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EDITORIAL
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Friday, January 15th 2009
Dear Mr. Bryant:
Thanks for letting me know your concerns about the bills moving through Congress to reform our nation's health care system. I am sorry for the delay in responding, but three House committees and two Senate committees have had a part in drawing this legislation, and it is not only complex, but continually changing. Because of the complexity, this letter goes to some length. I want to share with you what I have learned about the issues at stake. I also want to explain the state of play and the biggest bones of contention, as well as where I stand as the House and Senate head to conference.
We are blessed as Americans with the best medical care in the world, but it is also the most expensive. The cost this year is likely to reach $2.3 trillion, close to 17% of the gross domestic product (GDP). Although we are spending over $2 trillion a year, 46 million people do not have the insurance they need to be certain of care when they are sick. If the health care system is reformed to rein in cost growth, this gap has to be closed. Otherwise, the cost of treating the uninsured will continue to be incurred, and the burden of uncompensated care will be borne by providers, who will pass it on to those who are able to pay.
The Obama Administration is not the first to tackle this problem. Beginning with Teddy Roosevelt in 1912, eight presidents---Roosevelt; Eisenhower; Kennedy; Johnson; Nixon; Carter; and Clinton---have taken up the cause and fallen short. Their dilemma was the same as ours: How do we make coverage available to the millions who don't have it and still slow down the cost growth in health care? In Office of Management and Budget (OMB) terms, how do we bend the cost curve downward?
One way to bend the curve is to search for savings among the medical programs run by the federal government. Folks tell me they do not want medical care made in Washington, and I understand the sentiment. But here is the reality. The federal government has a huge stake in health care. Federal programs include Medicare, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Tricare, VA Health Care, Military Health Care, Indian Health Care, the Public Health System, and the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
Around 46% of all health care is provided or paid for through the federal and state government. Altogether, the cost of federal, state, and local programs totaled one trillion dollars in 2008. On top of that, the National Institutes of Health and the Center for Disease Control fund the vast majority of medical research at a cost of $40 billion dollars a year, and federal subsidies for graduate medical school total $9 billion or about $100,000 per resident.
In addition to the health care benefits paid for or provided by the federal government, most private sector medical insurance is favored by the tax treatment of medical insurance, most notably the exclusion of employer-provided medical insurance premiums from an employee's taxable income. The tax revenues forgone to this tax concession were $226 billion in 2008.
As a result of this tax policy, most medical insurance is obtained through employers. 160 million Americans, or about 60% of those below the age of 65, receive health care coverage through their jobs. Obviously, if savings could be realized in some of these programs, they could be used to help make insurance affordable to the uninsured.
Another place we can look for savings is preventive care. The House bill (H.R. 3296) sets up a Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund, and authorizes $35 billion in preventive medicine and wellness initiatives. Most of us believe intuitively that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, but savings of this sort have a long horizon. The New England Journal of Medicine tested that old adage, and concluded that only 20% of all preventive measures actually recover the cost. That's not to say the other preventive measures are not worthy; they just haven't been shown to save more than they cost.
A third place to go for savings is information technology. The National Recovery Act appropriates $19 billion toward the development of interoperable hardware and software, covering everything from appointments to billings to patient histories to practice protocols---in effect, networking the whole health care system. The goal is a quantum leap in efficiency. But the jury will be out for some time before rendering a verdict on the net savings of health information technology.
Another way to save is to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP. Fraud is flagrant in some parts of the country. Phony health care firms bill Medicare and Medicaid for non-existent services to fictitious beneficiaries, and run scams that stay one step ahead of the authorities. The National Health Care and Anti-Fraud Association estimates that fraud amounts to 3% of total health care spending, or more than $60 billion. The Medicare improper payment rate for 2008 was $10.4 billion. HR 3296 authorizes an extra $100 million a year to ferret out fraud and beef up enforcement.
Finally, there are savings to be derived from a discipline called "comparative effectiveness." When Medicare payments are mapped all over the country, it becomes clear that there is dramatic disparity; some areas are far more cost efficient than others in delivering health care, and with no apparent difference in outcomes.
The same procedure in Minneapolis (such as a coronary by-pass) tends to cost twice as much in Miami. What Medicare managers seek through "comparative analysis" is lower-cost practices that can be imported into higher-cost areas.
I have run through all of these examples to show that over time there are potential savings, and that the reform bills pending make an earnest effort to tap these savings in order to bend the cost curve.
So, how do we pay for health care reform? All of the above. The problem with these cost-reduction efforts is that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cannot "score" many of them. CBO cannot venture an estimate as to what they are likely to save, though clearly, they have the potential of saving a lot. How much, only time will tell.
HR 3296 is really three bills in one. Divisions B and C set up ways of instituting wellness, building up the medical workforce, and dispensing preventive care. Division A sets up the mechanism for expanding insurance coverage and changing insurance underwriting. Though it's only part of the bill, it is the most important, and I will concentrate on Division A.
First, Part A would change the underwriting rules to strengthen your insurance coverage. Part A would:
-Prevent insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing medical conditions.
-Prevent insurance companies from dropping coverage or running up premiums when the insured suffers major illness or injury.
-Require insurance companies to continue coverage of young people on parents' policy up to the age of 27.
-Close the donut hole on Medicare prescription drug coverage over time.
-Provide immediate help for uninsured through high-risk pool.
-Set annual caps on what insured must pay out-of-pocket, and lift caps on what insurance companies must pay.
-Waive co-pays for preventative care, such as mammograms or colonoscopies.
Next, Part A would lay down the goals of health insurance reform:
(1) To make medical insurance affordable.
(2) To build on what works, not to launch a long leap forward, but to go step by step, with incremental reforms.
The House and Senate bills both build on the system we have, in which coverage is largely provided employees by their employers. 94% of all firms with more than 100 workers have employer-provided coverage. Only 43% of small businesses of 50 or fewer employees provide coverage. To close the gap, the bill lays the basis for more employer-sponsored coverage among small businesses.
(3) To offer options allowing citizens coverage that fits their circumstances.
(4) To emphasize preventive care and wellness.
(5) Finally, to do all of the above, without adding to the budget deficit over the next 10 years.
This is a proviso I plugged into this year's budget resolution, and a constraint shared by the President and the Democratic leadership in both houses. Health care reform must be deficit-neutral. This means finding savings in the wide array of existing health care programs or raising revenues.
