We, the undersigned, petition to include the following points in any forthcoming health care legislation:
(1) We demand that the Government must NOT limit a doctor’s choices or options based on “comparative effectiveness” or “cost effectiveness” or on any bureaucrat’s formulas, but continue to pay for whatever SAFE AND EFFECTIVE procedures a doctor prescribes as best for the patient.
(2) We demand that all elected or appointed federal officials should have THE SAME HEALTH CARE BENEFITS PROVIDED TO MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES.
(3) There must be NO LIMITS ON A SENIOR’S CHOICE OF HEALTH CARE SERVICE PROVIDER UNDER MEDICARE, NO SOCIALIZED MEDICINE, NO RATIONING OF HEALTH CARE, and NO RESTRICTIONS on Physician-Owned Hospitals or Home Health Care.
(4) There must be FAIR ALLOWANCES TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS through Medicare. Cutting payments to providers will severely limit innovation in the development of new medications, medical devices and procedures, and drive good doctors out of the Medicare business.
(5) We demand a guarantee of NO TAXES ON SENIOR HEALTH CARE BENEFITS, no matter who provides them.
(6) We demand that Medicare patients be PROTECTED FROM INFERIOR, UNSAFE OR DANGEROUS IMPORTED MEDICINES FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Respectfully signed by these concerned citizens.
