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A Doctor's Call to Action on Healthcare Liberty.
Posted by Lev/Christopher on March 8, 2010 at 2:43am in Is That Kosher? Health and Wellness
This is copied from a forwarded email from a concerned doctor
concerning the tyrrany in the Obamacare bill. It would OUTLAW all
alternative (non-government-approved) medical practice in this country.
Dear friends:
In recent weeks, I have been quite concerned about possible
implications of HR3200, the House health care bill as supported by
President Obama, specifically in terms of its potential effects on the
availability of alternative medicine approaches. As I have researched
the issue, the threats seems ominous, real, and virtually unappreciated
even within the alternative medicine community.
Recently, the Liberty Counsel in Washington , a non-profit legal
defense fund, read and reviewed the entire House of Representatives
Obama health care legislation, currently known as HR3200. You can
access the 10 page summary of the legislation, the best summary I've
seen, from the Liberty Counsel website, just Google Liberty Counsel.
While the bill as it now stands contains many potential dangers to
health care in general, according to the Liberty Counsel summary and my
several conversation with their superb and concerned staff, it appears
that a cabal in Washington will determine what type of medicine will be
allowed, with criminal penalties for all those practicing forms of
medicine not approved by this group of unelected bureaucrats.
It is not clear whether any physician or other type of practitioner
could opt out of the system. For example, at present, a physician can
opt out of Medicare, as I have, and therefore avoid the onerous
penalties for practicing outside the conventional Medicare world. In
terms of Obamacare, the legislation apparently dictates that no
physician can opt out and consequently would be required to practice
according to the requirements of an unelected group of Washington
experts. And each physician's practice will be monitored, to insure
compliance with the Washington edicts about medical practice. Should
such a situation come to pass, all alternative therapies could quickly
cease to exist.
At my request, the Liberty Counsel reviewed the legislation
specifically to determine what impact the bill might have on
practitioners such as myself who do not practice conventional medicine.
Unfortunately, our conversations were not very reassuring.
As a start, the bill has been deliberately written to be unclear,
apparently to allow broad sweeping interpretations and unchallenged
power grabs in Washington should it pass.
Despite careful study by the Liberty Counsel experts, it's impossible
to state whether any physician can opt out of the system at any time or
under any circumstance, and continue to practice as he or she wishes,
even if willing to forgo government payments for care. The Liberty
Counsel people to whom I have spoken did warn me that it does appear,
the way the bill is worded, all physicians would – most likely – be
forced to practice within the structure of the new government program
without exception.
And once in the system, a physician would be forced to practice
according to the standards created by a group in Washington – whom I
goubt will have any sympathy toward alternative med. Physicians not
practicing according to these predetermined "standard of care"
regulations would be subjected to severe criminal penalties. We are, in
essence, witnessing something I thought I would never see in America ,
the criminalization of legitimate medical practice.
A Washington consultant and good friend, Beth Clay, has at my request
also reviewed the legislation, and discussed these important issues
with the staffs of Senator Grassley and Congressman Dan Burton who are
very knowledgeable about these issues (Congressman Burton has long been
a strong supporter of my research efforts). Unfortunately, their
assessments also do not reassure. I have been told that it might be
theoretically possible for a physician to opt out of the system, but
that any physician who chooses that path will be subjected to onerous
financial penalties and fines that make independent practice
impossible, essentially to force him or her back into the system. If
this threat proves real, many qualified alternative physicians would
have no choice but to shut down their practices, or face threat of
criminal prosecution. In my case, the day the bill becomes law in its
present form, I very well might have to stop my practice and hundreds
of my patients will die. It's potentially that serious.
Whatever your politics may be, this House bill, and the other health
care bills sprouting up like spring weeds, not only represent a threat
to our liberty in general – big government historically never
translates into greater freedom for anyone other than bureaucrats – but
represent a major threat to alternative medicine and the future of my
specific treatment.
I suggest that everyone with an interest in keeping this therapy
available immediately contact your Senators and Representatives, by
phone or by e-mail or BEST BY FAX, expressing your concern about
possible threats to freedom of choice in health care in HR 3200. Even
if you don't know who your Senators and Representatives are, you can
find them online simply by Googling US Senate and US House of
Representatives. These official sites will direct you to the home page
and contact information of your particular Senators and Representatives
based on your Zip code as you log in. It's very simple. Try and meet
with local Congressional and Senatorial staff directly, such personal
contact always has an effect. Explain your concerns. If your life
depends on alternative and holistic therapies, let them know that too.
Keep in mind that the immediate knee jerk response of Congressional
staff is to deny any problem. But remember that no one in Washington
other than the Liberty Counsel group, and the staffs of Senator
Grassley and Congressman Burton seem actually to have read the
legislation, so the staff of your Senators and Congressman may dismiss
your concerns out of ignorance and disbelief. But make your concerns
known, argue that the bill shouldn't be passed, insist the bill if it
is to be passed include provisions protecting the right of physicians
who practice non-traditional medicine to opt out of the system. Make
them aware that you want unconventional medicine to be available
unrestricted by government criminal penalties, and that you want your
freedom of choice in health care guaranteed forever.
Public outcries about the legislation, to the angry dismay of its
proponents, are already having an impact. But you must act, and you
must act now. I will keep you posted. My contacts in Washington are
mobilizing.
Thank you.
Nicholas Gonzalez, M.D.
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