Help us Stop Socialized Medicine in America!
President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have been working tirelessly over the last several weeks to put a positive spin on their proposed government takeover of America’s health care system.
During next week’s July 4th Congressional Recess (effectively running from June 29th to July 6th) Members of Congress will be gauging their constituents’ reaction to the Obama plan. Some will be doing a sales-pitch, others will be bashing it, and still others will just be testing the waters to see what the voters think.
But no matter where these legislators are on the political spectrum, it’s time to get past the lofty promises that Obama and others have made and find out the details.
That is why FreedomWorks is issuing our July 4th Call to Action to put these 3 questions before politicians.
Three Questions Politicians Must Answer Before They Vote on Obama’s Proposed Government Takeover of Health Care
1. The Congressional Budget Office has said the proposed government takeover of health care could cost $1.6 trillion. Other estimates put the cost much higher. Various officials have proposed raising taxes on soda and alcohol, a higher payroll tax, taxing current employer-provided health plans, and even a new national sales tax to fund this massive government program. Do you support any of these middle-class tax hikes to fund government-run health care? If not, how would you pay for it?
2. Under Obama’s plan, can you guarantee that I would get to keep my current health care plan and doctor? President Obama himself has actually said both “yes” and “no” to this question.
3. Provisions in the Obama plan call for “comparative effectiveness research” to be used to decrease costs. “Savings” are achieved by denying treatments based on criteria such as cost, a patient’s health and/or a patient’s age. Isn’t this health care rationing? Can you guarantee that a new government plan will not deny care to individuals in order to control costs?
We want to put every Member of Congress on the record. What is their understanding of the Obama health care plan? How will it effect how patients get treatment and how will it impact your pocket book?
We don't have much time to waste, since Obama wants to have a bill on his desk within a matter of weeks! Please download the Health Care Action Kit and bring copies with you to town hall meetings, district office visits and the taxpayer tea parties occurring in your area. Help us build opposition to the takeover of our health care system, and send shock waves back to Washington, D.C. with a message that we refuse to become a European-style welfare state.
July 4th is a time to remember who we are as a people, and what makes us special: our freedom. Let's re-dedicate ourselves to that principle and work together to defend our freedom this Independence Day by derailing the plan to give the federal government control over our health care.
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