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Comment by Janet Fritch on January 16, 2010 at 2:39pm

We need REAL change now; not the Obama promises. My grandkids will have all this to pay for!! Now, my first great grandson was born in January:
and he will be paying in his lifetime also. It's so sad. Let's make it better.

Comment by James Kay on January 16, 2010 at 1:27pm

below is an email I recently sent my family, including 5 married kids and 9 grandchildren. With our national debt at 13 trillion they are the ones who will be paying for Obamacare and the Democrats ramming this health care monstrosity on all Americans. MA has the unique ability to stop this madness. Just like Scott Brown said "The MA Senate seat is not Ted Kennedys nor is it Senator Reids, it is MA peoples seat. Please read my email below, add to it with your own reasons this health care bill is bad and send it to your family and friends. Remember one penny doubled for a month (thiry one days) will grow to over one billion dollars. The same for emails, double one 31 times and it will reach over a billion. Hey we only need a few million.
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Dear Family
I know you are all busy with your lives and are not following the health care bill being rammed through congress. Also the news media is not reporting the facts. Here are a few, just off the top of my head. I will send more details later. Please email or call your elected representatives and tell them to stop this madness. We do need health care reform but not the way the congress is doing it.
Love Dad aka Pop aka Jim aka Grandpa

Obama said during the presidential campaign 8 times. "We will put the health care debate on CSpan so all Americans can see what is going on" <--click on this link to see videos The are not.

The bill passed by the house has are over 2000 pages and contain the words "shall" over 3425 times. <--click on this link to see videos

The bill passed by the senate has cuts to Medicare of over $500 billion. Medicare now only reimburses hospitals at 20% of billed charges and doctors at 50 to 80% of billed charges. I know because of Mom's hospital bills. That's all Medicare paid.

Obama praised the Mayo Clinic as a model for reducing medical costs, yet the Mayo Clinic just announced it will no longer accept Medicare patients at its Arizona facility, because Medicare reimbursements are so low. It $840 million last year on Medicare <--click on this link to see details

To pay for this monstrosity the taxpayers will be taxed and fees added immediately, but the insurance will not start until 2014. Pay now get benefits later. What a ponzi scheme. It's like start paying for a new car right away but can't get to drive it until 2014.

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the Post Office are all going broke. But this health care plan is going to be federal budget neutral. If you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn I will sell you.

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