Backdoor National Health

To the Editor:

Senior citizens beware! Contained within Obama’s and the Democrats’ pork-laden stimulus bill is a backdoor attempt to establish a national health care system. This would be based upon a disastrous system which exists within the UK.

What is frightening about this is that an attempt to create a national health council is one of the items about which the public is being kept in the dark. It is actually one of the items in the bill. It will operate in the following fashion: Once your doctor decides what your needs are regarding surgery, medication, therapy, etc, he or she will have to contact this group. After being contacted, the council will look at the projected longevity of the patient and the cost of the treatment. If the patient is judged to be too old or ill to justify the cost, the treatment will be denied. Death will be the result. Not only does this seem unethical, but it makes one wonder how such a thing can happen in America. I can’t believe such an effort by the Democrats actually exists, but it does!

Once the stimulus bill is passed, this group will make such decisions for all citizens on Medicare. Eventually, all US citizens, except senators and congressmen, of course, will be under its control.

Contact our senators and Chris Murphy and tell them to vote No on the stimulus bill. The Congressional Budget Office says this bill will only briefly stimulate the economy. In several years it will result in a huge debt for all of us, especially for our children. These politicians can be reached at 202-224-3121.

By the way, check the latest Newsweek cover which states, “We’re All Socialists Now.”

Stan Rajczewski, Jr

21 Bennett’s Bridge Road, Sandy Hook               February 10, 2009