CHQ -The Town Hall Rebellion

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Town Hall Rebellion Should Flourish During Recess

The recent surge of grassroots activism at town hall meetings across the US is a great sign that Americans are tired of the failures of our elected officials to stop Obama's radical socialist agenda. Activists should take advantage of Congress' August recess with a new wave of protests at town hall meetings as Congressman seek to reach out to constituents. Take these three simple steps to join in this "Town Hall Rebellion." Even if your elected officials are with the "good guys," they still have an obligation to step up to the plate and vocally come out against Obama. So far, very few have done this.

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AFP - Does Obamacare make Americans "Feel Guilty for Wanting to Live?"

Dear Friend,

It happened last week in the small town of Gate City, Virginia.

Your Americans for Prosperity team was wrapping up a Patients First bus tour event opposing the Obama/Pelosi health care takeover. Out of the corner of my eye I saw an elderly lady struggle to her feet. She gestured toward me and I walked over to her.

She was stooped from osteoporosis. She looked up into my eyes and said...

“It makes me feel guilty for wanting to live.”

You see, we had just detailed the “end of life” mandatory counseling provision of the Obama/Pelosi health care takeover for the crowd. Dr. Larry Hunter had just explained that on page 425 and 426 the House bill states that if you are a Medicare recipient you will receive counseling to learn about “end of life” options, including hospice and palliative care.

This has seniors worried. End-of-life decisions are intensely personal, and most Americans agree that they should be discussed with your family and your doctor. But do we need a government mandate for that?

If the government moves to control our health care dollars – by taxing us more to pay for government-run care – then the government will have its say in how those dollars are spent and which patients get the benefits.

Click here for the link that takes you directly to the language in the bill and see for yourself.

Then, I’m asking you to click here to give financially so that together we can defeat this outrageous legislation that expands government’s reach into our personal lives.

No American should ever “feel guilty for wanting to live.”

That sweet elderly lady in Gate City, Virginia is someone’s mother, someone’s grandmother, someone’s wife.

And, you and I should pledge today that on our watch she – and every other senior – will make end-of-life decisions with their family members and personal doctors, free of government intrusion.

You’ve been active with Americans for Prosperity for some time now. You know we seldom ask for financial help. We know the key is grassroots action – working with you to put pressure on these Washington, D.C. politicians through calls, e-mails, rallies, and petitions like our Patients First effort.

But, there are times when we need funds to pay for these rallies and bus tours. Last week, our Patients First bus tour made 27 stops in Virginia in 1 week. In fact, we hit my hometown of Leesburg on Friday (Pictures here).

This week we are holding two bus tours: one in Nebraska with 9 rallies and one in North Carolina with 30 stops. In addition, our national television advertising is running full bore in key states. All this effort costs money and a lot of it – millions in fact.

So, I’m asking you to step up and help us defeat this legislation by giving financially.

Will you help at this crucial time – just as Congress heads back to their districts and we attempt to turn up the pressure even higher?

WNO - Video: Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX) Says Health Care Bill Will Have Vigorous Public Option

*** WNO SOUNDBITE ADVISORY ***

Video: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) Says Health Care Bill Will Have

Vigorous Public Option

"Vigorous public option is the basis of the bill that will be sent to the President's desk."

Who: Rep. Sheila Jackson (D-TX)

What: Exclusive interview regarding health care.

When: July 31st, 2009

Soundbite #1:

"I think we have a very strong and legit form for payment...It's so small. I think that's the point. We do have pay for its."

Soundbite #2:

"We will have a public health plan."

Length of Full Interview: 4:32

Click for full video file: http://washingtonnewsobserver.com/?p=144

AFP - Say NO to a Government Takeover of Health Care

With Members of Congress returning home for August recess, it is more important than ever you remain vigilant in letting them know that the proposed health care reform Congress is considering will bankrupt our country!

I ask you, has there ever been a government program that has run more efficiently than those in the private sector? The answer is NO! Why do we think health care will be any different. From Auto industry bailouts to banking bailouts to the so-called "Stimulus" bill, the federal government has spent over $3 trillion in the past six months.

With the current state of the economy, can we really afford another $1 trillion or more for "Single payer Canadian style" health care? Please call you Congressmen and Senators and tell them that when they return to Washington, DC in September, they must vote NO against a government takeover of our health care.

I will be appearing on WMUR's (TV-9)"Close-up" this Sunday to discuss the Obama Health care proposal. Please tune in to learn more about the impact this legislation could have on you and your family.

Corey R. Lewandowski
State Director

P.s. To help stop a government takeover of health care, please consider making a contribution to AFP-NH. There's still time to make an impact before Congress gets back from August recess!

NH Sen. Bob Letourneau Tells Congress "No" to ObamaCare

Joins 1,800 State Lawmakers in Nationwide Effort to Preserve States’ Rights;

Stop Single-Payer

Concord, NH –Sen. Bob Letourneau signed onto an official letter from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to Congressional leaders, which was delivered on July 29, expressing the will of more than 1,800 state legislators opposing federal reform efforts—particularly, the Medicare-modeled “public plan” and a national health insurance exchange—which will trample states’ rights and lead Americans down the road to single-payer health care.

“While there is room for real improvement, this plan will change forever the way Americans receive their heath care, and not in a positive fashion. I am concerned with how this will affect our seniors,” said Letourneau.

The members of ALEC—the nation’s largest nonpartisan, individual membership association of state legislators—recently approved the Resolution on Preserving States’ Rights Regarding Federal Health Insurance Exchanges and a Public Plan, which deems the federal public plan anti-competitive and calls the proposed national health insurance exchange a “federal takeover” of the states’ role in regulating health insurance.

“The government will never compete unless it can change the rules to win,” says Iowa Representative Linda Upmeyer, minority whip, family nurse practitioner, and chair of ALEC’s Health and Human Services Task Force. “It’s an unlevel playing field when a public plan can shift costs to our state’s private insurers because of low doctor and hospital reimbursement rates, and then raid the federal Treasury for unlimited subsidies,” she added.

In the ALEC letter to Congress, ALEC’s lawmakers criticized the federal push to shift health care decision-making to Washington. “We all share the goal that patients deserve to choose their own quality, affordable, private health coverage,” the letter states. “But health reform shouldn’t just be the job of the federal government.”