A Heath Care Plan by any other name should smell so sweet...

The Dems in Washington will try anything to get a health care bill passed and hope you are falling asleep on the issue...The flavor of the week....

Opt out?...Consumer Option?...sounds ok huh?... What if they penalize states for opting out?

If Public Option was confusing enough, now they are now calling it a "Consumer Option ....a new label to confuse the American people?...The Consumer Option  is Government Run Health Care and it will put your local doctor and private insurers out of business. Just look at Canada.

How are they going to pay for it if states opt out? Won't businesses just move to states that opt out so they wont have to pay in?...It won't work...it is still providing Public Run Health Care and includes govt funding for abortion coverage which is opposed by many Blue Dog (Conservative democrats)....2010 Beware... http://www.house.gov/melancon/BlueDogs/ contact them.

According to the Huffington Post."the "opt-out" approach would start with everyone having access to a public plan. What kind of public plan isn't yet clear. States would then have the right to vote -- either by referendum, legislature, or simply a gubernatorial decree -- to make the option unavailable in their health care exchanges." "For conservative Democrats -- especially those from states with major private health insurance industry interests -- this concession could be key, allowing them to punt a vote on a public plan to local governments. For progressives, it would not be the hardest pill to swallow"

Pay attention folks....Contact the Blue Dogs today...

Call your Senators and Congressperson...Nancy Pelosi said the Majority of us want a government option.....Tell her otherwise.... (202) 225-4965

Pelosi said..."An option for consumers to either choose to go to the private sector if they wish or have some leverage by saying I have another choice here.

She said...."It lowers costs. It lowers cost. Remember it lowers cost. That's very important, by tens of billions of dollars, the consumer option lowers cost to the budget and to the taxpayer. It keeps the insurance companies honest by increasing competition ...."

How does it lower the cost if too many states opt out? or worse it puts private companies out of business because they can't compete. For them to say it will allow competition and bring down costs is not true. If you opt out will you still may have to pay the taxes towards health care.

Recent poll by Rasmussen: "57% of voters nationwide believe the current plan will raise the cost of health care, and 53% believe the quality of care will get worse. That's part of the reason that just 45% support the plan. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 51% are opposed to it.

I really believe the majority of Americans are just plain old confused. This needs to stop now. We can't let this pass for our children and grandchildren's sake. Make your voice heard today...Pelosi (202) 225-4965

From Sen. Olympia Snowe's website: "October 26, 2009 U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement today in response to Majority Leader Reid's decision to include a public option, with a state opt-out provision, in the health care reform bill: "I am deeply disappointed with the Majority Leader's decision to include a public option as the focus of the legislation. I still believe that a fallback, safety net plan, to be triggered and available immediately in states where insurance companies fail to offer plans that meet the standards of affordability, could have been the road toward achieving a broader bipartisan consensus in the Senate."

Tell Congress to Stop spending! Stop Borrowing! Stop raising the deficit! Stop mortgaging our futures! Leave our health care alone.