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AFA of PA ACTION ALERT

July 31, 2009

Issues:

1.) Health Care

2.) Town Hall Meetings

Details:

1.) Last night it appeared that abortion may be taken out of the House version of the so-called ‘health care reform bill,’ but it only lasted a few hours! An amendment was introduced and passed in Committee which said health care legislation moving through Congress may not impose requirements for coverage of abortion, except in limited cases. It was approved in the Energy and Commerce Committee after conservative Democrats joined Republicans to support it. Well, Committee Chairman Henry Waxman didn’t like the outcome and called for a second vote after ‘twisting the arms’ of Democrats who had previously voted ‘yes.’ The final outcome of that vote was 30-29 against the amendment.

Here are some more problems outlined by Eagle Forum:

· On page 5 the government will force all taxpayers to pay for health care for millions of people who don't now buy insurance because they don't need it, or because insurance doesn't cover what they do need.

· Page 22 Government agents will audit and then harass small business owners to force them to pay for insurance they cannot afford.

· Page 102 Anyone who does not enroll in an Exchange-participating plan will be "automatically enrolled under Medicaid." There’s your universal health care!

· Pages 404 and 407 contains language that opens up funding for health and translation services for illegal aliens.

· Pages 425 and 429, Seniors must submit to "advance care planning consultation" (a.k.a. end-of-life discussions) every five years, or more often if there is "a significant change in the health condition of the individual.

· Page 768 provides for optional "nurse home visitation services" without specifying who has power to exercise the option. Among the various purposes listed are "increasing birth intervals between pregnancies" (think China).

· Page 772 will impose mandatory coverage of abortion on demand in all health plans.

· Pages 909 and 910 opens the door for grants to ACORN.

2.) Senators and Congressmen will be home for August break the entire month. There will be opportunities to visit them in their district offices and to participate in town hall meetings.

Action Steps:

1.) President Obama has been dealt his first major defeat in not getting health care voted on by the August recess as he had originally demanded, but neither he nor the Democrats have lessened their determination to socialize America’s health care. As listed above this bill is no good – period. Please contact your Congressman and ask that he or she vote ‘no’ on HR 3200. Further government interference in health care will NOT fix the problems that do exist; they will only increase those problems and create more.

2.) Please plan on taking this opportunity to gather up friends and neighbors who share your values and set up an appointment to visit district offices and attend town hall meetings. I’ve heard many of them have become quite lively across the nation and legislators are taken aback at their constituents’ passion. Click here to watch one Iraq War veteran demand an apology from his Senator in Missouri. Our US Senators and Congressmen also need to hear from concerned Pennsylvanians. Go to these meetings with an armload of questions on hate crimes, health care, stimulus money used for porn movies, cap and trade, etc. For some ideas go to our website. Senator Specter has his currently scheduled town hall meetings up on his website here. Since nothing was posted on Senator Casey’s website, I spoke to his district office in Pittsburgh (his DC number was busy) and they said the Senator will issue a news release when town hall meetings are scheduled, but he does not intend to place that information on his website. So, I guess we have to keep checking the papers if we want to talk to him! Check with your Congressman’s office or website to see when town hall meetings are scheduled for them. They MUST hear from WE THE PEOPLE (their employers) this MONTH!