Given these goals, this is how Part A and H.R. 3296 generally would expand insurance coverage:
-Most of those with incomes below 150% of the poverty level in the House bill and 133% in the Senate bill will qualify for Medicaid. Medicaid coverage will be enhanced and will become the first tier of coverage. To make private insurance affordable, the House bill and Senate bill both provide "affordability credits." The credits are allocated on a sliding scale, with incomes that begin at 150% of the poverty level and extend to 400% of the poverty level.
-Business firms with payrolls over $500,000 will be allowed to "pay or play." If the employer chooses not to play, not to offer insurance and pay its share of the premium, the employer will have to pay a penalty starting at 2% of payroll and rising to 8% once payroll reaches $750,000. These revenues help fund an Insurance Exchange. The firm's employees can then seek coverage in the exchange. They will enjoy the benefit of large group rates and subsidized premiums, related to income.
-Insurance Exchanges would begin operation in 2013 and would offer a choice of private plans, alongside a public option. Individuals would be eligible to enroll in an Exchange plan only if they were not enrolled in another acceptable plan, such as employer-provided insurance or Medicare, Medicaid, or Tricare. The Senate bill defers to the states in setting up Insurance Exchanges. The House bill includes a National Exchange with a State option to operate the Exchange if it meets the federal standards.
-Small business firms---firms defined as having 25 or fewer employees and $40,000 or less in average wages---would qualify for tax credits of up to 50% of the cost of insurance, if provided. This tax concession would phase down and eventually out as average wages go up.
-Individuals who are not offered coverage through their employer may select a plan from the Insurance Exchange, and the premium will be subsidized at a rate that declines as income rises. Employees who do not buy coverage in the Insurance Exchange will have to pay a fee equal to 2.5% of adjusted gross income above the filing threshold.
-Individuals who retire before age 65 may be able to buy into employer-provided care. This is an open issue. HR 3296 will not fund that coverage but will facilitate it through tax breaks.
-Business firms with a payroll of less than $500,000 would be exempted from the pay or play mandate, but their employees could still seek coverage in the Insurance Exchange.
What I have described is the House bill, HR 3296. The Senate has a counterpart along the same lines, but with different provisions.
The House and Senate bills are still a work in progress. Core provisions still differ significantly. There is no consensus on a public option, no agreement on funding, and no agreement on a Super MedPac, which could set rates and health care policies. There is a consensus on one thing?"that we cannot expect health care to evolve by chance to the system we need.
Division B makes changes in Medicare and Medicaid that favor primary care and prevention. For example, it removes co-pays for preventive procedures such as mammograms and colorectal screening.
This is another example of an action we would take---maybe not all at once, but year by year--- without Division A and health insurance reform. Division B also makes incentive payments to physicians who practice in cost-efficient areas, as well as under-served areas. It makes special payments to Accountable Care Organizations, if they save money and achieve quality goals as well. It makes other changes to the market basket index, a cost index that applies to everything from Skilled Nursing Home Facilities to imaging. In the future, market basket adjustments will assume that providers have achieved productivity gains, and pare down price adjustments accordingly. There are other changes, as in Medicaid and Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) supplementary payments. These programs supplement the rates of hospitals that admit a disproportionate number of Medicaid and Medicare patients. The DSH supplements now cost billions, much of which can be recaptured because hospitals should have less uncompensated care if we have health care reform.
Division C addresses the health care workforce, with special loan forgiveness to primary care physicians, nurses, public health workers, and dentistry professionals who practice in under-served areas. More medical care professionals are likely to be needed if forty million more people gain insured access to hospital, physicians, and other health care professionals.
Division C funds more community health care centers, sets up new centers of excellence, creates a prevention and wellness trust, and calls for a national prevention and wellness strategy.
I mentioned earlier that health care reform has to be deficit-neutral. The House and Senate have not agreed upon specific ways to save and cut, but it is understood that a substantial share will come from savings in the existing system. For example, Medicare Advantage is the Medicare managed care option which you can choose in lieu of Medicare fee for service. Medicare Advantage is supposed to save money; instead it is costing 14% more than traditional fee-for-service Medicare. If the playing field is leveled, CBO tells us that $175 billion can be saved over ten years and used to fund health care reform.
Whenever anyone starts moving around the elements of a health care system that costs 17% of our economy, we can expect friction; but there are flaws in our health care system that have to be fixed. I have mentioned a few of the options for change now on the table; and there are many more; but over the long run, there is one option we don't have, and that's doing nothing.
The House bill (H.R. 3296) and the latest Senate bill are a long way from being perfect, but they are also a long way from being final. I voted for the House bill because I wanted to send it to the Senate in the hope that a conference would iron out the differences and make the bill better.
Here are the issues I will be watching as the two bills move to conference:
-Medicaid: The House bill makes Medicaid available to all earning less than 150% of the poverty level. The Senate bill does the same up to 133% of the poverty level. Both bills spare the states from any additional cost for Medicaid expansion for two years and then institute a lower match-the allocation in the House is 9% state / 91% federal. (I can support these provisions, but I think all the stakeholders should be contributing, and in that regard, the state share at 9% is too low, and the Nelson amendment needs to be cut from the bill completely.)
-Employer Mandates: The House bill exempts small employers with payrolls of less than $500,000 from having to pay in part for health insurance. As to larger firms, the House bill imposes a graduating fee on payrolls ranging from $500,000 to $750,000. The ultimate fee is 8%-not enough to pay for full coverage, but enough to make someone consider it. (I am concerned about the impact of the House provisions on small business, and lean toward the original Senate provisions which define a small business as a firm with 50 or fewer employees. I think the Senate requirements need to be stiffer to be effective, and ought to be thoroughly reworked in conference. I also think that the Merkley amendment draws the line too tightly when it defines construction firms as five or fewer employees.)
-Employee Mandates: The House bill (H.R. 3296) requires nearly all individuals to have health insurance by 2013, or otherwise pay an excise tax of 2.5% on adjusted gross income. The tax is capped at the level of the average premium under the applicable insurance exchange. The House bill exempts fewer individuals from obtaining insurance, but extends assistance to more individuals who seek insurance on their own, such as through CHIP for children or Medicaid for individuals with incomes at or below 150% of the poverty level. The House bill provides tax credits equal to 50% of the premium for low-wage employees of small business individuals. (The employee mandates strike me as more balanced than the employer mandates.)
