RE: US Health Care Update and Action Alert-Warning opinion expressed may disagree with yours

[Guest guest]

Big business is currently telling physicians how to practice medicine.? At least

with government I have a chance to vote them out or overthrow it!? Try

overthrowing Blue Cross Blue Shield.?

Re: US Health Care Update and Action Alert-Warning opinion

expressed may disagree with yours

Do you imagine for a moment that the government won't be telling physicians

how to practice medicine?

Re: US Health Care Update and Action Alert-Warning

opinion expressed may disagree with yours

> I'm with you, Kathy! We are the only industrialized nation that does not

> have national health insurance. We have the most expensive health care in

> the world, rank 37th in health care delivery, and our infant mortality

> rate

> ranks with third-world nations. The insurance corporations are even

> telling

> our physicians how to practice medicine. Government is what we do together

> as a nation. It is not some foreign entity.

>

> granny

>

[Guest guest]

They don't take Medicaid because they don't have to.? There are plenty of people

in this area who have private insurance or pay cash.? In a single payer system

there will be no exception.?

US Health Care Update and Action Alert

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& gt; For the past several months, IMDSA has been monitoring the

proposed US

& gt; Health Care Reform. The way the current wording is, in this

proposed bill it

& gt; is not certain that individuals with developmental delays, medical

& gt; conditions, or genetic conditions would receive health care, the

therapy

& gt; services that they currently receive, or adult and elder care such

as

& gt; assisted living or nursing care.

& gt;

& gt; Our first priority is always our families. With many of our

families living

& gt; in the US, we realize that this is a deep concern for you. We want

to assure

& gt; you that we are in contact with many of the legislators and we do

not plan

& gt; to allow this bill to pass with its current wording.

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t; This coming Wed, Sep 16th, a press conference will be given in

Washington

& gt; DC with many concerned families along with Congresswoman

Mc

& gt; . In the press package that will go along with this press

conference,

& gt; we ask for families to include stories of their loved ones and how

this bill

& gt; would affect their loved ones in its current vague wording. This

story needs

& gt; to be by American families and must be no more than one page in

Word and a

& gt; picture needs to be included on the page. Because of our quickly

approaching

& gt; deadline, all stories must be received no later than this Sunday

afternoon.

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& gt; Please send your attached story to my email address at

Kristyimdsa (DOT) org & lt;Kristy%40imdsa. org & gt;with the subject line Health

Care Story.

& gt;

& gt; I know that many of you have questions regarding this bill. We

have those

& gt; same questions. We will keep you updated as we receive new

information.

& gt;

& gt; Thank you,

& gt;

& gt; Kristy Colvin

& gt; IMDSA President

& gt; ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~

& gt; International Mosaic Down Syndrome Association

& gt; PH: 979-828-4177

& gt; Toll Free: 1-888-MDS-LINK

& gt; http://www.imdsa. org

& gt; http://www.mosaicmo ments.today. com

& gt;

& gt;

[Guest guest]

With the competition that a cheaper government plan will create will drive down

the cost (and profit!) of private insurance plans.  You're parroting what you

hear on Fox news.  There is a whole other side to this that you're missing.

US Health Care Update and Action Alert

& gt;

& gt; For the past several months, IMDSA has been monitoring the

proposed US

& gt; Health Care Reform. The way the current wording is, in this

proposed bill it

& gt; is not certain that individuals with developmental delays, medical

& gt; conditions, or genetic conditions would receive health ca

re, the

therapy

& gt; services that they currently receive, or adult and elder care such

as

& gt; assisted living or nursing care.

& gt;

& gt; Our first priority is always our families. With many of our

families living

& gt; in the US, we realize that this is a deep concern for you. We want

to assure

& gt; you that we are in contact with many of the legislators and we do

not plan

& gt; to allow this bill to pass with its current wording.

