Town hall meeting with Senator Evan Bayh

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Permalink Reply by Ellen Dunnigan on August 7, 2009 at 4:51pm

I have called his office and left a voicemail. They are open until 6pm, although no one is answering the phone. I would encourage everyone who cares to do the same. As Ron stated earlier, Senator Bayh's office # is 202-224-5623.

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Permalink Reply by Don Lamping on August 7, 2009 at 5:06pm

Yes and Yes

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Permalink Reply by Shawna L Vertrees on August 7, 2009 at 5:33pm

Yep definitely!

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Permalink Reply by Ben McCann on August 7, 2009 at 5:50pm

(1) yes
(2) yes

I have lots of ideas and my experience in this industry might prove helpful, I just hope someone is actually listening.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Zuber on August 7, 2009 at 5:54pm

Well it looks like many people are listening just not our great senator..... Ron I applaud you for your efforts and I know this must be disheartening for you after so much work.

It is sad that he couldn't take 30 minutes out of his day to talk to smoosiers. I had great hopes that Evan would be a great Hoosier such as his father. Unfortunetly it appears he has been bit by the carreer politician bug.

Thank you once again for all of your work.

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Permalink Reply by Ron Brumbarger on August 7, 2009 at 6:27pm

Yes, disheartening but much more DISAPPOINTING. Clearly the Senator is either simply too busy for us lowly Hoosiers or just doesn't think this is a big deal. Too busy?

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Permalink Reply by Ben McCann on August 7, 2009 at 9:57pm

I have tried unsuccessfully for years to get Senator Bayh's ear on issues ranging from healthcare to medicare and more. Senator Bayh is so far out of touch with People in general, let alone people in this state, let alone the collective brainpower of 1/100th of Smaller Indiana is greater than 10x the brainpower and creativity of our entire Congress.

Ron, If you could have pulled that off, I would have paid for tickets to you and your family to go visit ROME for a week... ( home school educational trip of course )

Senator Bayh knows as much about "job creation" as my pet rock, his knowlege about healthcare is even less.

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Permalink Reply by Ben McCann on August 7, 2009 at 10:01pm

Wake up America.... of the first 500 pages... here are some issues with the new HEALTHCARE REFORM BILL

If you don't have the time to read the whole Healthcare or deathcare bill, it's not a problem. The work has already been done for you. WAKE UP! :
If you haven't seen any of this stuff, be prepared to be shocked.

A few highlights from the first 500 pages of the Healthcare bill in congress

to view the entire document CLICK HERE

Contact your Representatives and let them know how you feel about this. We, as a country, cannot afford another 1000 page bill to go through congress without being read. Another 500 pages to go. I have highlighted a few of the items that are down right unconstitutional.

• Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure!
• Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed!
• Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and benefits you get (and, unlike an insurer, there will be no appeals process)
• Page 42: The "Health Choices Commissioner" will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. None.
• Page 50: All non-US citizens, illegal or not, will be provided with free healthcare services.
• Page 58: Every person will be issued a National ID Healthcard.
• Page 59: The federal government will have direct, real-time access to all individual bank ac counts for electronic funds transfer.
• Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize all union retiree and community organizer health plans (read: SEIU, UAW and ACORN)
• Page 72: All private healthcare plans must conform to government rules to participate in a Healt hcare Exchange.
• Page 84: All private healthcare plans must participate in the Healthcare Exchange (i.e., total government control of private plans)
• Page 91: Government mandates linguistic infrastructure for services; translation: illegal aliens
• Page 95: The Government will pay ACORN and Americorps to sign up individuals for Government-run Health Care plan.
• Page 102: Those eligible for Medicaid will be automatically enrolled: you have no choice in the matter.
• Page 124: No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No "judicial review" is permitted against the government monopoly. Put simply, private insurers will be crushed.
• Page 127: The AMA sold doctors out: the government will set wages.
• Page 145: An employer MUST auto-enroll employees into the government-run public plan. No alternatives.
• Page 126: Employers MUST pay healthcare bills for part-time employees AND their families.
• Page 149: Any employer with a payroll of $400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays an 8% tax on payroll
• Page 150: Any employer20with a payroll of $250K-400K or more, who does not offer the public option, pays a 2 to 6% tax on payroll
• Page 167: Any individual who doesn’t' have acceptable healthcare (according to the government) will be taxed 2.5% of income.
• Page 170: Any N ON-RESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes (Americans will pay for them).
• Page 195: Officers and employees of Government Healthcare Bureaucracy will have access to ALL American financial and personal records.
• Page 203: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax." Yes, it really says that.
• Page 239: Bill will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors and the poor most affected."
• Page 241: Doctors: no matter what specialty you have, you'll all be paid the same (thanks, AMA!)
• Page 253: Government sets value of doctors' time, their professional judgment, etc.
• Page 265: Government mandates and controls productivity for private healthcare industries.
• Page 268: Government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.
• Page 272: Cancer patients: welcome to the wonderful world of rationing!
• Page 280: Hospitals will be penalized for what the government deems preventable re-admissions.
• Page 298: Doctors: if you treat a patient during an initial admission that results in a readmission, you will be penalize d by the government.
• Page 317: Doctors: you are now prohibited for owning and investing in healthcare companies!
• Page 318: Prohibition on hospital expansion. Hospitals cannot expand without government approval.
• Page 321: Hospital20expansion hinges on "community" input: in other words, yet another payoff for ACORN.
• Page 335: Government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures: i.e., rationing.
• Page 341: Government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans, HMOs, etc.
• Page 354: Government will restrict enrollment of SPECIAL NEEDS individuals.
• Page 379: More bureaucracy: Telehealth Advisory Committee (healthcare by phone).
• Page 425: More bureaucracy: Advance Care Planning Consult: Senior Citizens, assisted suicide, euthanasia?
• Page 425: Government will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney, etc. Mandatory. Appears to lock in estate taxes ahead of time.
• Page 425: Government provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.
• Page 427: Government mandates program that orders end-of-life treatment; government dictates how your life ends.
• Page 429: Advance Care Planning Consult will be used to dictate treatment as patient's health deteriorates. This can include an ORDER for end-of-life plans. An ORDER from the GOVERNMENT.
• Page 430: Government will decide what level of treatments you may have at end-of-life.
• Page 469: Community-based Home Medical Services: more payoffs for ACORN.
=E 2 Page 472: Payments to Community-based organizations: more payoffs for ACORN.
• Page 489: Government will cover marriage and family therapy. Government intervenes in your marriage.
• Page 494: Government will cover mental health services: defining, creating and rationing those services.

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Permalink Reply by Ron Brumbarger on August 8, 2009 at 3:17am

LOL! Thanks Ben! I would have accepted your gift too. Thank you. Appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Beth Ruble on August 7, 2009 at 6:33pm

I personally would love to, if it fits into my work schedule. I am a Hoosier currently on the HIP plan (Healthy Indiana Plan) which could be in jeopardy if national health insurance is offered. Although I DO believe that everyone has the right to AFFORDABLE health insurance (and $350 per month for private insurance was not affordable for me), I don't think Washington has yet to come up with a good plan. The Dems have an "overall" plan but can't seem to give us specifics and I have yet to hear of any plan at all from the Reps. Something definitely needs to be done but a complete overhaul in one fell swoop? I don't see that happening. A better idea might be to federally-fund the under-funded state programs already in place so more people can be insured (currently HIP is no longer taking single applicants due to demand exceeding budget). BTW, many small businesses would love to offer insurance to their employees but private insurance is way too expensive for most small businesses. There is a built-in way for small businesses to help pay or completely pay the monthly expense for their qualified employees through HIP.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Stuck on August 7, 2009 at 6:51pm

Democrats hold a fillibuster proof Congress and have a 60 vote Senate. They could easily pass the bill without any Republican/Indepedent vote if they think this bill is so great.

How pathetic....

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Permalink Reply by Jack Shepler on August 7, 2009 at 7:04pm

Assumption: all democrats vote the same way.

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