-Affordability: The House bill is subsidized to help low-income workers and small business employees obtain coverage at premiums they can afford. Under the House bill, a family of four earning $33,000 would qualify for affordability credits, and would pay $530 in premiums. The premiums payable under the Senate bill would be $1,531. The same family would bear $1,100 in cost-sharing under the House bill and $4,100 under the Senate bill. (I think these credits are useful and help make the employee contribution more affordable.)
-Senate Pay or Play: The Senate bill does not impose insurance requirements on small firms, which it defines as firms with 50 or fewer employees. On larger firms not offering coverage, the Senate bill imposes a fee of $750 per full-time worker. (I do not know what the exact fee should be, but $750 strikes me as more reasonable than 8% of payroll.)
-Insurance Exchanges: The House bill (H.R. 3296) sets up a national insurance exchange with state options to operate a state exchange if it meets federal standards and is subject to federal oversight. All participating insurance companies will have to submit a package with minimum benefits set by a federal board. The exchanges merge individuals and small businesses into a large pool, so as to spread the cost of being sick over as many people as possible. They make comparison shopping possible, and pit health insurance companies in competition, aimed at lower premiums. (The Insurance Exchanges are a key to health care reform, and need to be included. I favor making the Insurance Exchanges national and under federal law, so long as the states can eventually set up state-wide exchanges.)
-Public Option: If in spite of competition, insurance companies continue to raise premiums, the House has an alternative, a public plan that would negotiate lower prices. The public option in the House bill has been greatly diluted, and the Senate version is even weaker. But both serve as a warning to insurance companies that the government can intercede if they raise premiums or co-pays and deductibles at rates far above reasonable cost. (The House provision is a fair compromise, and it, or something like it, should be part of the bill. I agree with the House leadership in insisting if the public option has to be forgone, some substantial concessions should be made.)
-Donut Hole: The House bill phases out the donut hole in Medicare Part D (drug coverage) by 2019 with drug rebates and PhARMA discounts. The Senate has a one-year, one-time $500 reduction. (The House bill should prevail, and the provisions of the Senate bill authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate drug prices should be used to bargain down the cost of pharmaceuticals.)
-Grandfather Periods: The House bill allows a five-year grace period for employers that maintain existing insurance which meets minimum standards. The Senate bill grandfathers existing employer plans and is more lenient on the level of coverage and compliance with reforms. (I support these provisions, so long as the "grandfathered" policies should provide basic coverage.)
-Cost: The Budget Resolution dictates that the cost of expanding insurance coverage shall not increase the deficit over 2010-2019. The Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Tax Committee have assessed the latest Senate bill and found that the cost of insurance subsidies is $614 billion over 2010-2019. Against this cost, CBO and JCT estimate new revenues and cost savings totaling $747 billion. The net effect is a $132 billion reduction in the 10-year deficit. (The CBO and JCT analyses show that the latest Senate Bill is deficit-neutral. I think every proposal should be held strictly to this minimum standard.)
-Funding:
To add to system savings and help fund subsidized coverage, the House bill
imposes a tax of 5.4% on taxable incomes above $1,000,000 on joint returns
and $500,000 on individual returns. The Senate imposes an excise tax on
high-cost medical insurance, to the extent premiums exceed $8,500 on
individual policies and $23,000 on family policies. The Senate bill also
adds .9% to the Medicare Hospital Insurance payroll tax on wages exceeding
$200,000. (I think that the tax proposals in both bills should be
compromised and more savings included, such as capping non-economic and
punitive damages at $500,000 in malpractice suits.)
-Cost Containment: The Senate bill sets up an Independent Payment Advisory Board to supplant MedPAC. IPAC would have authority to make Medicare payment changes which will take effect if Congress does not intervene. (I think the Senate bill is preferable. If strengthened, it too could generate savings to keep the bill deficit-neutral.)
- Timing: The House bill is concerned about the complexity of these reforms, and delays full implementation until 2013. The Senate shares these concerns and slips the effective date until 2014. (I can vote for either date.)
-Physicians' Payments: In the House, a companion bill would repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula that sets physicians' pay. Twelve years ago, Congress created a cost-control measure called the "sustainable growth rate factor." The SGR reduced updates in physicians' pay and hospital rates. If outlays in one year exceeded spending targets set in a previous year, the sustainable growth rate formula sets physicians' fees in future years to recoup the overage. The SGR formula has not worked as intended, at least for physicians, and has not been applied since 2003. If left as is, the SGR would cut payments to physicians by 21% next year, and by $248 billion over the next ten years. That train wreck is avoided by a companion bill in the House which repeals the SGR. The House repeals the SGR; the Senate provides one year of relief.
The SGR issue is not necessarily connected with health care reform. With or without reform, the SGR has to be extensively repaired or replaced. (I think something should be done to suspend the SGR in the short-run, at least until an alternative is devised for the long run. Congress cannot allow a 21% cut in physicians' Medicare payments to go into effect, but this will happen in 2010 if the SGR is not repealed or suspended).
As you can see, the bills moving health care reform deal mainly with coverage of those who do not have it. If you have a major medical policy provided by your employer, or other coverage like Medicare or Tricare, you will keep this coverage, and see very little difference if the pending reforms pass.
The House and Senate differ on a number of issues. I voted for health care when it came through the House, but did so expecting it to be strengthened in conference. I am still hopeful that we can resolve these differences by adopting the best from both bills, and I am working to that end in the House. I think we need to reform health insurance, but we need to reform it the right way.
Thank you for your message, and please feel free to write or call whenever anything of interest or concern comes before Congress.
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
9/11 REMEMBERED - IS THERE
STILL NOT A CAUSE
by James W. Bryant – Assistant pastor of Dillon Congregational
"For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against
the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in
high places." (Ephesians 6:12 KJV)
I dare say that there’s a one of us that are old
enough to read this post that cannot recall exactly where we were and what
we were doing this day of the greatest tragedy in American history,
September 11th, 2001. I remember gathering the children around
the television that evening with crayons and having them draw on paper what
they saw. At the tender ages of ten and seven, Destiny and Holly would
convey the chaos that the two planes caused as they struck the twin towers.
Their simple drawing revealed harsh reality of the world as we knew it now
forever changed.
Immediately following this catastrophe, there were
hospitals packed with folks trying to donate blood. America's
Blood Centers, a network of community banks, collected 251,370 units, nearly
three times the normal intake, in the four days after Sept. 11. The Red
Cross collected more than 200,000 units and saw its on-hand supply nearly
double, from 80,000 units to 156,000 units in days. There were
firefighters, construction workers and more coming from all across the
country to simply try to be a help anywhere needed.
