Dear Libertarians,
I am writing to ask for your help.
The Medicare Lawsuit (www.medicarelawsuit.org) is working its way through the
courts.
You may not have time to read everything in our website, so I’ll summarize our
first project. We are funding the lawsuit Hall v. Leavitt. We have five
plaintiffs who would like to opt out of Medicare and are suing the US Secretary
of Health and Human Services for the right to privately contract for Hospital
Insurance without having to forego Social Security benefits. The current
procedure for enrolling in Social Security forces a retiree to use Medicare
Part A in conjunction with Social Security.
We believe we have a very strong case for many reasons including:
* The policy was put in place by unelected bureaucrats during both Democrat
and Republican administrations (violating Congress’s exclusive power to
legislate).
* Plaintiffs are being denied a fundamental right to determine their own
health care or their property interest in their Social Security in violation of
the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.
* The policy was instituted without following the required procedure which
includes putting proposed regulations out for public comment.
* Semantically, the word “entitlement” is not defined as “requirement” so
retirees should have the option of declining the Medicare Part A benefit.
* The five co-plaintiffs exhausted all other avenues of remedy before
engaging in a lawsuit.
To prevail could result in the following benefits:
* Freedom to choose your doctor and health plan without forfeiting your
Social Security benefits; freedom to make your own medical decisions without
government rationing of care; freedom to keep a health plan you are satisfied
with; and, freedom to keep your medical history private.
* A decision stating that an individual has the right to select their
insurance carrier could set an important legal precedence that works to
undermine single-payer insurance.
There is no better time than the present for this case to be working its way
through the courts. This has the same potential significance as the recent
Kelo and Heller cases have had regarding individual property rights and
individual gun rights respectively.
Please Donate Now
We need your support to ensure that all Americans have the right to opt out of
Medicare Part A and pay for their own health care without losing their Social
Security benefits.
In addition to the individual plaintiffs, the Hall v. Leavitt lawsuit also is
being financed by the Fund for Personal Liberty, a national organization
dedicated to taking all legitimate action to defend the rights of individuals
who have been denied the right to obtain health care services of their own
choosing, or have had such rights improperly restricted.
Although the Fund for Personal Liberty is still awaiting its nonprofit
designation, which has been applied for and acknowledged by the Internal
Revenue Service, donations to the Fund for Personal Liberty are tax deductible
to the full extent of the law.
Donations to the Fund For Personal Liberty can be received online through our
secure PayPal account or by check mailed to our offices.
Donate using PayPal:
To donate by mail, please make check out to:
Fund for Personal Liberty
c/o Webster, Chamberlain & Bean
1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20006
In Liberty,
Martha de Forest
Martha
Martha de Forest
Executive Director
Fund for Personal Liberty
www.medicarelawsuit.org
360.830.2100 (7am-7pm Pacific)
360.265.5768 (leave message)
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