Most responsible Americans who are following the Health Care Reform issue would agree that change is needed. However, government mandates are NOT the answer. Whatever you choose to call it:
socialized medicine — co-ops — a public option — individual or employer mandates — it’s “BAD MEDICINE“.
Reducing health care quality, increasing costs, limiting choice of doctors and increasing the federal deficit limit the options for freedom to choose YOUR doctor and YOUR health plan. In addition, freedom
to spend YOUR health care dollars as YOU choose along with making YOUR medical decisions are in peril under the current plan proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Articles’ appearing in the News & Messenger praise elected officials for their stance on the issue, but of particular importance is the two-faced or better yet hypocritical approach demonstrated by
Congressman Connelly. Specifically, in town hall meetings — to which most of us were not invited, but reported in the news, and in a teleconference call which I signed up for but was not allowed
connectivity — Congressman Connelly went on record to espouse that senior citizens would be protected from the outcome of his vote. However, his vote in favor of HR 3200 (Americas Affordable Health
Choices Act of 2009) is in direct opposition to his promise.
The bill has seniors nervous — for good reason. Over $500 billion is targeted to be eliminated from Medicare over the next decade which, for seniors, translates to: “longer wait times at hospitals and
doctors offices, less money for new treatments, restrictions on care, prescriptions…” (60 Plus Association).
Not since the great Claude Pepper (D-Fla.), who established a reputation for looking out for seniors, has another legislator taken a leadership roll in doing the same. If you care about your moms, dads
and others who fall into the senior citizen category, contact your elected officials and defeat this dastardly approach in “Screwing Our Seniors.”
Full disclosure — I’m a senior citizen.
A. Vic Poillucci
Woodbridge
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