From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: We Must Act Today Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:20:39 -0400 Dear Patients First supporters, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and the White House are behaving like the American people are meaningless obstacles in their push for government-run and government-forced health care programs. It is clearer than ever that they are more interested in putting politics first instead of patients. That is why your energy and intensity has never been more needed than right now. The Washington politicians need to know that you are paying attention, and that Leader Reid's idea of health care reform is bad for your family and bad for our country. Yesterday, Leader Reid emerged from his back-room dealing to announce that he has written a government-run insurance plan, or so-called 'public option,' back into the bill. A government-run plan was rejected by the American people and the Senate Finance Committee earlier this month. But this is about politics not patients. Leader Reid needs to appease the extremist far left wing of his party. In a deft political move Leader Reid and his advisors have found what they think will make government-run health care more acceptable - an "opt-out." Under Reid's opt-out states will be given the choice to opt-out of the federal government-run program. It's a false choice and a cynical political maneuver. Every state will continue to pay taxes into the federal system regardless of their choice to participate in the program. States that opt-out will end up funding the health care of the more populous states, like New York, who stay in the government program. Health care reform needs to be done right, not fast. The quality and cost of our health care is on the line. In the coming days and weeks you're going to see a flurry of activity in Washington as Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi finally unveil and ram their health care legislation through Congress. You're going to hear all kinds of neat new terms like, public option, competitive option, trigger-option and many more. No matter how it's packaged it amounts to the Federal government inserting itself into your health care decisions. This will increase your taxes, create unfunded entitlements and add new layers of regulations and bureaucracy limiting your health care choices. You must act today. Contact your Senator and Congressman and tell them no government-run health plan of any kind! Sincerely, Patients First Team Patients First, A Project of Americans for ProsperityTM, focused on real health care reform that will lead to more choices for patients and affordable healthcare options for all. Patients First is not affiliated in any way with Patient First healthcare clinics. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
