Health Care Fact Sheet

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Barack Obama and the liberals in Congress are pushing hard for legislation that would implement a massive experimental scheme to "reform" health care.  And if we don't rise up in massive opposition soon, they might succeed!

Here are some brief facts and talking points from the proposed legislation:

• The legislation would provide for taxpayer funding of abortion by mandating abortion coverage in the "public" (government run) version of health insurance.
• Doctors and nurses would lose their "conscience protections" that keep them from being forced to provide abortion services, or risk losing their jobs.
• Liberal groups are even demanding that Congress include mandatory coverage for sex-change operations and related health services!
• The "public" (government run) version of health insurance would provide free health care to illegal aliens, but would result in the rationing of care for elderly and disabled American citizens in order to save money.  Congressional liberals defeated an amendment that would have expressly banned the rationing of care.
• Tens of millions of Americans could lose their current employer-based insurance, as many employers will simply cease to offer their current plans and push employees onto the government plan in order to save money, despite Obama's promise that "if you like your current plan, you can keep it".
• The current version of the legislation would make it illegal for Americans to buy, or insurance companies to sell, any individual private insurance plans after the first of the year.
• Consumer choices in health insurance will dwindle, as insurance companies go out of business due to competition from a tax-payer subsidized government run system.
• The proposed legislation would add between 1 trillion and 1.5 trillion dollars to our national debt - just over the next decade alone.  The result will be a call for massive future tax increases to cover the costs, as well as the rationing of care to reduce costs.
• The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has reported that the proposed legislation would not reduce the overall amount of money spent on health care in America, undermining Obama's rationale for the bill.
• It's socialized medicine, plain and simple.  Despite the liberals' desire to avoid using that term, "socialized medicine" is a system that puts the government in control of medical resources and costs - which is exactly what this legislation would do.
• It would force all Americans to buy health insurance, whether they want it or not.  And use the IRS to fine anyone who doesn't buy they level of insurance that the government mandates.
• This plan represents the "foot-in-the-door" to a massive "single-payer" system, where private insurance is completely abolished and all medical personnel work for the government.  Obama himself stated in 2003 that, "I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer, universal health care plan."  What more do we need to know? 

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Remember, only a few votes in Congress stand in the way of this "reform" becoming a reality.

Unless Americans take action immediately, this bill could become law in just a few months!  But we can stop it.  We simply must stand together and speak out with an overwhelming voice and say "NO"!

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