As the first couple of days would pass, it would show
our need, as well our desire, for something much greater than our dependence
on our mere selves. There were political leaders on both sides, Congressman
even, who stood together on the steps of the Capitol that sang, “God Bless
America.” In the midst of this calamity there was harmony. But as the days
would turn into weeks and then into months, so would much of our unity into
division. But is there still not a cause?
I imagine one reason for the schism is simply due to
the fact that we are not being reminded enough of what happened then and or
what could happen yet again. It didn’t take very long for the television
media to stop showing Americans video footage from this day. But is there
not a cause? 2,749 death certificates were filed relating to the WTC attacks, as of
February 2005. “Is there still not a cause?” The
New York City Fire Department lost 343 firefighters. "Is there still
not a cause?" 23 New York City Police Officers died on September
11th, 2001. "Is there still not a cause?" People from 83 different
countries died in the attacks on the World Trade Center. "Is there
still not a cause?" Hundreds to thousands of more people will continue
to experience a reduced quality of life and unfortunate death due to the
release of asbestos in the air when the towers fell, causing tragic mesothelioma
cancer. I ask you, "Is there not a cause?"
Although what happened is very difficult for many of us to review, it is still necessary. For when we see just how frail we are within our own might, then it is we seek something stronger.
Lord help us to forever remember and to never forget the day of 911. And even more, let us be reminded who it was that was behind it. Satan. For this reason there is definite cause.
James W. Bryant
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
Pg 22 of the HC Bill MANDATES the Government will audit the
books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!!
Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC Bill - YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!
Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC Bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE that decides
what treatments/benefits you get
Pg 42 of HC Bill - The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your benefits
for you. You have no choice!
Pg 50 Section 152 in HC Bill - HC will be provided to ALL non-U.S. citizens,
illegal or otherwise
Pg 58 HC Bill – Government will have real-time access to individual’s
finances and a National ID Health Care Card will be issued!
Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Government will have direct access to your banks
accounts for electronic funds transfer.
Pg 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in
unions and community organizations (ACORN).
Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Government is creating a Health Care Exchange to bring
private health care plans under government control.
Pg 84 Sec 203 HC Bill - Government mandates ALL benefit packages for private
health care plans in the Exchange
Pg 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The
government will ration your health care!
Pg 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill - Government mandates linguistic appropriate
services.
Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The government will use groups i.e., ACORN &
AmeriCorps to sign up individuals for government Health Care Plan
Pg 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs of Ben Levels 4 Plans. #AARP members - Your
health care WILL be rationed
Pg 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill - Medicaid Eligible Individual will be
automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No choice.
Pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue the government on price fixing. No
“judicial review” against government monopoly.
Pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill - Doctors/ #AMA - The government will tell YOU
what you can make.
Pg 145 Line 15-17 An employer MUST auto enroll employees into public opt
plan. NO CHOICE
Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay for health care for part-time
employees AND their families.
Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Employer w/ payroll 400k and above who does not prov.
pub opt. pays 8% tax on all payroll
Pg 150 Lines 9-13 Businesses with payroll between 251k and 400k who do not
provide public opt pays 2-6% tax on all payroll
Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable health care
according to government will be taxed 2.5% of income.
Pg 170 Lines 1-3 Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes
(Americans will pay).
Pg 195 Officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access to ALL
Americans' financial and personal records.
Pg 203 Line 14-15 HC - “The tax imposed under this section shall not be
treated as tax.” Yes, it says that.
Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Government will reduce physician services for
Medicaid. Seniors, low income, poor affected.
Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill - Doctors, it does not matter what specialty you
have, you’ll all be paid the same.
Pg 253 Line 10-18 Government sets value of doctors' time, prof judg, etc.
Literally value of humans.
Pg 265 Sec 1131Government mandates and controls productivity for private
health care industries.
Pg 268 Sec 1141 Federal Government regulates rental and purchase of
power-driven wheelchairs.
Pg 272 SEC. 1145. Treatment of certain cancer hospitals – Cancer patients
- welcome to rationing!
Page 280 Sec 1151 The government will penalize hospitals for what government
deems preventable readmissions. (Incentives for hospital to not treat and
release.)
Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Doctors that treat a patient during initial admission that
results in a readmission-Government will penalize you.
Pg 317 L 13-20 PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Government tells Doctors
what/how much they can own.
Pg 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion- Government is
mandating hospitals cannot expand.
pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception, BUT community
input required. Can you say ACORN?!!
Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 - Government mandates establishment of outcome
based measures. Health Care the way they want. Rationing.
Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage
Plans (Part B), HMOs, etc. Forcing people into Government plan.
Pg 354 Sec 1177 - Government will RESTRICT enrollment of special needs
people!
Pg 379 Sec 1191 Government creates more bureaucracy – Tele-health Advisory
Committee. Health care by phone/Internet?
Pg 425 Lines 4-12 Government mandates Advance [Death] Care Planning Consult.
Think Senior Citizens end of life.
Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Government will instruct and consult regarding living
wills, durable powers of attorney. Mandatory!
Pg 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Government provides approved list of end
of life resources, guiding you in death.
Pg 427 Lines 15-24 Government mandates program for orders for end of life.
The government has a say in how your life ends.
Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An “adv. care planning consult” will be used frequently
as patient's health deteriorates.
Pg 429 Lines 10-12 “adv. care consultation” may include an ORDER for end
of life plans. AN ORDER from Government.
Pg 429 Lines 13-25 - The government will specify which doctors can write an
end of life order.
PG 430 Lines 11-15 The government will decide what level of treatment you
will have at end of life.
Pg 469 - Community Based Home Medical Services=Non-profit orgs. Hello, ACORN
Medical Services here!!?
Pg 472 Lines 14-17 PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORG. 1 monthly payment to a
community-based org. Like ACORN?
Pg 489 Sec 1308 The government will cover Marriage and Family therapy. They
will insert government into your marriage.
Pg 494-498 Government will cover Mental Health Services including defining,
creating, rationing those services.
PG 502 Sec 1181 Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research Established.
– Hello Big Brother – Literally.
Pg 503 Lines 13-19 Government will build registries and data networks from
YOUR electronic medical records.
Pg 503 lines 21-25 Government may secure data directly from any department
or agency of the U.S., including your data.
