Banned under government healthcare--a warning

At a dinner I attended recently I was cornered by a good friend who put her finger in my face and said, 'You have got to tell people how dangerous this healthcare bill in Congress really is!'

(AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

I reminded her that I have written and spoken extensively about it, to which she replied, 'But I bet you haven't told them THIS, because you don't know about it.  In fact, very few know about it.'

Intrigued, I listened as she told me about an organization to which she belonged, a healthcare organization designed for Christians who have been deemed by the insurance industry as 'uninsurable,' or who have been dropped by insurance carriers for one reason or another and cannot find a company that will insure them.

The organization also exists to provide reimbursement for medical fees incurred by the uninsured or those who cannot afford to pay for their own healthcare needs.

Here's how it works.  For a low monthly fee individuals and families can join the organization.  Then, when medical expenses are incurred, members post the tests, procedures, surgeries--and their costs--online in a secure forum so that other members can see them.

At that point, members who are able will agree, as part of the terms of membership, to cover the expenses of their fellow members.  Even those who are considered 'poor' are expected to pay for someone else's care, within their means to do so, during the course of a year.  Members get to choose which tests, procedures, and surgeries to which they wish to contribute.

Let's say, for example, you are a member of this organization and have very limited means.  Obviously you cannot afford to pay for someone's heart-valve replacement, but together with others you can.  In addition, you may choose to cover in full a fellow member's chest  x-ray.

Some members have the means to pay for the entire cost of, say, gall bladder surgery--one member covering the cost of another member's surgery.

At that point I interrupted my friend to ask if there are members whose medical expenses go uncovered.

She answered, 'Not a single one.  In fact,' she said, 'You know about all the health problems and surgeries I've had, and so far, every single penny of the costs of my care, treatment, tests, procedures, and surgeries have been paid in full by the members of this organization.'

'That's wonderful,' I said, 'But what has this got to do with the dreadful warning you want me to tell people about?'

'Well,' she responded, 'These 2 bills before Congress, you know, the one in the House and the one in the Senate, BAN such organizations.  If this government healthcare plan passes, it will wipe out my organization.  We were informed about this by the organizational leadership this past week.'

'But why do they want to do that?' I asked.

Peering at me incredulously, she said, 'You know the reason.  They want to force everybody onto the government-run plan, to which they euphemistically refer as the "public option."'

'Now,' she said, pointing that finger at me again, 'You get out there and warn the people about what Congress and the President are really up to!'

I have often stated in the midst of this healthcare scheme that the entire plan is not about healthcare or insurance at all.  It is about control.  And in order for government to control anything, it has to engage in a direct, frontal attack on the liberties of the citizens.

This woman at the dinner has given us in stark terms exactly what's at stake.  The 'healthcare reform' bills before Congress are a direct attack on the liberties of the citizens.  Once it passes, even a Christian organization that has an ingenious method of paying for everyone's care will be BANNED, OUTLAWED. obliterated from existence.

Why?

Because the whole thing is NOT about healthcare for everybody.  If that were the case, then Congress and the President would be highlighting such organizations as stellar examples of what the American people can do when our creativity and ingenuity is set free from government interference.  ALL healthcare costs are paid for by the members.  Isn't that what our illustrious 'representatives' and 'President' claim they want?

Look at actions and pay no attention to words, especially from this President and his gang of thugs in Congress.  It is clear by their actions that it is not healthcare they are concerned about.  It is control.  They don't want you as a citizen to get all of your healthcare costs reimbursed unless government does it, because with a massive, centralized government bureaucracy in place to manage healthcare, 'big brother' will know all about you, your habits, your health issues, and every other bit of personal information right down to your DNA samples.

This is the ultimate goal.  And that is why this wonderful Christian organization will be forced to shut down.

So there you have it.  You have been duly warned.  Now, what are you going to do about it?

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