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No matter how much you want the Stimulus bill to pass, please read this, it is really important to me and to you.
I'm not trying to stir anything up but I do think this is something that, at the very least, needs to be debated in Congress and I think you'll agree, no matter your political persuasion.
Some of us already have to fight doctors who think that certain treatments aren't "worth it" for our kids. Now, we'll have to fight the federal government.
This is going to affect so many people and nobody is talking about it.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_mccaughey&sid=aLzfDxfbwhzs
I’ve long worried that the lives of the elderly and the disabled would become expendable, and it looks like we’re poised to put in place the mechanism for the government to block treatment for people who are elderly or whose treatment isn’t considered “cost effective.”
These major changes in our health care should be matters of public review and discussion, not something that is snuck in the back door in a rushed bill.
If this bothers you, at all. Please contact Senators Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, and Arlen Specter. They are the only ones who can stop the stimulus bill today. You can email, call or fax.
You can also contact your state's U.S. Senators. If it really bugs you, I would contact everyone you can.
SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS
DC PHONE: (202) 224-2523
DC FAX: (202) 224-2693
AUGUSTA PHONE: (207) 622-8414
AUGUSTA FAX: (207) 622-5884
EMAILS TO CONTACT:
Steve_Abbott@collins.senate.gov
Holly_Nesbit@collins.senate.gov
SENATOR OLYMPIA SNOWE
DC PHONE: (202) 224-5344
DC FAX: (202) 224-1946
BOSTON PHONE: (207) 622-8292
BOSTON FAX: (207) 622-7295
EMAILS TO CONTACT:
John_Richter@snowe.senate.gov
Anna_Levin@snowe.senate.gov
SENATOR ARLEN SPECTER
DC PHONE: (202) 224-4254
DC FAX: (202) 228-1229
HARRISBURG PHONE: (717) 782-3951
HARRISBURG FAX: (717) 782-4920
EMAILS TO CONTACT:
Scott_Hoeflich@specter.senate.gov
Maria_Plakoudas@specter.senate.gov
Christopher_Bradish@specter.senate.gov
thomas_dower@specter.senate.gov
seema_singh@specter.senate.gov
corene_ashley@specter.senate.gov
regina_campbell@specter.senate.gov
gayle_mills@specter.senate.gov
To find your state's Senators, use this website:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contac...nators_cfm.cfm If this means anything to you or a family member as I'm sure it will, please contact these Senators. It is the only way to save our health care system for the disabled and the elderly. These healthcare provisions, and many others too, have been hidden in the Stimulus bill intentially, please let your senators know that and please fwd this email to the contacts on your email list.
Thank you,
Brandi
I'm not trying to stir anything up but I do think this is something that, at the very least, needs to be debated in Congress and I think you'll agree, no matter your political persuasion.
Some of us already have to fight doctors who think that certain treatments aren't "worth it" for our kids. Now, we'll have to fight the federal government.
This is going to affect so many people and nobody is talking about it.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_mccaughey&sid=aLzfDxfbwhzs
I’ve long worried that the lives of the elderly and the disabled would become expendable, and it looks like we’re poised to put in place the mechanism for the government to block treatment for people who are elderly or whose treatment isn’t considered “cost effective.”
These major changes in our health care should be matters of public review and discussion, not something that is snuck in the back door in a rushed bill.
If this bothers you, at all. Please contact Senators Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, and Arlen Specter. They are the only ones who can stop the stimulus bill today. You can email, call or fax.
You can also contact your state's U.S. Senators. If it really bugs you, I would contact everyone you can.
SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS
DC PHONE: (202) 224-2523
DC FAX: (202) 224-2693
AUGUSTA PHONE: (207) 622-8414
AUGUSTA FAX: (207) 622-5884
EMAILS TO CONTACT:
Steve_Abbott@collins.senate.gov
Holly_Nesbit@collins.senate.gov
SENATOR OLYMPIA SNOWE
DC PHONE: (202) 224-5344
DC FAX: (202) 224-1946
BOSTON PHONE: (207) 622-8292
BOSTON FAX: (207) 622-7295
EMAILS TO CONTACT:
John_Richter@snowe.senate.gov
Anna_Levin@snowe.senate.gov
SENATOR ARLEN SPECTER
DC PHONE: (202) 224-4254
DC FAX: (202) 228-1229
HARRISBURG PHONE: (717) 782-3951
HARRISBURG FAX: (717) 782-4920
EMAILS TO CONTACT:
Scott_Hoeflich@specter.senate.gov
Maria_Plakoudas@specter.senate.gov
Christopher_Bradish@specter.senate.gov
thomas_dower@specter.senate.gov
seema_singh@specter.senate.gov
corene_ashley@specter.senate.gov
regina_campbell@specter.senate.gov
gayle_mills@specter.senate.gov
To find your state's Senators, use this website:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contac...nators_cfm.cfm If this means anything to you or a family member as I'm sure it will, please contact these Senators. It is the only way to save our health care system for the disabled and the elderly. These healthcare provisions, and many others too, have been hidden in the Stimulus bill intentially, please let your senators know that and please fwd this email to the contacts on your email list.
Thank you,
Brandi