Speaking of health care reform ....
I received this email from Catholics United about the subject and thought I'd post it here ......
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In the past 10 years, health insurance premiums have doubled, and millions of Americans just like you and me still struggle to afford health care.[1]
The health reform proposals currently before congress will ease the burden on us all, from those most in need to middle class families.
There’s a lot on the line in the health care debate, yet special interests, even those who claim to be speaking for people of faith, are trying to block reform with distortions and distractions.
We can’t let them speak for us.
That's why Catholics United is teaming up with Faithful America and a coalition of interfaith groups with a petition demonstrating our strength.
Let Congress know that People of Faith Support Health Care Reform before they go on recess on August 7th.
Under this new reform package, insurance companies would be prohibited from discriminating against you if you get sick. If you change jobs or lose your job you would not have to worry about losing your health coverage. If you run a small business you’ll get tax credits to buy health coverage for yourself and your employees. And the skyrocketing cost of health care would be controlled by paying doctors and hospitals for improving the quality of care they deliver, rather than the number of procedures they order. [2]
Over the past weeks, we’ve seen the misinformation from special interests get worse and worse.
They’ve twisted a proposal allowing Medicare to reimburse doctors for purely optional end of life care counseling (discussions about options like hospice and palliative care) into promotion of euthanasia.
They’ve taken the sensitive issue of abortion, which isn’t even mentioned in the health care bill, and placed it center stage and under a false light.
The Family Research Council even produced an ad running nationwide with the false and inflammatory [3] claim that seniors will have to sacrifice needed care so that the government can pay for abortions.[4]
Enough is enough. We can’t let these distortions be the voice of the faith community on health care.
The faith community can be a positive force in advancing health care reform. Let’s not allow fear and misinformation be what keeps us from getting the health care our families and communities desperately need.
Citations:
[1] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111441399&ps=cprs
[2] http://www.coverallfamilies.org/pages?id=0014
[3] http://catholics-united.org/?q=node/265
[4] http://www.frcaction.org/takeover
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In the past 10 years, health insurance premiums have doubled, and millions of Americans just like you and me still struggle to afford health care.[1]
The health reform proposals currently before congress will ease the burden on us all, from those most in need to middle class families.
There’s a lot on the line in the health care debate, yet special interests, even those who claim to be speaking for people of faith, are trying to block reform with distortions and distractions.
We can’t let them speak for us.
That's why Catholics United is teaming up with Faithful America and a coalition of interfaith groups with a petition demonstrating our strength.
Let Congress know that People of Faith Support Health Care Reform before they go on recess on August 7th.
Under this new reform package, insurance companies would be prohibited from discriminating against you if you get sick. If you change jobs or lose your job you would not have to worry about losing your health coverage. If you run a small business you’ll get tax credits to buy health coverage for yourself and your employees. And the skyrocketing cost of health care would be controlled by paying doctors and hospitals for improving the quality of care they deliver, rather than the number of procedures they order. [2]
Over the past weeks, we’ve seen the misinformation from special interests get worse and worse.
They’ve twisted a proposal allowing Medicare to reimburse doctors for purely optional end of life care counseling (discussions about options like hospice and palliative care) into promotion of euthanasia.
They’ve taken the sensitive issue of abortion, which isn’t even mentioned in the health care bill, and placed it center stage and under a false light.
The Family Research Council even produced an ad running nationwide with the false and inflammatory [3] claim that seniors will have to sacrifice needed care so that the government can pay for abortions.[4]
Enough is enough. We can’t let these distortions be the voice of the faith community on health care.
The faith community can be a positive force in advancing health care reform. Let’s not allow fear and misinformation be what keeps us from getting the health care our families and communities desperately need.
Citations:
[1] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111441399&ps=cprs
[2] http://www.coverallfamilies.org/pages?id=0014
[3] http://catholics-united.org/?q=node/265
[4] http://www.frcaction.org/takeover
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posted by crystal | 2:29 PM
2 Comments:
Yeah, I signed that. There are different ways to approach a very real health care crisis in this country, but of course, the GOP and its base can only respond with lies, noise, and bullying.
I hope all those people who have no insurance will write to their representatives. My sister and her husband have 9 months (I think) of insurance now that she's lost her job, but after that I think they're out of luck.
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