3.19.2010

Healthcare Reform Bill...Sunday vote

Play by play of Sunday's Healthcare Vote (Fox News)
http://congress.blogs.foxnews.com/



‘Health Care Bill - H.R. 4872 - Reconciliation Act of 2010’
The actual online version of the Bill:
http://www.opencongress.org/house_reconciliation
(Warning: If you decide to print this bill…it is a 112 page document)

Prayerfully let your Representatives know your opinion or concerns about the current Healthcare Reform Bill. Please politely but firmly urge him (or her) to vote "No" on any and all forms of the current Healthcare Reform Bill. It's critical for you to call your representative today in anticipation of a vote this Sunday.
Take Action: American Family Association
http://www.capwiz.com/afanet/callalert/index.tt?alertid=14827721

Here is the breakdown...
In a "Fact Check" piece, the Associated Press warns that if the current Healthcare Reform Bill passes, your health care premiums will actually go up rather than down.

A survey published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that 46% of doctors will seriously consider leaving the medical profession if the Healthcare Reform Bill goes through. What good is health insurance if you have no doctor to go to?

Americans for Tax Reform estimates that because of the bill's onerous impact on small businesses, the Healthcare Reform Bill will cost the American economy 690,000 jobs over the next decade.

(AP) Beginning in 2014, most Americans would be required for the first time to purchase insurance or face penalties if they refused. Large businesses would face fines if they did not offer good-quality coverage to their workers. Millions of families with incomes up to $88,000 a year would receive government help to defray their costs.

The Democrats are struggling to get the votes they need, and they are putting enormous pressure on wavering fellow congressmen.

Taxpayers will be funding abortions in the U.S. for the first time ever.
Moderate House Democrats as well as conservative Republicans object to provisions that would allow federal funding for abortions.

FYI: A Fox News poll revealed that 55% of Americans oppose the current reforms being considered.