Pg 504 Lines 6-10 The “Center” will collect data both published and
unpublished (that means public and your private info).
PG 506 Lines 19-21 The Center will recommend policies that would allow for
public access of data.
PG 518 Lines 21-25 The Commission will have input from Health Care consumer
reps – Can you say unions and ACORN?
PG 524 18-22 Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund set up. More
taxes for ALL.
PG 621 Lines 20-25 Government will define what quality means in health care.
Since when does government know about quality?
Pg 622 Lines 2-9 To pay for the Quality Standards, government will transfer
money from other government Trust Funds. More Taxes.
PG 624 “Quality” measures shall be designed to assess outcomes and
functional status of patients.
PG 624 “Quality” measures shall be designed to profile you including
race, age, gender, place of residence, etc.
Pg 628 Sec 1443 Government will give “Multi-Stake Holders” Pre-Rule
Making input into Selection of “Quality” Measures.
Pg 630 9-24/631 1-9 Those multi-stake holder groups include unions and
groups like ACORN deciding health care quality.
Pg 632 Lines 14-25 The Government may implement any “Quality measure” of
health care services as they see fit.
PG 633 14-25/ 634 1-9 The Secretary may issue non-endorsed “Quality
Measures” for Physician Services and Dialysis Services.
Pg 635 to 653 Physicians Payments Sunshine Provision – Government wants to
shine sunlight on doctor but not government.
Pg 654-659 Public Reporting on Health Care-Associated Infections – Looks
okay.
PG 660-671 Doctors in Residency – Government will tell you where your
residency will be, thus where you’ll live.
Pg 676-686 Government will regulate hospitals in EVERY aspect of residency
programs, including teaching hospitals.
Pg 686-700 Increased Funding to Fight Waste, Fraud, and Abuse. You mean like
the government with an $18 million website?
PGs 701-704 Sec 1619 If your part of health care plan isn’t in Government
Health Care Exchange but you qualify for Federal aid, no payment.
PG 705-709 SEC. 1128 If Secretary gets complaints (ACORN) on health care
provider or supplier, government can do background check.
PG 711 Lines 8-14 The Secretary has broad powers to deny health care
providers/ suppliers admittance into Health Care Exchange. Your doctor could
be thrown out of business.
Pg 719-720 Sec 1637 ANY Doctor who orders durable medical equipment or home
medical services MUST be enrolled in Medicare.
PG 722 Sec 1639 Government MANDATES doctors must have face-to-face with
patient to certify patient for Home Health Services.
PG 724 23-25 PG 725 1-5 The same government certifications will apply to
Medicaid and CHIP (your kids).
PG 724 Lines 16-22 Government reserves right to apply face-to-face
certification for patient to ANY other health care service.
Pg 735 lines 16-25 For law enforcement, proposes the Secretary-HHS will give
Attorney General access to ALL data.
PG 740-757 Government sets guidelines for subsidizing the uninsured (That's
your tax dollars people).
Pg 757-762 Federal Government will shift burden of payments to
Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) to States. (Taxes)
Pg 763 1-8 No DS/EA hospitals will be paid unless they provide services
without regard to national origin.
Pg 765 Sec 1711 Government will require Preventative Services including
vaccines. (Choice?)
Pg 768 Sec 1713 Government – Nurse Home Visitation Services (Hello union
paybacks).
Pg 769 11-14 Nurse Home Visit Services include economic self-sufficiency,
employ adv, school-readiness.
Pg 769 3-5 Nurse Home Visit Services - “increasing birth intervals between
pregnancies.” Government ABORTIONS anyone?
Pg 770 SEC 1714 Federal Government mandates eligibility for State Family
Planning Services. Abortion and State Sovereign.
Pg 789-797 Government will set, mandate drug prices, controlling which drugs
brought to market. Bye innovation.
Pgs 797-800 SEC. 1744 PAYMENTS for graduate medical education. The
government will now control doctors’ educations.
PG 801 Sec 1751 The government will decide which health care conditions will
be paid. Say RATION!
Pg 810 SEC. 1759. Billing Agents, clearinghouses, etc. req. to register.
Government takes over private payment system.
Pg 820-824 Sec 1801 Government will identify individuals ineligible for
subsidies. Will access all personal financial information.
Pg 824-829 SEC. 1802. Government sets up Comparative Effectiveness Research
Trust Fund. Another tax black hole.
PG 829-833 Government will impose a fee on ALL private health insurance
plans including self-insured to pay for Trust Fund!
PG 835 11-13 fees imposed by government for Trust Fund shall be treated as
if they were taxes.
Pg 838-840 Government will design and implement Home Visitation Program for
families with young kids and families expecting kids.
PG 844-845 This Home Visitation Program includes government coming into your
house and telling you how to parent!!!
Pg 859 Government will establish a Public Health Fund at a cost of
$88,800,000,000. Yes that’s billion.
Pg 865 The government will MANDATE the establishment of a National Health
Service Corps.
PG 865 to 876 The NHS Corps is a program where doctors perform mandatory
health care for two years for part loan repayment.
PG 876-892 The government takes over the education of our medical students
and doctors.
PG 898 The government will establish a Public Health Workforce Corps to
ensure supply of public health prof.
PG 898 The Public Health Workforce Corps shall consist of civilian employees
of the U.S. as Secretary deems.
PG 898 The Public Health Workforce Corps shall consist of officers of
Regular and Reserve Corps of Service.
PG 900 The Public Health Workforce Corps includes veterinarians.
PG 901 The Public Health Workforce Corps WILL include commissioned Regular
and Reserve Officers. HC Draft?
PG 910 The government will develop, build, and run Public Health Training
Centers.
PG 913-914 Government starts a health care affirmative action program thru
guise of diversity scholarships.
PG 915 SEC. 2251. Government MANDDATES Cultural and linguistic competency
training for health care professionals.
Pg 932 The Government will establish Preventative and Wellness Trust fund-
initial cost of $30,800,000,000 billion.
PG 935 21-22 Government will identify specific goals & objectives for
prevention & wellness activities. Control YOU!!
PG 936 Government will develop “Healthy People and National Public Health
Performance Standards” Tell me what to eat?
PG 942 Lines 22-25 More government? Offices of Surgeon General -Public
Health Svc, Minority Health, Women’s Health
PG 950- 980 BIG GOVERNMENT core pub health infrastructure including
workforce capacity, lab systems, health info sys, etc.
PG 993 Government will establish school based health clinics. Your kids
won’t have a chance.
