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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi plans to ram ObamaCare down your throat in a matter of hours. And this time around, it won't be some watered-down version of ObamaCare... Pelosi's newest incarnation of ObamaCare is the worst yet.

     She's taken off the gloves... and she must be stopped.

     Congressman Tom Price, who also happens to be a doctor, said the following:

"Your concerns about a government takeover of health care have been totally ignored by Speaker Pelosi and her allies, who worked behind closed doors to write the bill. After months of debate, the bill they introduced today is essentially the same bill the American people have flat-out rejected."

     But, with all due respect to Congressman Price, Pelosi's latest incarnation in the health care debate (the “Affordable Health Care for America Act” H.R. 3962) is not "essentially the same bill the American people have flat-out rejected," ... not by any stretch of the imagination.

     It's actually far worse. At 1990 pages, it's almost twice the size as the first so-called House ObamaCare bill (H.R. 3200) and includes even more of what the American people have already flat-out rejected.

     Why would Pelosi and extreme leftists in Congress do such a thing? The answer may be simpler than you think.

     Pelosi and her allies in Congress forgot, long ago, that they serve the American people. And they weren't exactly thrilled when the American people soundly rejected their first health care legislative scam.

     So now... they are gunning for bear.

     It's almost as if they're saying: Oh... so you (the American people) didn't like our first health care offering... fine... we'll show you who's the boss... let's see how you like what we're going to ram down your throats now.

     They know the will of the American people is against them when it comes to their health care reform schemes, so... they've declared war. And they know they can win the day if they railroad this new-and-improved so-called health care package through Congress quickly... before you can react.

     Make no mistake, Pelosi and Barack Obama and Harry Reid have every intention of doing just that... ramming this legislation down the throats of the American people with lightning speed.

     And we're not the only ones saying that.

     According to the Heritage Foundation: "Pelosi and the rest of the congressional leader want to fast-track the legislation" and Congressman Price observed that the "future of American health care is in the balance and we are on the clock."

     And that's why we must make our voices heard now. Speaking out is our only hope of stopping this latest health care scheme and if we make our voices heard in large numbers, we can stop it.

Use the button below to send your urgent and personalized Blast Faxes to Barack Obama and the Leadership of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. Or alternately, you can send your urgent and personalized Blast Faxes to Barack Obama and each and every Member of the House and Senate... that's over 530 Blast Faxes.

Tell them that Nancy Pelosi's latest incarnation of ObamaCare is probably the worst yet. Tell them you are sick and tired of the repeated attempts by liberals in Congress and the Obama Administration to craft egregious so-called health care reform legislation behind closed doors, market that legislation to the American people as something that it is not and then try to ram that legislation through Congress before anyone is any the wiser.

Demand, once and for all, that they stop the deceptions... the secret meetings... the legislative chicanery... the procedural tricks... the dark-of-night votes... the outright lies Demand that they scrap ObamaCare once and for all and start over with measures that will actually make health care more accessible and affordable to Americans.

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It's Even Worse Than You Think.

     Everything that was intolerable in the first House ObamaCare bill (H.R. 3200), is still in the second incarnation (H.R. 3962).

     Congressman Price again:

"Government-run insurance? Still in the bill. Higher taxes? You betcha. An individual mandate that restricts choices and innovation by requiring Washington to define what qualifies as health insurance? Check. A job-killing employer mandate, a budget-busting expansion of the Medicaid entitlement, and countless provisions that set Washington bureaucrats firmly between you and your doctor? Better believe it."

     Price adds:

"H.R. 3962 has all the 'government takeover' of H.R. 3200 with an extra thousand pages thrown into the mix. That's a whole lot of government involvement in personal, private health care decisions."

     But H.R. 3962 has even more goodies thrown in and it is, without a doubt, the new-and-improved version of ObamaCare. Here are just a few, courtesy of Congressman Mike Pence's House Republican Conference:

Page 111 - Section 223 establishes a new board of federal bureaucrats (the “Health Benefits Advisory Committee”) to dictate the health plans that all individuals must purchase.

Page 211 - Section 321 establishes a new government-run health plan that, according to non- partisan actuaries at the Lewin Group, would cause as many as 114 million Americans to lose their existing coverage.

