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SUPPORT INSURANCE COMPANIES OR ALL CITIZENS?

You have to check this out: Will Ferrell on health care reform, along with Jon Hamm from “Mad Men,” Donald Faison from “Scrubs,” Olivia Wilde from “House,” and a whole cast of amazing, funny actors.

CLICK link BELOW to see the video—and if you like it, pass it along to your friends:

http://pol.moveon.org/insurance_execs/?id=17290-10606714-1jET2dx&t=2



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WHERE ARE THE CHRISTIANS…..

Beatitudes–Their Significance And Meaning

They are simply stated, but are profound in meaning. They guide. They point. They teach. They show us the values that Christ cares about. These values if followed, can not only bring a believer into a state of peace and happiness, but also right into the Kingdom of God after our journey on this earth is over. The Latin word for blessed is beatus, from which we get the word beatitude.

The beatitudes are found at Matthew 5: 3-12

 

Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
.

Blessed are they who mourn,
for they shall be comforted
.

Blessed are the meek,
for they shall possess the earth
.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice,
for they shall be satisfied
.

Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy
.

Blessed are the pure of heart,
for they shall see God
.

Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called sons of God
.

Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
.

 

Because all of you are one in the Messiah Jesus, a person is no longer a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a male or a female.

 

http://bible.cc/galatians/3-28.htm

 

Our problem is that we have too many old testament Christians? Under law instead of grace.

 

Gal 3:23-25 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor (teacher for the immature).”

 

We, as supposed followers of Christ, have been set free from the right and wrong of the law to follow the ETERNAL SPIRIT within us.

 

THE ETERNAL CREATOR AND SUSTAINER OF OUR UNIVERSE

 
“Search to know the Truth
And the Truth will set You Free.”
(my aim is not to convince, but to share what I have found for your consideration. – mackie)
 
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8 MYTHS ABOUT HEALTH CARE REFORM AND WHY WE CAN’T AFFORD TO BELIEVE THEM ANY MORE FROM AARP…

AARP HAS A BIG DOG IN THIS HUNT BECAUSE IF THE TELL US WRONG THEY LOSE THEIR REPUTATION WITH US MATURE CITIZENS AND ALL THE COMPANIES THEY SUPPORT.  WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE?-mackie

 

8 Myths About Health Care Reform

By Karen Cheney, July & August 2009

And why we can’t afford to believe them anymore

 Americans spend more on health care every year than we do educating our children, building roads, even feeding ourselves—an estimated $2.6 trillion in 2009, or around $8,300 per person. Forty-five million Americans have no health insurance whatsoever. These staggering figures are at the heart of the current debate over health care reform: the need to control costs while providing coverage for all. As John Lumpkin, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Health Care Group for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, says, “There is enough evidence that it is now time to do something and to do the right thing.” The key is to focus on the facts—and to dispel, once and for all, the myths that block our progress.

Myth 1: “Health reform won’t benefit people like me, who have insurance.”
Just because you have health insurance today doesn’t mean you’ll have it tomorrow. According to the National Coalition on Healthcare, nearly 266,000 companies dropped their employees’ health care coverage from 2000 to 2005. “People with insurance have a tremendous stake, because their insurance is at risk,” says Judy Feder, a professor of public policy at Georgetown University and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. What’s more, in recent years the average employee health insurance premium rose nearly eight times faster than income. “Everyone is paying for health increases in some way, and it’s unsustainable for everyone,” says Stephanie Cathcart, spokesperson for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). “Reform will benefit everyone as long as it addresses costs.”

“There are many ways to tackle our health care problem, but we will come up with a uniquely American solution.”

Myth 2: “The boomers will bankrupt Medicare.”
If you’re looking to blame the rise in health care costs on an aging population, you’ll have to look elsewhere. The growing ranks of the elderly are projected to account for just 0.4 percent of the future growth in health care costs, says Paul Ginsburg, president of the Center for Studying Health System Change. So why are health care costs skyrocketing? Ginsburg and others point to all those fancy medical technologies we now rely on (think MRIs and CT scans), as well as our fee-for-service payment system, in which doctors are paid by how many patients they see and how many treatments they prescribe, rather than by the quality of care they provide. Some experts say this fee-for-service payment system encourages overtreatment (see “Why Does Health Care Cost So Much?” from the July-August 2008 issue of AARP The Magazine).