PG 994 School Based Health Clinic will be integrated into the school
environment. Say government brainwash!
PG 1001 The government will establish a National Medical Device Registry.
Will you be tracked?
Source: www.LC.org
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here to search for your local Representative
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here to search for your local Senator
Note: Here's
a copy of one of my letters.
Dear
Congressman Spratt,
I am very concerned over the proposal that our President has shown for his
Health Care Plan. We certainly need to find ways to help the American people
in this area, but his view of reform will only make things dramatically
worse.
I
am writing you today to request your strong opposition to this new plan.
Please let the voice of the concerned American people be heard. I look very
much forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
James W. Bryant
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2009
Dear Brothers
and Sisters in Christ at DCHC,
It is with great pleasure I am able to write to you all regarding my trip this past summer to Northern Africa. I wish I could be there in person to deliver to you the good and exciting things the Lord is doing in Northern Africa and the wonderful experience He so graciously blessed me with, but unfortunately my medical school studies have not permitted me the priviledge. This letter could not begin to describe my experience, but I hope it will allow you to see a glimpse of it.
This past June approximately 50 physicians, medical students, physical therapists, nurses, and various other non medical people traveled to Northern Africa to conduct medical clinics and spread the good news of our Savior Jesus Christ to a predominately poor, Muslim country. The theme of our Summer Medical Institute came from I Cor. 3. (Plant…Water…Harvest…) “ I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.” I Cor. 3:6-7. This became our theme because in this particular area of Africa it is okay to be Christian as long as you do not share the gospel with anyone else or try to distribute Bibles to other. We therefore went about sharing the gospel with others in unique ways while we were attending to their physical needs. We would provide medical care to the patients and pray for every patient afterwards. If anyone asked about our faith we could share, but we could not bring up the subject on our own for risk of being reported to authorities and being expelled from the country.
A typical day began at 6 AM with group prayer and individual quite time. During that time we studied mostly I Cor. 3. This trip was first intended to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the people of Northern Africa but also for good Godly Christian physicians to minister to medical students like myself and show how you can both affectively practice medicine and share the gospel with others. After morning quite time and prayer we would begin clinic and it would last until about 6 in the evening. After dinner we would have evening report where the real physicians would quiz the student doctors on what they had learned during the day. After evening report, we would have worship and small group discussions about how God was working in our lives. It was truly an amazing time.
During our first week we conducted mainly medical clinics but in the time to follow we did several other service projects. We painted several school buildings that were in very poor conditions. We inoculated sheep to protect them from various parasites. We believed if we could keep their sheep healthy, they could continue to breed them to provide food and clothing for even more people.
This was my first exposure to working with sheep. If you have ever had the opportunity to be exposed to sheep you know how truly ignorant these animals can be. The Shepards would talk about how they would go to great lengths to protect their sheep but all sheep generally did whatever the herd was doing. The Shepard could do whatever to protect his sheep but if one or two sheep decided to do the opposite and put themselves in harms ways, the herd tended to follow. The scenario of the Shepard and the sheep reminded me of our relationship as believers with Christ. Several times throughout the Bible Jesus refers to himself as the Great Shepard and us as the sheep. If we are like sheep we are sometimes, by nature, prone to be ignorant to His calling, to His word, to doing His will, and to following what the popular crowd desires to do, when we have the Great Shepard who knows what is best for us willing to lead our lives to protect and to guide us.
It was of rare occasions a Shepard would come along who had a flock of sheep that seemed to be so obedient. These sheep appears to do as their Shepard directed even if it appeared he was leading them into deaths doorway because they trusted he knew what was best for them. This trip allowed me to see and desire a relationship with my Great Shepard in the way these sheep had with their master.
There are so many wonderful medical and spiritual stories I could share but the pages would be to numerous. I will share one story that stands out in my mind so strongly. We saw this one lady who appeared to be in her sixties and came in with multiple complaints. The ailments she complained of didn’t seem to make much sense and it appeared as if some of these problems had to be psychological. We began to ask her several questions about her past medical history when she began to inform us that at the age of 16 she became pregnant out of wedlock, which is unheard of in the Muslim religion in this particular area. When the officials of the church and town heard of this matter she was taken into the center of the village where they cut her open, cut out her baby and her uterus so she could never get pregnant again. This was done to this lady as an example to prevent this from happening again. I could only image the torment this lady faced throughout the rest of her life. In this particular area and according to their Muslim culture if your wife is infertile this is ground for divorce and the husband is able to remarry. She had lived nearly 50 years with shame, guilt, and a single woman with no rights. She depends on her family to take care of her. It was of no surprise as to why this lady had such huge psychological problems. It reminded me of how wonderful our God’s grace is when he forgave us of our sins he threw them into the sea of forgetful and remembers them no more! We can find freedom and assurance in our Savior even in the filthy rags of our past sin.
While on the trip, a Muslim shared with me how they are never sure of their salvation. They are never certain they can make a place like Heaven their home. They believe their salvation is ultimately up to their God and if they do good enough and live the best life possible, hopefully, he will welcome them in. This thought process sadden me. How horrible it must be to have to rely on oneself to do well and to do good works to hopefully win the favor of your master. I praise God our salvation through Jesus Christ is so freely given to us as a gift that it is by His undying and merciful grace through which we are saved and not of any works least none of us have the right to boast. How comforting it is to have the assurance of our Salvation brought to us through Christ and may we never forget it.
Please pray for the people of Northern Africa. Pray for their deliverance from a belief system that doesn’t give them hope of eternity with their maker and that they might come to know the real truth. Pray also the seed we planted the Lord will send other to water and even more workers to help it grow.
I have attached
a few photos for your viewing pleasure.
(Note: These Photos coming to the Gallery Page)
I cannot wait to be back to worship with you all in the future and do know the church is in my prayers Please continue to keep up the good work of Christ in Dillon, SC, because you see all people of the world need to know Christ. May each of you continue to remember: you are created in God’s image and have a specific place in His plan for the world. He wants to know you and even more amazingly, He wants you to know Him.
In Christ’s
undying love,
Bro. Brandon
Feel free to
contact me:
Email: bdb5@musc.edu
Address: 40 Bee St. Apt. 112
Charleston, SC 29403
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
Most of us have already been made known of the backgrounds and religious beliefs of both McCain and Obama, but who is this Sarah Palin? McCain introduced her as his vice presidential running mate back on August 29th. She is a 44-year old first-term Alaska governor who has shown strong determination and grit in recent political issues within' her state. She is also a devout Christian whose background is deeply routed in the Pentecostal Faith. She and her family attended Wasilla Assembly of God Church in Wasilla, Alaska since she was a teen-ager until 2002.
Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin this summer
told her former church in Alaska that she's praying for a spiritual revival
in the state. She spoke at the graduation service of the church’s School
of Ministry, and shared Ephesians 1:17 with the audience. We have researched
and found a video of her giving this speech at her former church as short
ago as June 2008 and we wanted to share it with you. Whomever you decide to
give your vote to this November, do so to please God...
To see this video simply Click
Here.
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Saturday, June 6th, 2008
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Bet
you didn't know the following! I surely was not fully aware of all
these facts. Military losses for 20 years...
These are some rather eye-opening facts: Since the start of the war on
terror in Iraq and Afghanistan , the sacrifice has been enormous. In
the time period from the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 through now, we have
lost over 3000 military personnel to enemy action and accidents. As tragic
as the loss of any member of the US Armed Forces is, consider the following
statistics - the annual fatalities of military members while actively
serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006:
1980 ..........2,392
1981 ........ 2,380
1984 ......... 1,999
1988 ......... 1,819
1989 ......... 1,636
1990 ......... 1,508
1991 ..........1,787
1992
..........1,293
1993 ..........1,213
1994 ..........1,075
1995 ..........2,465
1996 ........ 2,318
8 Clinton years
@ 13,417 deaths
1997 .......... 817
1998 ........ 2,252
1999 .. ....... 1,984
2000
..........1,983
2001 .......... 890
2002 ..........1,007
7 Bush years @
9,016 deaths
2003 ......... 1,410
2004 ......... 1,887
2005 ......... 919
2006.......... 920
If you are confused when you look at these figures...so was I. Do these
figures mean that the loss from the two latest conflicts in the Middle East
are LESS than the loss of military personnel during Mr. Clinton's
presidency ; when America wasn't even involved in a war? And, I
was even more impressed; when I read that in 1980, during the reign of
President (Nobel Peace Prize) Jimmy Carter, there were 2,392 US military
fatalities! These figures indicate that many of our Media & Politicians
pick and choose. They present only those "facts" which
support their agenda-driven reporting. Why do so many of them march in
lock-step to twist the truth? Where do so many of them get their
marching-orders for their agenda? Our Mainstream print and TV media, and
many politicians like to slant; that these brave men and women, who are
losing their lives in Iraq, are mostly minorities! Wrong AGAIN--- just
one more media lie! The latest census, of Americans, shows the
following distribution of American citizens, by Race:
European descent (White) ....... 69.12%
Hispanic ......... ....................... 12.5%
Black..................................... 12.3%
Asian ...................................... 3.7%
Native American ..................... . 1.0%
Other ...................................... 2.6%
Now... here are the fatalities by race; over the past three years in Iraqi
Freedom:
European descent (white) ..... 74.31%
Hispanic ............................. 10.74%
Black ...................................
9.67%
Asian ................................. .
1.81%
Native American ....................
1.09%
Other ......................... ...........
.33%
You do the math! These figures don't lie... but, the liberal media
chooses to ignore the facts...and they sway public opinion! These
statistics are published by Congressional Research Service, and they may be
confirmed by anyone at:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf
Now ask yourself these two questions:
"Why does the mainstream print and TV media never print statistics like
these?" and "Why do the mainstream media hate the web as much as
they do?"
Because the mainstream media is controlled by liberals who have an agenda
that is not supported by publication of these facts. Bottom Line? Do
your own research and do not be swayed by what yo u see on TV or read in
most newspapers.
Sandra Hardy
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
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Growing up with a fondness
of the Ford Mustang, I was intrigued by the movie "Bullitt,"
staring Steve MQueen. MQueen was a no-nonsense, straight cop that could
not be swayed by brawn or politics. He had a strong desire to do
that which was his job to do. And with a 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback GT,
he had little problem catching up to those who were fleeing justice.
I read an article today (by Steve Shepherd) that Steve MQueen
actually accepted Christ as his Savior before he died. Hollywood never
revealed this to me, neither did his former mate in a recent interview
on a late night talk show that I watched about him...
I had never heard this account of the details of his last days until
today. He had attended a crusade led by one of Billy Graham’s associates.
He later asked to meet with Billy Graham himself and did. Billy Graham sat
with MQueen in MQueen's limousine and gave him a scripture to hold on
to through his sickness (cancer). Titus 1:2... MQueen asked for
something to write that scripture down on and Billy Graham actually gave him
his own bible. This was so wonderful for me to find out today! That isn't
all, I also read that later when Steve MQueen died in Mexico (at the age of
50yrs), he was found with his bible opened to Titus chapter one and his
finger, resting on verse two.
Wow!
Maybe we will then get to see the man behind that '67 Fastback after all! (Frank
Bullitt)
Isn't it wonderful to know God Love?
None of us are worthy we're just forgiven...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
First,
no Republican since Ronald Reagan draws remotely as much genuine enthusiasm
among conservatives as a serious presidential candidate. Both of the Bush
presidencies have been mild disappointments. Though respect for our current
commander-in-chief is high, President Bush is simply not an effective
communicator or articulator of conservative principles. President Bush,
however, is light years ahead of Senator Dole, the 1996 nominee, and also
better as a communicator and campaigner than his father. That is how bad
things have been for conservatives since the Gipper left the White House.
Fred Thompson, in stark contrast, is a phenomenal communicator. His
background as a film and television star combines perfectly with his
background as a very persuasive trial lawyer so that he is not only
comfortable in front of the camera or at the microphone, but his skills in
rhetoric are unequaled in any major political figure since Senator Robert
Taft over fifty years ago.
Second, Thompson has always walked the walk on ethical issues. When he was
Republican counsel in the Watergate hearings - the same hearings in which
Hillary cut her teeth in politics as a Democrat - Fred Thompson did not
tolerate the corruption of the Nixon Administration. He can effectively
point out that both Hillary and he were on the same side in opposing
corruption when it was his political party that had problems. Thompson also,
though, was unrelenting in his opposition to the corruption of the Clinton
Administration and stood out as the lone Republican senator with real guts
during the impeachment trial of Clinton. The combination of these two
principled stands will allow Thompson to relentlessly condemn Hillary as an
accomplice in her husband's thoroughly corrupt eight years in office, to ask
her point-blank about how she became the best investor in America (with no
experience), and otherwise to do more than simply suggest that Hillary is a
liar, a hypocrite and a bully.
