments. This could certainly
ration care for us all.
To say that Republicans don’t favor
malpractice suits is outrageous, nearly libelous, and patently ignorant of the
facts.
Rarely have I seen such a biased, derogatory and
factually compromised opinion as this one. Words do matter, indeed.
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