& gt;

& g

t; This coming Wed, Sep 16th, a press conference will be given in

Washington

& gt; DC with many concerned families along with Congresswoman

Mc

& gt; . In the press package that will go along with this press

conference,

& gt; we ask for families to include stories of their loved ones and how

this bill

& gt; would affect their loved ones in its current vague wording. This

story needs

& gt; to be by American families and must be no more than one page in

Word and a

& gt; picture needs to be included on the page. Because of our quickly

approaching

& gt; deadline, all stories must be received no later than this Sunday

afternoon.

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& gt; Please send your attached story to my email address at

Kristy@... & lt;Kristy%40imdsa.org & gt;with the subject line Health

Care Story.

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& gt; I know that many of you have questions regarding this bill. We

have those

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information.

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& gt; Thank you,

& gt;

& gt; Kristy Colvin

& gt; IMDSA President

& gt; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

& gt; International Mosaic Down Syndrome Association

& gt; PH: 979-828-4177

& gt; Toll Free: 1-888-MDS-LINK

& gt; http://www.imdsa.org

& gt; http://www.mosaicmoments.today.com

& gt;

& gt;

[Guest guest]

Apology NOT accepted.? If you're going to have the rudeness to talk about me

behind my back at least tell me what the list is so I can get on it and defend

myself.

, Kathy J,? please take action here.? What gets said on the list has to

STAY on the list, otherwise no one will be able to share.?

This will be my last word on this topic or any if nothing gets done.

Kathy, Liam's mom (11, DS, Diabetes, asthma)

US Health Care Update and Action Alert

For the past several months, IMDSA has been monitoring the proposed US

Health Care Reform. The way the current wording is, in this proposed bill it

is not certain that individuals with developmental delays, medical

conditions, or genetic conditions would receive health care, the therapy

services that they currently receive, or adult and elder care such as

assisted living or nursing care.

Our first priority is always our families. With many of our families living

in the US, we realize that this is a deep concern for you. We want to assure

you that we are in contact with many of the legislators and we do not plan

to allow this bill to pass with its current wording.

This coming Wed, Sep 16th, a press conference will be given in Washington DC

with many concerned families along with Congresswoman Mc .

In the press package that will go along with this press conference, we ask

for families to include stories of their loved ones and how this bill would

affect their loved ones in its current vague wording. This story needs to be

by American families and must be no more than one page in Word and a picture

needs to be included on the page. Because of our quickly approaching

deadline, all stories must be received no later than this Sunday afternoon.

Please send your attached story to my email address at Kristyimdsa (DOT)

<mailto:Kristy%40imdsa.org> org with the subject line Health Care Story.

I know that many of you have questions regarding this bill. We have those

same questions. We will keep you updated as we receive new information.

Thank you,

Kristy Colvin

IMDSA President

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

International Mosaic Down Syndrome Association

PH: 979-828-4177

Toll Free: 1-888-MDS-LINK

http://www.imdsa. <http://www.imdsa.org> org

http://www.mosaicmo <http://www.mosaicmoments.today.com> ments.today.com

[Guest guest]

My experience has been that insurance companies tell doctors 'what they will

pay' according to the policies we (or employers) choose. We are able (so far)

to hire a doctor to do a service, just like we can hire household help or any

other service. I hope we can continue to have a free market society, but that

is opposed to what the current 'powers that be' want.

I've read speeches given by those who want to control costs by using abortion to

eliminate babies/children who have problems like DS and other more serious

problems. It is a sad day in America when we start down this slippery slope.

This is an important issue to parents of children with DS when those who are

looking to pay for this new program do not value the lives of our 'special'

children.

Shirley

From: Mom2lfm@...

collarbone@... ;

Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 10:43 AM

Subject: Re: US Health Care Update and Action Alert-Warning opinion

expressed may disagree with yours

Big business is currently telling physicians how to practice medicine.? At least

with government I have a chance to vote them out or overthrow it!? Try

overthrowing Blue Cross Blue Shield.?

[Guest guest]

Hi Ya'll

Trying to catch up, was out of town all weekend .....