Third, Thompson would unite the whole leadership of the Republican Party. No
one dislikes him and almost everyone likes him. Although some conservatives
may worry about his friendship and past support for John McCain, the
critical fact is that friendship is reciprocated: McCain would be a very
active and passionate supporter of Fred Thompson in the presidential
election. In the interview Levin asked about his friendship with McCain and
McCain's position on illegal immigration. He acknowledged his good friend
but said that McCain was dead wrong on his stand on illegal immigration.
Fourth, the rap on Thompson is that he was "lazy" when he was in
the Senate. This is precisely the same sort of rap that Leftists made about
Ronald Reagan. In fact, this is a strength. Because Thompson acts from
principle, he does not need to engage in the Machiavellian machinations
which pass for "work" in Washington. The reality is that it is
absurd to consider Thompson, who has worked during his life in more real
jobs than almost any politician in Washington and who to day stars in two
television programs as well as being the substitute for Paul Harvey and a
frequent commentator in conservative periodicals as "lazy" at all.
Like Reagan, he probably works harder than anyone in Washington.
Fifth, because he was an extremely popular Tennessee senator, Thompson would
completely sweep the South, including problematic states like Arkansas,
Florida and Virginia. Thompson, like Reagan, is one of the few modern
candidates who has true regional drawing power. Thompson, though, would run
very strongly in swing states outside the South like Ohio, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Oregon and New Hampshire. His appeal to truly independent and undecided
voters is real.
Sixth, Thompson cannot be demonized. His whole life has been a study in how
the American Dream works. His blue collar background, his constancy of moral
purpose, his lack of ambition for power for its own sake, his palpable
decency - all of these will make anyone who tries to slime him look awful
and any attempt will backfire in sympathetic support for him.
Seventh,
because Thompson cannot be hurt in the usual ways that Leftists hurt
conservative Republicans, Hillary will have to campaign him on the issues.
This will create an insurmountable problem for her because, like all
Leftists, Hillary has no stands on any issues. She just wants power.
Thompson just wants what is best for America.
WAKE
UP AMERICA!!!!!!!!!
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Thursday, July 5th, 2007
Tuesday, May 5th, 2007
"Evil
is powerless if the good are unafraid. That's why the Marxist vision of
man without God must eventually be seen as an empty and a false faith-the
second oldest in the world-first proclaimed in the Garden of Eden with
whispered words of temptation: 'Ye shall be as gods.' The crisis of the
Western world, Whittaker Chambers reminded us, exists to the degree in which
it is indifferent to God... This
is the real task before us: to reassert our commitment as a nation to a law
higher than our own, to renew our spiritual strength.
Only by building a wall of such spiritual resolve can we, as a free people,
hope to protect our own heritage and make it someday the birthright of all
men."
~Ronald
W. Reagan, 40th president of the
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Let's hope that other companies who support such homosexual organizations and events, follow Ford's latest move. And let's continue to speak out for what's right, and we will continue to make a difference...
Perhaps you too would like to contact Ford Motor Company and thank them for their latest actions.
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Our Actual Letter to Ford Motor Company CEO, Alan Mulally
Thursday, March 8th, 2007
Dear CEO Mulally,
I wanted to thank you for your apparent change from the support of the homsexual community. I do hope that your latest dicisions not to advertise in such related magazines is only the beginning of a brighter day ahead for Ford. My family has a long history of being dedicated to Ford Motor Company and hope to be able to do so once again.
We are closely following your actions and hope that these latest dicisions by your company continue.
Sincerely,
James W. Bryant
712 Hatcher Court
Dillon, SC 29536
843-774-7961
JWBryantDillon@aol.com
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Contact information:
Alan Mulally, CEO
Ford Motor Company
P. O. Box 1899
Dearborn, MI 48121
Primary Phone: 313-322-3000
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
The Following article was submitted by a visitor of our Web Site and submitted to The Editorial
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Saturday, January 5th, 2007
Actual Letter Submitted to:
Alan
Mulally, CEO
Dear CEO Mulally,
After many years of loyalty to Ford Motor Company I have come to the
dicision to halt any future purchases of your vehicles until some changes on
your behalf are made. Your continued support of the homosexual community has
severely damaged my faith in you.
Time would not allow for me to go all the way back to my grandfather and his
1964 Ford Fairlane that impressed upon me so, the love of the Ford. Or of my
fathers loyalty in Ford, the 1973 LTD, the 1978 Thunderbird, and all of the
wonderful Fords he has had over his life span. Or more recently, the Fords
that I myself have bought. My first purchase being at sixteen years of age.
Today I am thirty-eight with 3-kids of my own...
Today I currently own three Fords; A 2004 Ford Sportstrac, 2004 MACH ONE
Mustang, as well as a 1969 428-Cobrajet MACH ONE Fastback. There are a
lifetime of Fords in our histroy that time would not allow for me to even
touch on. But I do want to make the time to voice my displeasure of your
support of the Gays & Lesbians in this country.
I do not want to be heard as some right wing conservative, only a man who
wishes to see our nation call a spade a spade. Imagine a country filled with
nothing but homsexuals. How do you think our society would last...???
Our tolerance of such insanity is beyond me. I only hope that sooner than
later, you and Ford Motor Company will bring back true family values that
you promoted in years gone by. After all, it was family that first launched
my faith in you...
I regret that Ford has made the decision to continue supporting the
homosexual agenda, including same sex marriage. I do not intend to
purchase another Ford product as long as you are supporting the Queers. And
I will share with both my family and friends any continued such supportive
actions on these issues...
Thanks so much for taking the time to read my letter and hear from my heart.
God bless the USA!
Sadly,
James W. Bryant
712 Hatcher Court
Dillon, SC 29536
843-774-7961
JWBryantDillon@aol.com
Contact information:
Alan Mulally, CEO
Ford Motor Company
P. O. Box 1899
Dearborn, MI 48121
Primary Phone: 313-322-3000
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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
No,
I will never forget the contrasting send off that both Ford and Hussein were
given during this past week. It should be encouragement to us all to
strive to always do what's right, even under the utmost extreme pressures
that we are confronted with. Let us pray that with this new year of 2007, will
come filled with those doing what’s right…
Wednesday,
January 3rd, 2007 @ 4:43pm
James W. Bryant
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