Page 297 - Section 501 imposes a 2.5 percent tax on all individuals who do not purchase “bureaucrat-approved” health insurance - the tax would apply on individuals with incomes under $250,000, thus breaking a central promise of then-Senator Obama’s presidential campaign.

And how's this for a sunset provision?

Page 94 - Section 202(c) prohibits the sale of private individual health insurance policies, beginning in 2013, forcing individuals to purchase coverage through the federal government.

Of course, Members of Congress and their family members need not worry about how this radical overhaul of our nation's health care will affect them because:

Page 225 - Section 330 permits—but does not require—Members of Congress to enroll in government -run health care.

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Here Are A Few More Little Nasties In H.R. 3962.

We're not finished. It would be impossible to mention every egregious aspect of the 1990 page bill, but here are a few more notables... just to get the blood boiling.

Page 110 - Section 222(e) requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan—and, if the Hyde Amendment were ever not renewed, would require the plan to fund elective abortions.

Page 313 - Section 512 imposes an 8 percent “tax on jobs” for firms that cannot afford to purchase “bureaucrat-approved” health coverage; according to an analysis by Harvard Professor Kate Baicker, such a tax would place millions “at substantial risk of unemployment”—with minority workers losing their jobs at twice the rate of their white counterparts.

Page 336 - Section 551 imposes additional job-killing taxes, in the form of a half-trillion dollar “surcharge,” more than half of which will hit small businesses; according to a model developed by President Obama’s senior economic advisor, such taxes could cost up to 5.5 million jobs.

Page 520 - Section 1161 cuts more than 150 billion [dollars] from Medicare Advantage plans, potentially jeopardizing millions of seniors’ existing coverage.

Page 733 - Section 1401 establishes a new Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research; the bill includes no provisions preventing the government-run health plan from using such research to deny access to life-saving treatments on cost grounds, similar to Britain’s National Health Service, which denies patient treatments costing more than 35,000 [pounds].

And last, but certainly not least:

Page 1174 - Section 1802(b) includes provisions entitled 'Taxes On Certain Insurance Policies' to fund comparative effectiveness research, breaking Speaker Pelosi’s promise that 'We will not be taxing [health] benefits in any bill that passes the House,' and the President’s promise not to raise taxes on families with incomes under 250,000 [dollars].

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"The Worst Bill Ever: Epic New Spending And Taxes, Pricier Insurance, Rationed Care, Dishonest Accounting: The Pelosi Health Bill Has It All."

     That's what the Wall Street Journal had to say about H.R. 3962. But that's not all the Journal said:

"The health bill she [Pelosi] unwrapped last Thursday, which President Obama hailed as a 'critical milestone,' may well be the worst piece of post-New Deal legislation ever introduced."

     Here's a scary prognosis:

"Taxes will need to rise precipitously, even as ObamaCare so dramatically expands government control of health care that eventually all medicine will be rationed via politics."

     The Journal also writes:

"Yet at this point, Democrats have dumped any pretense of genuine bipartisan 'reform' and moved into the realm of pure power politics as they race against the unpopularity of their own agenda. The goal is to ram through whatever income-redistribution scheme they can claim to be 'universal coverage.' The result will be destructive on every level—for the health-care system, for the country's fiscal condition, and ultimately for American freedom and prosperity."

     That last statement gives a valuable insight as to exactly how we can stop these idiotic leftist health care schemes once and for all.

     Extreme liberals in the House and the Senate as well as Barack Obama are indeed racing against their rising unpopularity.

     And health care will only be passed if these extreme liberals can make false and empty promises and ram legislation through Congress before the American people realize they are being duped.

     That's been their plan of action with each and every incarnation of ObamaCare and that is their plan today.

     But you've already made a huge difference. Your Blast Faxes and calls were decisive in putting the brakes on each and every previous incarnation of ObamaCare.

     They made a difference then and they can make a difference now. You made a difference then and you can make a difference right now.

     Let's not abandon the fight. Let's put a lid on this scheme to turn the United States into a socialist country under the guise of reforming health care once and for all.

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Chris Carmouche

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