I saw this and I must say AGAIN what is said on this list stays on this list,

Kathy please accept my apologies for being absent and not catching this topic

sooner.

Please let's not violate the list rules everyone

Kathy mom to Sara 17

From: Mom2lfm@...

Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 11:03 AM

julie@... ;

Subject: Re: US Health Care Update and Action Alert-Warning opinion

expressed may disagree with yours

Apology NOT accepted.? If you're going to have the rudeness to talk about me

behind my back at least tell me what the list is so I can get on it and defend

myself.

, Kathy J,? please take action here.? What gets said on the list has to

STAY on the list, otherwise no one will be able to share.?

This will be my last word on this topic or any if nothing gets done.

Kathy, Liam's mom (11, DS, Diabetes, asthma)

US Health Care Update and Action Alert

For the past several months, IMDSA has been monitoring the proposed US

Health Care Reform. The way the current wording is, in this proposed bill it

is not certain that individuals with developmental delays, medical

conditions, or genetic conditions would receive health care, the therapy

services that they currently receive, or adult and elder care such as

assisted living or nursing care.

Our first priority is always our families. With many of our families living

in the US, we realize that this is a deep concern for you. We want to assure

you that we are in contact with many of the legislators and we do not plan

to allow this bill to pass with its current wording.

This coming Wed, Sep 16th, a press conference will be given in Washington DC

with many concerned families along with Congresswoman Mc .

In the press package that will go along with this press conference, we ask

for families to include stories of their loved ones and how this bill would

affect their loved ones in its current vague wording. This story needs to be

by American families and must be no more than one page in Word and a picture

needs to be included on the page. Because of our quickly approaching

deadline, all stories must be received no later than this Sunday afternoon.

Please send your attached story to my email address at Kristyimdsa (DOT)

<mailto:Kristy%40imdsa.org> org with the subject line Health Care Story.

I know that many of you have questions regarding this bill. We have those

same questions. We will keep you updated as we receive new information.

Thank you,

Kristy Colvin

IMDSA President

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

International Mosaic Down Syndrome Association

PH: 979-828-4177

Toll Free: 1-888-MDS-LINK

http://www.imdsa. <http://www.imdsa.org> org

http://www.mosaicmo <http://www.mosaicmoments.today.com> ments.today.com

[Guest guest]

I hope some of you don't mind that I have been using some of well not this topic

but other topics to incorporate into my English essay about how language has

hurt me or offended me.

P.S. I don't use names I just say according to someone on my online down

syndrome support group so NO NAMES are being used!!

US Health Care Update and Action Alert

For the past several months, IMDSA has been monitoring the proposed US

Health Care Reform. The way the current wording is, in this proposed bill it

is not certain that individuals with developmental delays, medical

conditions, or genetic conditions would receive health care, the therapy

services that they currently receive, or adult and elder care such as

assisted living or nursing care.

Our first priority is always our families. With many of our families living

in the US, we realize that this is a deep concern for you. We want to assure

you that we are in contact with many of the legislators and we do not plan

to allow this bill to pass with its current wording.

This coming Wed, Sep 16th, a press conference will be given in Washington DC

with many concerned families along with Congresswoman Mc .

In the press package that will go along with this press conference, we ask

for families to include stories of their loved ones and how this bill would

affect their loved ones in its current vague wording. This story needs to be

by American families and must be no more than one page in Word and a picture

needs to be included on the page. Because of our quickly approaching

deadline, all stories must be received no later than this Sunday afternoon.

Please send your attached story to my email address at Kristyimdsa (DOT)

<mailto:Kristy%40imdsa.org> org with the subject line Health Care Story.

I know that many of you have questions regarding this bill. We have those

same questions. We will keep you updated as we receive new information.

Thank you,

Kristy Colvin

IMDSA President

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

International Mosaic Down Syndrome Association

PH: 979-828-4177

Toll Free: 1-888-MDS-LINK

http://www.imdsa. <http://www.imdsa.org> org

http://www.mosaicmo <http://www.mosaicmoments.today.com> ments.today.com