Myth 3: “Reforming our health care system will cost us more.”
Think of health care reform as if it’s an Energy Star appliance. Yes, it costs more to replace your old energy-guzzling refrigerator with a new one, but over time the savings can be substantial. The Commonwealth Fund, a New York City-based foundation that supports research on health care practice and policy, estimates that health care reform will cost roughly $600 billion to implement but by 2020 could save us approximately $3 trillion.

 For the rest of the myths click on:

 http://www.aarpmagazine.org/health/8_myths_about_health_care_reform.html

 

 

“Search to know the Truth
And the Truth will set You Free.”
(my aim is not to convince, but to share what I have found for your consideration. – mackie)
 

 

 

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THE HEALTH CARE STATUS QUO IN YOUR STATE

I CITED SC BELOW.  FOR YOUR STATE CLICK ON:  http://www.healthreform.gov/
     

THE HEALTH CARE STATUS QUO:

Why South Carolina Needs Health Reform

Congress and the President are working to enact health care reform legislation that protects what works about health care and fixes what is broken. South Carolinians know that inaction is not an option. Sky-rocketing health care costs are hurting families, forcing businesses to cut or drop health benefits, and straining state budgets. Millions are paying more for less. Families and businesses in South Carolina deserve better.   

SOUTH CAROLINIANS CAN’T AFFORD THE STATUS QUO

  • Roughly 2.5 million people in South Carolina get health insurance on the job1, where family premiums average $12,676, about the annual earning of a full-time minimum wage job.2
  • Since 2000 alone, average family premiums have increased by 92 percent in South Carolina.3
  • Household budgets are strained by high costs: 28 percent of middle-income South Carolina families spend more than 10 percent of their income on health care.4
  • High costs block access to care: 15 percent of people in South Carolina report not visiting a doctor due to high costs.5
  • South Carolina businesses and families shoulder a hidden health tax of roughly $600 per year on premiums as a direct result of subsidizing the costs of the uninsured.6

AFFORDABLE HEALTH COVERAGE IS INCREASINGLY OUT OF REACH IN SOUTH CAROLINA

  • 16 percent of people in South Carolina are uninsured, and 73 percent of them are in families with at least one full-time worker.7
  • The percent of South Carolinians with employer coverage is declining: from 65 to 57 percent between 2000 and 2007.8
  • Much of the decline is among workers in small businesses. While small businesses make up 72 percent of South Carolina businesses,9 only 33 percent of them offered health coverage benefits in 2006 — down 7 percent since 2000.10
  • Choice of health insurance is limited in South Carolina. Blue Cross Blue Shield SC alone constitutes 66 percent of the health insurance market share in South Carolina, with the top two insurance providers accounting for 75 percent.11
  • Choice is even more limited for people with pre-existing conditions. In South Carolina, premiums can vary based on demographic factors and health status, and coverage can exclude pre-existing conditions or even be denied completely.

FOR MORE ON SC CLICK ON; http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/statehealthreform/southcarolina.html

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GOP DENYS APPROVAL OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE TO RECEIVE MILLIONS FROM FOR PROFIT INSURANCE COS.

LORD, HELP THOSE WHO BELIEVE THE LIES OF THOSE (mainly politicians) WHO ARE PAID MILLIONS TO SAY THAT WE DON’T NEED A NON-PROFIT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM THAT COVERS EVERYONE, TO SUPPORT A 30% PROFIT SYSTEM THAT CAN RAISE OUR PREMIUMS AND NOT ALLOW THE COVERAGE WE NEED.
 
HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS BETTER TO HAVE SOME KIND OF HEALTHCARE THAN BEING DENIED ANY.
 
 
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And the Truth will set You Free.”
(my aim is not to convince, but to share what I have found for your consideration. – mackie)
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