Should I be worried about the Health care reform bill?

• Pg 30 Sec 123 of HEALTH CARE bill - There will be a government panel that decides what treatment you will receive. 123. HEALTH BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 13 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established a pri 14 vate-public advisory committee which shall be a 15 panel of medical and other experts to be known as 16 the Health Benefits Advisory Committee to rec 17 ommend covered benefits and essential, enhanced, 18 and premium plans. 19 (2) CHAIR.—The Surgeon General shall be a 20 member and the chair of the Health Benefits Advi 21sory Committee. 22 (3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Health Benefits Advi 23 sory Committee shall be composed of the following 24 members, in addition to the Surgeon General: --------------------------------------… Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HEALTH CARE bill - Yes, your care will be rationed!!! 4 (A) ANNUAL LIMITATION.—The cost-shar 5 ing incurred under the essential benefits pack 6 age with respect to an individual (or family) for 7 a year does not exceed the applicable level spec 8 ified in subparagraph (B). 9 (B) APPLICABLE LEVEL.—The applicable 10 level specified in this subparagraph for Y1 is 11 $5,000 for an individual and $10,000 for a 12 family. Such levels shall be increased (rounded 13 to the nearest $100) for each subsequent year 14 by the annual percentage increase in the Con 15 sumer Price Index (United States city average) 16 applicable to such year. --------------------------------------… Pg 58HEALTH CARE Bill – National ID Health care card will be issued! And the government will have access to your financial records. 5 ‘‘(D) enable the real-time (or near real 6 time) determination of an individual’s financial 7 responsibility at the point of service and, to the 8 extent possible, prior to service, including 9 whether the individual is eligible for a specific 10 service with a specific physician at a specific fa 11 cility, which may include utilization of a ma 12 chine-readable health plan beneficiary identi 13 fication card; --------------------------------------… Pg 59 HEALTH CARE Bill lines 21-24 Government will have direct access to your banks accts for electronic funds transfer. 21 ‘‘(C) enable electronic funds transfers, in 22 order to allow automated reconciliation with the 23 related health care payment and remittance ad 24 vice; --------------------------------------… Pg 170 Lines 1-3 Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay for legal and illegal immigrants). --------------------------------------… Pg 241 Line 6-8 HEALTH CARE Bill - Hey Doctors, it does not matter what specialty you have, you WILL all be paid the same as every other Doctor (So why go to additional schooling to get more education and into a specialty when you are paid the same as a general practitioner?) 1 ‘‘(ii) preventive services (as defined in 2 section 1861(iii)) for which payment is 3 made under this section. 4 ‘‘(B) All other services not described in 5 subparagraph (A). 6 Service categories established under this paragraph 7 shall apply without regard to the specialty of the 8 physician furnishing the service.’’. --------------------------------------… Pg 317 L 13-20 PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Government tells Doctors what and how much they can own. 13 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON PHYSICIAN OWNER 14 SHIP OR INVESTMENT.—The percentage of the 15 total value of the ownership or investment in 16 terests held in the hospital, or in an entity 17 whose assets include the hospital, by physician 18 owners or investors in the aggregate does not 19 exceed such percentage as of the date of enact 20 ment of this subsection. --------------------------------------… Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Government will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney. Mandatory! 17 ‘‘(B) An explanation by the practitioner of ad 18 vance directives, including living wills and durable 19 powers of attorney, and their uses. --------------------------------------… Pg 427 Lines 15-24 Government mandates program for orders for end of life. The Government has a say in how your life ends. 15 ‘‘(iii) A program for orders for life sustaining 16 treatment for a States described in this clause is a 17 program that— 18 ‘‘(I) ensures such orders are standardized 19 and uniquely identifiable throughout the State; 20 ‘‘(II) distributes or makes accessible such 21 orders to physicians and other health profes 22 sionals that (acting within the scope of the pro 23 fession

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  NO. Be afraid of the status quo. Things will only get worse and more costly. The saying "You can pay me now OR you can pay me later" really applies here. When asked if they would stop the practice of dropping people retroactively not one CEO in health care said NO. Think, just because you have coverage now doesn't guarantee that you will tomorrow.