Health Care - Reality Check

[Sherri Hosieni]

Help to spread the truth about the proposed health care reform. This is one of the most important issues of our time. Health care is a moral issue. It is a humane issue. No one should go bankrupt, suffer or die because of lack of insurance.

"Whether or not you have health insurance right now, the reforms we seek will bring stability and security that you don’t have today. This isn’t about politics. This is about people’s lives.This is about people’s businesses. This is about our future."
- PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

Web address to video from Washington Labor Council - AFL-CIO of September 3, 2009 of the Health Care Rally in Seattle with US Rep McDermott and Rev. Lesley Braxton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouYXq5tSXb0&feature=player_embedded

There was no local media coverage of this event, even though 3,000 people gathered peacefully to raise their voices in favor of health care reform. This fact was reported in the Huffington Post.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/04/pro-reform-rally-in-seatt_n_277859.html

The following information is from www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck.

You Can Keep Your Own Insurance
Reform isn’t about putting government in charge of your health insurance; it’s about putting you in charge of your health insurance. If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.

Reform Will Stop “Rationing” — Not Increase It
Reform will not lead to a “government takeover” of health care or “rationing.” On the contrary, reform will forbid many forms of rationing that are currently being used by insurance companies.

Reform Will Benefit Small Business — Not Burden It
Health insurance reform will ease the burdens on small businesses and help level the playing field with big firms who pay much less to cover their employees on average.

The “Euthanasia” Distortion on Help for Families
It’s a malicious myth that reform would encourage or even require euthanasia for seniors. On the contrary, reform empowers families and provides the option to get resources and accurate information.

Your Medicare is Safe, and Stronger with Reform
Reform would simply eliminate waste and unnecessary subsidies to insurance companies, not cut Medicare benefits.
Reform Won’t Add to the Deficit — it Will Bring Down

Long Term Costs
President Obama has demanded that health insurance reform not add to the deficit, and has identified hundreds of billions of dollars in savings by eliminating unnecessary subsidies to insurance companies through Medicare. Skyrocketing health care costs pose the biggest threat to our fiscal stability in the long term under the status quo, and reform is imperative to bring down those costs.